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Are there any intellectual, emotional or psychological differences between the experience and outcomes of reading a book and listening to it as an audio book?
Originally posted by FMFThere are differences for sure. My son Kevin has a job that gives him free time in an office and they don't want him playing on the computer so he downloads audio books to his laptop and listens to them.
Are there any intellectual, emotional or psychological differences between the experience and outcomes of reading a book and listening to it as an audio book?
Originally posted by FMFI like reading better, took an audio book on a long flight, closed my eyes and listened to whole thing. Didn't enjoy it nearly as much as reading it.
Are there any intellectual, emotional or psychological differences between the experience and outcomes of reading a book and listening to it as an audio book?
Originally posted by FMFOne can read at one's own pace. It's faster for a good reader to read than listen. Also you can flip around through the book much more easily than you can do the same with audio.
Are there any intellectual, emotional or psychological differences between the experience and outcomes of reading a book and listening to it as an audio book?
Originally posted by AThousandYoungCertainly you can read at your own pace, and reread sections very easily if you didn't get it the first time. Likewise flipping through the book lets you make connections and re-inforce your comprehension. I would also say that if the book is well written, you should be able to get all the nuances of intonation etc through the punctuation and prose. With an audiobook, unless the reader is also the author, you are just going to get someone elses verbal interpretation of the words.
One can read at one's own pace. It's faster for a good reader to read than listen. Also you can flip around through the book much more easily than you can do the same with audio.
However you don't get the information from a book that you get from tone of voice and rate of speech.