[ebooktalk] Re: BRAGG BOOKS
- From: "Steven Bingham" <steven.bingham1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 12:49:02 +0100
Here Here!
I do not find listening to a book at all the same as reading it. Reading is
a far more involving exercise. You have a direct relationship with the book.
When listening I find that I do not have to do nearly so much work and the
relationship is with the reader and their interpretation of the book which
might be quite different to mine.
Listening to books via artificial speech is more like reading as the voice
does not do any interpretation but you can sometimes get bogged down trying
to understand what the voice is saying. It is more akin to reading with
dodgy braille than indulging in a good read.
Steve
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On Behalf Of Clare Gailans
Sent: 13 June 2013 09:59
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Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: BRAGG BOOKS
I suppose this stupid use of the word narrator has also been embraced by
many sighted people, who don't seem to consider listening to an audiobook
truly reading it. I'm on several lists where people say I read this, this
and this over the last week, and I also listened to that and that. Mind you,
I have some sympathy with this view as I don't consider speech literacy in
the way braille is. It really annoys me that RNIB will not come out and say
that braille is the only true literacy for those who can't manage print. If
they would, there'd be a lot more support, political and financial, for it.
Clare
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