#Reading Apparently, in the wider bookish community, there is this idea that listening to audiobooks doesn't count as reading.
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#Reading
Apparently, in the wider bookish community, there is this idea that listening to audiobooks doesn't count as reading. This idea is ableist af.
I mean, what about blind people?And besides, what about people who can focus better and longer when listening (audio), instead of reading (visual)?
What about people who can better focus on listening to stories while doing something, for instance going for a walk, doing sports, crocheting, knitting, or arts and crafts?
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#Reading
Apparently, in the wider bookish community, there is this idea that listening to audiobooks doesn't count as reading. This idea is ableist af.
I mean, what about blind people?And besides, what about people who can focus better and longer when listening (audio), instead of reading (visual)?
What about people who can better focus on listening to stories while doing something, for instance going for a walk, doing sports, crocheting, knitting, or arts and crafts?
Yeah, that is just bullshit. (The notion that audio books don't count, I mean.)
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#Reading
Apparently, in the wider bookish community, there is this idea that listening to audiobooks doesn't count as reading. This idea is ableist af.
I mean, what about blind people?And besides, what about people who can focus better and longer when listening (audio), instead of reading (visual)?
What about people who can better focus on listening to stories while doing something, for instance going for a walk, doing sports, crocheting, knitting, or arts and crafts?
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Yeah, that is just bullshit. (The notion that audio books don't count, I mean.)
Yes. I also heard from some people that they only find time in their everyday life for audiobooks when they are commuting to and from work, or on business trips.
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#Reading
Apparently, in the wider bookish community, there is this idea that listening to audiobooks doesn't count as reading. This idea is ableist af.
I mean, what about blind people?And besides, what about people who can focus better and longer when listening (audio), instead of reading (visual)?
What about people who can better focus on listening to stories while doing something, for instance going for a walk, doing sports, crocheting, knitting, or arts and crafts?
@amalia12 @catrinity There are people in the blind community who would agree with the statement that listening is not reading. Only reading Braille counts as reading. I do not agree with that personally.
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@amalia12 Blind People can read Braille, but I am slow as hell with that so I also prefer listening.
@svenja
I am not familiar with how things work with Braille. I guess many print books are not available as a Braille version, so the choices are limited? -
@svenja
I am not familiar with how things work with Braille. I guess many print books are not available as a Braille version, so the choices are limited?@amalia12 Thats true, but luckily enough there are still Ebooks.
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@amalia12 @catrinity There are people in the blind community who would agree with the statement that listening is not reading. Only reading Braille counts as reading. I do not agree with that personally.
@WestphalDenn
I know that technically speaking listening is not reading. But that's not the point I was trying to make. My point was the consumption of books in general, no matter with which method this consumption happens. I mean, in the end, you know a story, and it doesn't matter that much imho if you have listened to it or if you have read it. -
#Reading
Apparently, in the wider bookish community, there is this idea that listening to audiobooks doesn't count as reading. This idea is ableist af.
I mean, what about blind people?And besides, what about people who can focus better and longer when listening (audio), instead of reading (visual)?
What about people who can better focus on listening to stories while doing something, for instance going for a walk, doing sports, crocheting, knitting, or arts and crafts?
@amalia12 Also it's classist. You know my aunt who's being occasionally mentioned by me. Left Hauptschule after Klasse 9 as many working-class girls did in her day to either work or get married. She never learnt to *read* as in read fictional works. She thought that wasn't for Bergmannstöchter, books are for those with their noses in the air. Audio books grant her access to a whole new world which she is not afraid to get into and appeciate because listening never was labelled an academic thing.
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#Reading
Apparently, in the wider bookish community, there is this idea that listening to audiobooks doesn't count as reading. This idea is ableist af.
I mean, what about blind people?And besides, what about people who can focus better and longer when listening (audio), instead of reading (visual)?
What about people who can better focus on listening to stories while doing something, for instance going for a walk, doing sports, crocheting, knitting, or arts and crafts?
@amalia12 I think it's becoming less so, or at least I'm encountering less of it. I think that however you consume your books, it's reading. Unless you're eating them, of course. It is disappointing that not all books are available in audio, though.
