Does listening to an audibook count as reading the book?
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Does listening to an audibook count as reading the book?
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Does listening to an audibook count as reading the book? - 11/2/2009 4:44:39 PM
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Self explanatory -- if you listen to an audiobook does that count as having read the book? If someone asked you if you read a book that you had listened to, would you answer yes or no, or would you clarify further?
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RE: Does listening to an audibook count as reading the ... - 11/2/2009 6:15:51 PM
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Yes, I've "read" many books when I belonged to Talking Book World. I tell people that I listened to it though 
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RE: Does listening to an audibook count as reading the ... - 11/2/2009 8:48:44 PM
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I have, but I think it is different than reading it.
Interestingly listening to the Bible is very different then reading it. I suspect because most of it was written to be read to others.
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RE: Does listening to an audibook count as reading the ... - 11/2/2009 8:51:41 PM
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Yes.
Many people have eye problems, and cannot read in the visual manner. And they don't know braille. They "intake" a book via the ears. I think that's totally legitimate and as much "reading" as by intaking the info visually.
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RE: Does listening to an audibook count as reading the ... - 11/2/2009 8:59:44 PM
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Yes, I believe it is the same. I love to listen in the car and I am such a dreadfully slow reader I wouldn't get any reading in if I didn't listen.
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RE: Does listening to an audibook count as reading the ... - 11/2/2009 9:02:29 PM
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I don't think it's the same.
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RE: Does listening to an audibook count as reading the ... - 11/2/2009 9:18:12 PM
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I recognize a difference, but I don't think it's enough of a difference to make a to-do about it. I've "read" plenty of books during looooong car rides.
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RE: Does listening to an audibook count as reading the ... - 11/2/2009 9:41:28 PM
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I would say the point of a book to follow and understand the story the author has written so in my opinion it doesn't matter how you receive the message from the author, just as long as you do.
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RE: Does listening to an audibook count as reading the ... - 11/2/2009 10:49:53 PM
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I think there is a distinct difference between having read a book and having listened to a book.
Reading requires much more attentiveness. You can listen and be doing something else. It is much harder to multitask when reading a book---I can't.
I am sure that those who 'have to listen' because of physical limitations develop their listening and learn to listen more attentively. But I do not think that is true for the average person who listens to books on tape.
I'm in a book group and about half of the women 'listen' rather than read. It is evident to me that they miss much.
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RE: Does listening to an audibook count as reading the ... - 11/3/2009 9:32:16 AM
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It depends.
Some audio books are abridged, and then it is not the same, in my opinion.
At the library where I work we have a policy to only buy unabridged fiction audio books. Nonfiction audio books are much more commonly abridged.
I think listening to an unabridged audio book counts. The same words reach your brain, whether they go through your eyes or through your ears. The same thoughts and ideas reach you.
I like to listen to books because it vastly increases my reading time. You know the saying, so many books, so little time. This makes more time. I listen while I vacuum, while I do dishes, or other mindless housework. I also listen while I walk the track for exercise.
I think you can concentrate on an audio book just as much as you concentrate on a print book under the right circumstances. I almost always listen with headphones, and when there won't be other distractions.
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RE: Does listening to an audibook count as reading the ... - 11/3/2009 9:42:32 AM
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I'm in a book group and about half of the women 'listen' rather than read. It is evident to me that they miss much.
Possibly they are listening at times when there are too many distractions. I've found that I have to pick activities that don't require much attention while I am listening to audio books. I also find listening with headphones works because it allows me to move around without missing anything and the sound is right in my head, if you know what I mean.
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RE: Does listening to an audibook count as reading the ... - 11/3/2009 9:55:50 AM
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I think you either read a book or you listen to it. The process of getting the information from the "book" to your brain is different, even if the information is the same. While reading, you create and fill in all the parts that are missing: the way things look, the way they sound, smell, etc. While listening, you are already associating a voice with the text that wouldn't be there if you were reading.
So if you listen to a book, yes, you got all the same information (providing it wasn't abridged), but you still didn't read it.
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RE: Does listening to an audibook count as reading the ... - 11/3/2009 10:49:59 AM
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ORIGINAL: stellaluna
I think you either read a book or you listen to it. The process of getting the information from the "book" to your brain is different, even if the information is the same. While reading, you create and fill in all the parts that are missing: the way things look, the way they sound, smell, etc. While listening, you are already associating a voice with the text that wouldn't be there if you were reading.
So if you listen to a book, yes, you got all the same information (providing it wasn't abridged), but you still didn't read it.
When I am listening to an audio book I still visualize the action in my head the same as when I'm reading a book. I still picture what the characters look like, what the places in the story look like.
You do have the reader's voice. Some reeaders are straight forward; others act out the dialog to some extent. That can be good or bad. There are some really wonderful readers who actually develop a following. We have patrons who look for certain readers. I personally have certain readers that I avoid.
Listening can be a very wonderful experience as you are able to let your mind flow into the story without the mechanics of turning pages, having your arm get tired from holding the book, having eye strain. Just close your eyes and let the storyand your imagination takeover.
Listening may altar the experience to a small extent, but to say that somebody who listened can't "count" that book on their list seems very picky and inflexible. They know the story, characters, themes, etc. the same as somebody who read the print. What about readers who don't visualize the scenes in their minds--and there are many people who don't. I find it hard to understand how people can read without creating that world, but many people have told me they don't. Do you count them as reading the book if they don't put their imagination into it and didn't get the full experience out of it?
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RE: Does listening to an audibook count as reading the ... - 11/3/2009 11:33:34 AM
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Interesting responses. I never would have guessed that the answer was so controversial. I mark books with an "A" in my spreadsheet if I listened to the audiobook, but I only do that so I can figure. out how many extra books I was able to get through by doing audiobooks, not because I think listening is somehow different.
I use software to re-encode the audio to 1.6 speed (there's a thread about it in morality and ethics). I do this for two reasons -- one, it actually helps me concentrate. Regular speed is just too slow, and my mind wanders, but by speeding it up I have to pay attention, which keeps my mind focused.
Second, if I can read a book in two hours, I should be able to listen to it in two hours. 1.6 speed seems about right to make listening and reading take the same amount of time.
If someone asks me if I read a book that I "only" listened to, I would say "yes" and not clarify further. I consider them to be the same thing.
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RE: Does listening to an audibook count as reading the ... - 11/3/2009 11:55:59 AM
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I agree that listening and reading are very different means to internalize a book. Reading and listening emphasize different things. Often when you listen you experience the emphasis of the reader, not the author.
However, I see no reason to be weird about that. In casual conversation it should be perfectly normal to refer to audiobooks in that manner. The goal of conversation is to enjoy and share, not worry about getting every tiny detail accurate.
I personally try to work in the word listen when discussing audiobooks, but that's just me. I certainly don't expect others to do the same. And I don't log audiobooks in my reading journal, its a different experience.
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RE: Does listening to an audibook count as reading the ... - 11/3/2009 12:30:17 PM
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Yes, I think that listening to an audiobook is the same think as reading it, though I would make sure I said I listened too it, if speaking to another person about it.
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RE: Does listening to an audibook count as reading the ... - 11/3/2009 6:51:54 PM
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I think you can concentrate on an audio book just as much as you concentrate on a print book under the right circumstances. I almost always listen with headphones, and when there won't be other distractions.
I agree. I love to listen while mowing the lawn. It turns a boring chore into a pleasurable experience.
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RE: Does listening to an audibook count as reading the ... - 11/3/2009 7:26:23 PM
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We listen to a lot of audio books while driving, mowing the lawn, folding laundry or working in the garden, as well as other times. A lot!
There have been a few titles that we've listened to that I would have never made it through if I had to actually pick up the book and read it, but I feel I can have an intelligent conversation about the book with others that have either listened to or read the book. I feel they are essentially the same. This week I read and listened to a book on CD (the same book). There was a lot of names and reading of court records smack dab in the middle of the book that would have been long and tedious if I had to focus on figuring out pronunciations of some of the names and locations.
But my almost 12 year old disagrees. She says reading and listening to a book are two completely different things. She thinks sometimes you miss things when you just listen to books.
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RE: Does listening to an audibook count as reading the ... - 11/3/2009 8:34:58 PM
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But my almost 12 year old disagrees. She says reading and listening to a book are two completely different things. She thinks sometimes you miss things when you just listen to books.
According to a teacher friend of mine, listening comprehension is one of the last skills we develop. She said a study she read shows that middle-schoolers score lower on listening comprehension than they do on reading comprehension. That my explain why your 12 year thinks that way about audio books.
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RE: Does listening to an audibook count as reading the ... - 11/4/2009 12:18:37 AM
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Interesting that comprehesion would be less with listening. wonder why? I voted reading with eyes.......
Would I change my mind if I used audio? Maybe I would have a different vote if I tried using audio.
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RE: Does listening to an audibook count as reading the ... - 11/4/2009 7:25:52 AM
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My dad read so much in his younger years that he regularly received boxes of westerns and books about the southwest US via the mail from the library in Muskogee, OK. He'd go through the box of maybe 25-30 books and find maybe one or two he hadn't read.
Now he's very old and can't read anymore and but he gets audiobooks from the library. They even furnished him a cassette player.. In his case yes, it does count. But if anyone is too lazy or busy to read a book, listening to an audiobook doesn't count.
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