What does /lit/ think of audiobooks?

Convenient in some situations, when your hands are busy, but I think reading should be about using your inner voice, directly from the text, and with an audiobook you're hearing someone else's "interpretation" of the text.

>>8433177
Depends on the material. If the book uses a lot of colloquialisms that you aren't familiar with, sometimes a reader can help you through things you might otherwise get stuck on. unless your blind, you need to be putting your eyes on the page.

I'll admit I used a librivox for Conrad's "Heart of Darkness" to keep me on task because of how exhausting some of the paragraphs can get. I also like to read Joyce with librivox sometimes because the readers usually do an Irish (might be a terrible accent, but it sounds good to me) accent and it kind of adds to the aesthetic.

tl;dr they're fine if you use it to supplement actually reading the pages or you have trouble focusing.

>>8433193
>>8433189

So you think it's wrong to get the majority of your literature experience from audio books rather than actual reading? Why? You're still hearing exactly what you would be reading.

Personally I'm much more of an auditory/visual person and I just can't focus on reading, so I've started using audiobooks.

>>8433177

It's impossible for me to pay attention to anything smart on audiobook, but I listen to genre-fiction shit while working out sometimes.

>>8433479
You don't hear exactly what you would be reading. Your voice and what you pick up on is different from what the audio books narrator might pick up on and choose to emphasis, they aren't reading in a monotone, so it is like listening to someone else's interpretation and not your own.

I'm also auditory person, which is why I mumble to myself when I read. Some people might think that's lame but it helps me read and retain.

>>8433177

I would use them more if a knew some way of getting them to pause as soon as i fall asleep rather than me falling asleep and the whole fucking book playing. I suppose i could just listen to a chapter at a time or something

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>>8435292
>I suppose i could just listen to a chapter at a time or something

that's what I do.

I think they can be okay if youre bored with a book or something, or just aa entertainment, but its not the same as reading. Like i dont think you can really dig into a book this way.

Looking/subvocalizing != hearing. Its your own thoughts and connections, imagination, and direct interaction with the text itself versus hearing someone tell you a story.