On Sat, 2012-06-16 at 03:55 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: > Mmmm, surely it is faster to read something than to listen to someone > reading it aloud?
Humans aren't equal. Even healthy ears differ a little bit. My better ear is the left ear, but to understand the contend of a spoken text, e.g. at the telephone, I'm listening with my right ear. I'm a dyslexic, when reading, words can become colored bars etc., but it can be easier to read a scientific text, than to listen to it, especially if a speech synth is reading the text. Watching and listening a film is relaxing, listening to an audio drama is exhausting for me. And even the light is important. Old bulb light makes it easier to understand a text for me, reading or listening, than energy-saving bulb light. It's verifiable that the result of IQ tests differ much, much, much more than just 3 points, regarding to the color of the room, where people do such tests, while in the past it was claimed they are +- 3 points exact. There are less "rules" for how to learn, that are true. To learn how to draw, some people need to learn some "tricks" about anatomy, perspective etc., while other people need to learn to use the right hemispherium cerebri, instead of the left. Most artists are left-hander, dyslexic or something that is related to the right hemispherium cerebri. Disability and gift often is the same, just seen from a different point of view. We do know less about how our senses really work, about how our brain really work. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1339777876.2650.314.camel@precise
