> you'll come across plenty of people describing that they have a voice in their head pronouncing each word that they read. That's not the same thing as soundi

> you'll come across plenty of people describing that they have a voice in their head pronouncing each word that they read. That's not the same thing as sounding out words. It's just the internal monologue. Some people may choose to sound out a word they've never encountered before to have an idea of what it sounds like, but that's optional.