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Severe dyslexia here, but ask me about any conversation or audio book or class I've listened to. Gimme anything audio and gimme it at 1.5x plz! I spend so much

• sky2224 2y ago
  Oh that's totally fair, and I'm happy to hear that audio books have been such a huge help for you! But just to clarify, do you listen to dense material on commutes or while on walks or are you listening and taking notes at a table or something? That's my main point. As someone that doesn't have dyslexia, sitting at a table and taking notes while reading dense material is already quite difficult to do when I'm trying to actually learn the material. I couldn't imagine being effective in my learning by just listening while on an early morning commute or something like the promotional video shows.
  • neom 2y ago
    to your point, if it needs to sink in I'm sitting in silence in my thinking room looking at my white wall or eyes closed, listening, pausing, thinking, listening, rewinding. notes etc are pretty useless for me, this probably sounds insane to you, but my memory can't process written words that I'm aware of (reading is just me saying things back to myself in a inaudible whisper) - It's slightly uncomfortable, but can listen to multiple things at the same time and think about them separately (the news and an audio book), not as good at that was I was in my 20s and 30s, but still there. I find it impossible to imagine how people who can read and can take notes etc think, I have no clue, so I presume my thinking style might be hard for someone like that to grasp also?