You’re the first person I’ve heard of who never used inner speech while reading in the first place.
Or maybe I don’t notice it somehow.
he reads at least three times more quickly than I could possibly speak
I naturally (without learning to speed-read) read non-taxing fiction at slightly over a page a minute, which is not very fast, but still faster than I could possibly subvocalize it. I thought this rate is pretty average, but maybe others can subvocalize faster. I do notice that I subvocalize when writing or when formulating my thoughts into words for further expression, just not when reading or listening.
.… There’s something that’s confusing me here. I notice that I am confused and am pointing this out to remind me to get back to it.
It’s to do with the fact that, while whenever I consciously read I subvocalize, when I really get entranced by a book my subjective experience looks more like watching a movie, and I hear things only when people speak them.
It’s also to do with the fact that I’m not sure what reading without subvocalization would look like; no matter how you take in an input string you’re going to have a temporary variable with bits of the string lying around somewhere.
Or maybe I don’t notice it somehow.
I naturally (without learning to speed-read) read non-taxing fiction at slightly over a page a minute, which is not very fast, but still faster than I could possibly subvocalize it. I thought this rate is pretty average, but maybe others can subvocalize faster. I do notice that I subvocalize when writing or when formulating my thoughts into words for further expression, just not when reading or listening.
Yes, this is exactly why I want to be able to directly test for inner speech without having to go through the vocal muscles.
.… There’s something that’s confusing me here. I notice that I am confused and am pointing this out to remind me to get back to it.
It’s to do with the fact that, while whenever I consciously read I subvocalize, when I really get entranced by a book my subjective experience looks more like watching a movie, and I hear things only when people speak them.
It’s also to do with the fact that I’m not sure what reading without subvocalization would look like; no matter how you take in an input string you’re going to have a temporary variable with bits of the string lying around somewhere.