Do you have the internal monologue, when not reading?

It depends on the situation.

I actually have it sometimes when I read - like when I’m reading something purely conceptual, like a question on a forum.

Basically, as near as I can tell, if it’s a written description of some tangible thing or place or event, I jump straight to visualizing it and the words don’t really register. But if it’s conceptual - an expression of an idea or philosophy or such - I “narrate” the words to myself.

I also have an internal voice - my own - when I write, presumably because I can’t directly share my visualizations, so have to translate them into words right from the start.

When I’m not reading, it seems to split broadly the same way - I only have an internal monologue regarding things that are conceptual. If it’s available to my sensorium, then my consciousness of it is simply those sensory impressions without the accompanying words, so no internal monologue.

But if it’s something conceptual, or something I’m sharing with someone else, then I translate it into words.