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I cannot read unless I know what each word is. I can skim something and look for keywords and get a gist but to really understand something I am processing at least parts of every word in my inner voice.

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basxto@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
I can’t skim. I also can’t read a text out loud and answer questions to it, I might remember a word here and there, but I have to read so fast that I’m pretty much occupied with transforming words into sounds. I guess I’m lucky that pronunciation of German words never depends on the following word

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- Sludgeyy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Reading text outloud for me does take more brain power. I’m reading it in my inner voice and now I have to translate that to spoken words.
  
  I see “Elephant”, I say “Elephant” in my inner voice, I speak “Elephant” in voice. It’s an extra step.
  
  I’d be like you and not really comprehending what I am reading if I just saw the word and verbally said it. I wouldn’t really comprehend the meaning as much.
  
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