ie. do you hear a voice in your head reciting the text as you read it

could be your own voice, or the author's voice, or the character's voice

Apparently this isn't a good habit to get into, because you're having your brain do extra work. Not only are you reading the text and trying to comprehend its message--you're also putting in the extra effort to have it said aloud in your head. This apparently hurts your reading comprehension and ability to speed read.

i subvocalize, but i've subvocalized since i was a child, so, i'm kinda fucked in that regard
it's to the point where i can't even look at a word without hearing it in my head--it's involuntary at this point

I thought everyone did.

I hear a girls voice...

and this isn't a good thing?

well.... shit

How do you even not do that?

My sister doesn't do it, But I never knew it ACTUALLY did anything. In fact, I thought it was a good thing if you could do it in your head.

I'm screwed then D:

nah.

I subvocalize when reading stories. But I've always had a reading speed and comprehension level extremely high for my age. When reading textbooks or non-fiction without dialog I don't sub vocalize

It's not even a bad thing unless you want to speed read, apparently.

So, whatever.

Here's an interesting question. How the fuck is it not possible to sub-vocalize?

Take the word and break it down. sub vocalize. Vocalization is pronounciation and in order to pronounce anything a voice is required. Since we learned the alphabet as kids we learned to associate different sounds with letters. There's no magic silent void in your head when you read any human language because you're pronouncing the letters and the words mentally.

You have to, because they exist in the form of sound. Mentally, in your head, they exist in the form of sound and therefore any sound generated to create them is internal speech.

Personally, being abstained from sub-vocalization seems like a crock of shit, that, or some freaky people exist out there with a silent void in their heads when they read any text.

Which, again, doesn't seem possible because the brain needs feedback and stimulants along with some form of basic repetition to remember anything that it does.

The only way I can see non vocalization half ass existing is with photographic memory.

Focus on the words, scan the page, and then recite said page from memory, only after officially giving any words shape and form as your brain understands them. Other than that it seems like a pretty tricky deal otherwise.

Quote from: Sandtrap on August 01, 2015, 09:22:18 PM

Here's an interesting question. How the fuck is it not possible to sub-vocalize?

After a certain period of time I tend to visualize what I'm reading rather than sub-vocalizing.

So you're telling me you can visualize a dry ass fuck textbook or long ass text document or report? Cause speed reading is probably used and appreciated for things with lots of text. Like being an office desk jockey or a government official.

Not that I'm saying you don't. I mean I do too. That seems to happen the more absorbed you get into a batch of writing. But it seems less likely in a thing like a dry, bland text document.

No, I don't.

I've been doing that when I read ever since I was a wee lad

It's not a good thing to do?

Huh

How else do you read something without doing that?