5 Reasons You Better Listen to Audio than Read a Text
Everyone is eager to be the one in more demand and, ergo, all of us want to become thoroughly and fully developed, which can be reached by comprehension of the big flow of various information: educational, cognitive, entertaining, and, of course, by reading versatile pieces of literature.
But the dynamics of vital activity and constant changes gives us a smaller chance to have spare time and other possibilities of visual perception of information. Is it really more effective to look at a text in a book, on the screen or the periodicals than take a listen to it? Below you can find 5 reasons why audio content is more helpful and many times more effective than its visual analogue.
Why listening to audio is better than reading a text?
Gradual deterioration of vision. If you work constantly with printed materials or read fiction oftentimes, especially in low light or from the screen with the backlight, it affects your eyesight most negatively. Lasting focusing on the near sight (distance of a book page or a screen usually doesn’t exceed 20-30 cm) steadily deforms eye muscles, which deteriorates their work. Ophthalmologists say, reading can be eye-safe no longer than 4 hours a day. In case of audio information there are no such restrictions.
Negative impact on a person’s health state. Visual perception of a text is in fact a big effort on making out small details. At this time your eyes make great work moving pupils from a letter to letter. As a result, muscles of the visual apparatus are overstrained, which leads to headaches, blood pressure increase, mental fatigue, and other troubles.
Lack of activity when reading. Getting information from a newspaper, PC/smartphone screen or a book assumes you stay practically motionless. If you read at least several hours a day, your body lacks physical activity, which leads to gaining extra weight, problems with the musculoskeletal system, hypodynamia, etc. According to WHO, 60 to 85% of people in the world—from both developed and developing countries—lead sedentary lifestyles. It is estimated that nearly two-thirds of children are also insufficiently active, with serious implications for their future health. And every 10 years this number grows 10% more. Listening to audio doesn’t distract you from running on the track, biking or simply taking a walk.
Audio information is better perceptible than a text. Memorizing effectiveness and audio perceived information awareness are almost of a considerably higher order. By the way, it is best used by advertising agencies which broadcast audio ads on the radio, in pedestrian underpasses, in the underground, etc. Even video ads on TV and TV panels on city locations are usually supported by the relevant audio track which is more catchy and memorable than screen text.
Comprehending information in audio format is more convenient than text perception. To listen to audio you only need speakers or headphones. And you can settle in any convenient manner. You have no need to hold a book, a tablet PC or a screen of your smartphone in front of your eyes. Discomfort from long time holding a pose won’t distract your attention from listening, which is not true for reading. Of all the Earth population it’s 25% of the so called audials, that means people which prefer sound to text.
Taking into account all the above, we should ask if it’s worth giving specific preference to visual information? Now, when the technical facilities for info distribution stepped far ahead, it’s high time to move to more advanced technologies.
Still, the main obstacle for changing from visual comprehension to the verbal one is the absence of necessary content in the Internet and other resources. It’s in near future that LetItPlay audio mirror for the Internet will allow comfortable listening to the Internet any time, any place. All the texts from the World Wide Web in audio format will become accessible to every person in the world.
Contact us at [email protected] and we will help you in creating your own layer of the Internet!
Official website of the LetItPlay project – letitplay.io
Our English community groups:
t.me/letitplay_io – Telegram
facebook.com/letitplayio – Facebook
steemit.com/@letitplay – Steemit
medium.com/letitplay– Medium
twitter.com/letitplay_io – Twitter
reddit.com/user/letitplay_io - Reddit
Our Russian community groups:
vk.com/letitplay_io – VK
golos.io/@letitplay – Golos
t.me/letitplay_ru – Telegram
I have taken advantage of the large amount of information available in audio form for a long time. Now I know why. Thank you, very cool post and interesting topic.