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Re:The Lost Pleasure of Reading Aloud by ztjio on Wednesday August 30, 2017 @05:16AM (#15130737)
I generally hate reading aloud. I find that most writing is really NOT meant to be "heard" in reality, only in the mind. However, recently I decided to show my daughter (who has taken an interest in popular RPG video games like Undertale) some older games that I liked when I was younger. As you might guess, these games lack a voice track and while we can both read fine, we read at different speeds. So there is always an awkward wait before continuing to the next dialog screen.

So we solved it by just reading the dialog and that actually turned out to be pretty fun. We'd split up the characters and sometimes make some funny voices and just go for it. As a bonus, it helps you realize just how awful the writing is in some of the most beloved old video games (Square, I'm looking your way, you spoony bard.)

Re:The Lost Pleasure of Reading Aloud by bench_soup on Wednesday August 30, 2017 @05:38AM (#15130827)
I find that most writing is really NOT meant to be "heard" in reality

As a counter-example, Flaubert used to scream his texts in his "gueuloir" as a way to perfect them.

wrong written sentences do not resist this test; they oppress the chest, hinder the heartbeat and thus are apart from real life conditions.

Re:The Lost Pleasure of Reading Aloud by yoz-y on Wednesday August 30, 2017 @06:33AM (#15131014)
I also read aloud texts when playing games with my wife. She appreciates it much less than I do though.