Sounding Off About Audio Books
Sunday, April 6th, 2008On the face of it, audio books (e.g. standard novels read aloud and played using audio cassettes, CDs or maybe even MP3 files) sound like a great idea.
But although they’ve been around for many years now, and are a natural extension of books being read aloud on both radio and television, they don’t seem to have taken off to the extent you might expect.
I fully accept that for certain people, such as the blind and visually-impaired, they probably provide access to literature and entertainment that would otherwise be denied them.
But for those, like me, who are fortunate enough not to suffer from such disabilities, I’ve always found there to be something sadly missing when listening to an audio book.
