One Size Fits All… Or Does It?
One Size Fits All… Or Does It? Tuesday night thoughts. The quiet kind that show up when the day slows down a little. I’ve been thinking about reading lately. Not just what we read, but how we read. When I was growing up, reading was presented in a very straightforward way. Sit down. Look at the page. Read silently. That was the model. And for some people, it worked beautifully. But for others, it didn’t quite land the same way. For me, silent reading has always felt a little… incomplete. I can do it. I’ve done it my whole life. But something about it feels flat, almost like half of the experience is missing. What really brings text alive for me is text-to-speech combined with reading along visually. Listening while my eyes follow the words. That pairing—audio and visual together—rounds things out. It gives the words rhythm. It gives the sentences shape. The meaning seems to settle in more naturally. It’s what people now call immersive rea...