[e38383]

No, like images it's just the concept of the sound. As I can identify images (also people or faces), I can identify sounds, but I can't imagine them.

Instead of a picture of a forest and some cracking of wood, I just have these words in my head and not the real picture/sound.

Same for every other sense.

[jart]

How fast do you read? I can visualize just about anything I've ever seen. I can dream of new visual experiences I've never had. I can even rotate shapes in my head. But I dislike words and I read very slowly (only for English though, with programming I'm a speed reader of code). If you're the opposite of me, then I bet you're able to absorb intelligent high-quality information independent of experience very very quickly. I've heard that people like you make great scholars for that reason.

[e38383]

I read about three times as fast as other people. I'm still not better in absorbing the information, I also make errors and miss key points.

The difference is that a book is already in a format I don't need to convert (to images) anymore.

About the 3x: if I need to show someone something to read on a screen and need to wait to scroll to the next page, I just read it 3 times and scroll then, it normally fits a "normal" reading speed.

[trifurcate]

I read very fast (English and code, and my native language), and I have a very vivid visual (as well as auditory) imagination. Wonder what I traded off in this setup.