A lot of people do do it. And it's not necessarily a bad thing in all cases. Like when intentionally reading slower, trying to commit something to memory, sub-vocalization is helpful.
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If interested, you might look into "sub-vocalization". I mention it because you state your reading speed is close to your talking speed; possibly you are making miniscule movements with your larynx and surrounding muscles as if you were talking, without actually talking, and that limits your reading speed to talking speed.
People who get into speed reading often work on sub-vocalization suppression or interference techniques so that it isn't a speed limiter.
Or you may just process written words at that speed. Everyone's different.
Small stuff compared to some others on here, but noteable for being 100% self-inflicted and fairly warned. Not me, I watched someone stick almost a quarter cup of wasabi in his mouth. It was the first time he'd seen it, was warned by multiple people, and did it anyways. His eyes rolled back into his head. He vomited. He passed out briefly. Someone had to drive him home because he was basically acting like he was intoxicated.
He said later he figured it would taste like pistachio ice cream.
If only he'd finish the trilogy
Lol, never gonna happen. And he (Rothfuss) certainly doesn't write good female characters. (Lookin' at you, unnecessary author self-insert with the sex fairy bang sesh)
I don't keep my contacts list clean. Deceased people are to be found in my contact list; not as any sort of memorials, but because it didn't even occur to me to remove them. A couple bits of data storage is free. Going in and deleting them takes effort.
An undead capybara in a remote location that won't see human development within my new lifetime. Just chillin' with my interspecies undead homies.
A capybara in a remote location that won't see human development within my new lifetime. Just chillin' with my interspecies homies.
If the idea tickles your fancy and you want to look into voice work more, please consider checking out LibriVox. It's a website with tons of open domain audiobooks voiced by volunteers. Their volunteer section has a lot of good info.
I don't volunteer to read, but I greatly appreciate the work they do. They don't accept donations anymore, but request people route to the Internet Archive. All green flags in my book.
No. For so many reasons.
I do not and have never wanted to be a performer.
Voice acting seems ripe to disappear as an industry thanks to AI crap.
If it doesn't disappear due to AI, it seems like most jobs would be low-pay, no benefits gig work.
The few talented folks who break through gig work into real paying careers are going to be the ones who aren't being described as "generic".
I already have a stable career. And while I'm not looking for a side gig, if I were, voice acting wouldn't be it for the reasons above.
Those are all my reasons though. It's obviously a viable job for some people (or just a hobby).
Maybe like nunchucks. Use them wrong and they'll whack you in the nuts.
Careful there, bud, you're singing the siren song of bank bailouts.