A few considerations on Audio Books 

Audio books can be defined as a new means of communication. No matter the support used (Audio CD, CD MP3, Audio cassette) the content always includes pieces of literature read out loud by actors/professional narrators.

While until now, in particularly in Italy, audio books were considered mostly a surrogate of printed books, dedicated to the blind, they do merit, nonetheless, an important place alongside paper editions, as is demonstrated by their wide spread use in other countries.

We know that thought, even when considering it’s prevalently silent nature, takes form through the sound of words. Thoughts resound in our heads; just as the reading voice materializes in our minds during silent reading.

The pronounced word (recited) becomes physical, sensorial; it is voice, sound elevated from the simple state of a spot of ink on paper to become a sound event, “music”. Reading out loud, especially if done by actors/professional narrators, helps keep the listeners attention alive, bringing the written work closer and greatly facilitating comprehension of the text.

Finally, an audio book is a means to take back that dimension of  listening to which we are no longer used to, suffocated by a interfering pseudo-culture of the imagination.

Audio books can also be considered an educational tool, assisting teachers in their didactic work.

Recitar Leggendo produces and promotes audio books, where different arts are brought together: Literature and Acting, giving life to a product that can be considered an artistic fact in itself, auguring for the diffusion deserved, at the same level as paper editions.