Talk to Text
Gwen Groves Robinson
Reading Time
at 250 WPM8h 6m
The average reader, reading at a speed of 250 WPM, would take 8h 6m to read Talk to Text.
Personalise your estimate by entering your reading speed below
Test my reading speedEnter speed in words per minute
17
days at 30 min/day
486
total minutes
Talk to Text
by Gwen Groves Robinson, Mary Beth Hinton
Published
2019
Publisher
Lang AG International Academic Publishers, Peter
Pages
486
ISBN-13
9781433161513
Description
"If talking and hearing are 'natural' modes of human communication, how then, did the artificial art of writing come to substitute so satisfyingly for them? and with such deft and commanding authority? Talk to Text: On the Ancient Origins of the Writing Craft examines the history of the writing skills that we now practice so casually. They were never a human entitlement. Our literary ancestors worked for them, starting from crude scratches on bone, stone, and pottery shards. Over centuries of corrective nitpicking, the Greeks, the classical and papal Romans, the sixth- to eighth-century Irish and Anglo-Saxons, and the Franco-Germanic peoples of the Carolingian renaissance all helped to make writing a flexible and powerful means of communication. Out of speech for the voice and the ear, they invented this secondary route for the transfer of thought--and that route was through the eye. The impact of this spectacular shift and its eventual, even thrilling, development as an art form are the twin topics of this book"--
Twelve years a slave
Up from Slavery
Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
NASA/DoD aerospace knowledge diffusion research project
Moby Dick
Frequently Asked Questions
How many pages are in Talk to Text?
This edition of Talk to Text has approximately 486 pages. Please note, this is an estimate and the exact page count can vary between hardcover, paperback, and e-book versions.
How long does it take to read Talk to Text?
For most readers, Talk to Text typically takes between 10h 8m and 6h 45m to complete. This is based on the book's length of approximately 121,500 words and common reading speeds.
Here's a detailed breakdown: • Continuous reading at 250 WPM: approximately 8h 6m of focused reading • Casual reading (30 minutes/day): you could finish in roughly 17 days • Estimated word count: 121,500 words
Your individual reading time will vary based on your personal reading pace, the amount of daily reading time, and your familiarity with the subject matter.
What is the word count of Talk to Text?
The estimated word count for Talk to Text is approximately 121,500 words. This figure is calculated using industry-standard methods that consider genre-specific word density patterns, typical formatting and layout characteristics, and standard words-per-page ratios for published books.
This is an approximation — actual word count may vary based on font size, formatting, edition, and the presence of illustrations or charts.
Who is the author of Talk to Text?
Talk to Text was written by Gwen Groves Robinson, Mary Beth Hinton.
When was Talk to Text published?
The publication date for this specific edition is 2019. The original work may have been published on a different date.