I love listening to audiobooks - I always lose my glasses, but if I have an audiobook, I don't need them.? -- Michaela Coel?
Audio has been around since, I suppose, the spoken language. The difference now is distribution and availability. Audiobooks, podcasts, smart phones, voice controlled home...
There is magic in the spoken word. Because our voice is unique it holds an energy, a vibration, and the listener can sense that....
My only concern with using dictation is how my mind, and how my imagination, will adjust to it.