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I don't buy it. Literacy rates have been increasing even after the invention of text to speech.
by dpedu 3mo ago
I don't buy it. Literacy rates have been increasing even after the invention of text to speech.
- DaSHacka 3mo ago> Literacy rates have been increasing uh https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/09/whats-driving-decline-in-u-s-literacy-rates/ https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/09/whats-driving... https://literacybuffalo.org/2025/01/23/adult-literacy-rates-are-falling-new-literacy-study-shows-big-problems/ https://literacybuffalo.org/2025/01/23/adult-literacy-rates-...
- dpedu 3mo agoBoth articles use 2017 as the turning point date. TTS is a lot older than that. It's not difficult to find data to fit the desired point if you choose a narrow enough time range. Or location selectivity - both of those are just about the United States. https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/cross-country-literacy-rates?time=1930..latest https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/cross-country-literacy-ra...