It's a much bigger chunk if you include those with missing/broken speakers, easily annoyed roommates, a loud environment, or who are otherwise incapable of listening to sound, permanently or transiently.
I can't reply to the sibling comment (davidw's) about video (level cap?), but I vehemently agree. I can read much faster than most people speak, (and can't "skim" a spoken monologue), so I almost always prefer text to video.
I'm feeling increasingly like an old gaffer complaining about these "young 'uns" and their "yoo tubes" (at a middling 30-something), but I see this trend toward video when text would suffice as evidence of a societal lack of good (writing) education.
Sure, in the OP's instance, it's a presentation he made to someone else, so a video is probably easiest, but this was a good opportunity to rant.
.. but I see this trend toward video when text would suffice as evidence of a societal lack of good (writing) education
Think it's because there's so much written information now, I can't even read 1% of the stuff I want to. After reading "all day", good videos, e.g. talks, are refreshing.
My understanding is there's a relative level cap for the "reply" link, but no absolute level cap. So if you want to reply to something that lacks the reply link, click its "link" link to view it directly, and you can reply.
"Loathe" is way too strong but I also prefer writing to video most of the time. Still, I prefer video-with-subtitles to video-without-subtitles, if it's going to be video regardless, so I don't need to fish out headphones or whatnot.
I like to scan articles quickly for keywords/key phrases/diagrams/code snippets. I'm often put off when something is in video for simply because this is not easy to do. Together with the sound issue in my other comment, this means that I often end up never watching videos that provide content I would otherwise have enjoyed or found useful.
Am I the one missing out? Probably, but I also pass a lot of content that I do like around to lots of people, so the authors also lose out on a potential fanbase/readership/whatever.
Agreed - I currently do a lot of my work in a shared office space and I don't always have headphones. This is the place where I would watch a lot of videos (or at least take a peek, and if they're good, make a mental note to watch them later). A phenomenal number of videos don't get watched because I happen to not have sound for whatever reason at that specific point in time.
