According to the Wernicke-Geschwind model...
Wernicke�s A. essential for reading...
Visual processing --> Angular g. --> Wernicke's a.--> Semantics
Angular gyrus (39) translates visual code to a form accessible by Wernicke�s a.
- grapheme --> phoneme translation
Wernicke�s a. translates to a form that can access meaning.
Implication: Reading requires phonological recoding via Wernicke�s A.