For example, some ten years after publication of The Art of Seeing, in 1952, Bennett Cerf was present when Huxley spoke at a Hollywood banquet, wearing no glasses and apparently reading his paper from the lectern without difficulty:
fɔːɹ ɛɡzˈæmpəl, sˌʌm tˈɛn jˈɪɹz ˈæftɚ pˌʌblɪkˈeɪʃən ʌvðɪ ˈɑːɹt ʌv sˈiːɪŋ, ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti tˈuː, bˈɛnɪt sˈɜːf wʌz pɹˈɛzənt wɛn hˈʌksli spˈoʊk æɾə hˈɑːliwˌʊd bˈæŋkwɪt, wˈɛɹɪŋ nˈoʊ ɡlˈæsᵻz ænd ɐpˈæɹəntli ɹˈiːdɪŋ hɪz pˈeɪpɚ fɹʌmðə lˈɛktɚn wɪðˌaʊt dˈɪfɪkˌʌlti: