Does a recording replace the reciter in learning the Qur'an?

Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. This questioner says: There is encouragement on internet pages for memorizing the Noble Qur'an, in that a person memorizes, whether on a tape or without one, and listens to a member of his household, then displays the extent of his memorization on the internet, and the recorders follow one another or a supervisor in the amount of memorization. Is this action permissible?

Answer:
Memorization is achieved through transmission (talaqqi); it is not achieved through recordings. It is achieved through transmission from reciters, just as acquiring knowledge is achieved through transmission from scholars. Transmission is what is required. As for a recording, it may contain errors, you may not understand what is in it, or it may be [incomplete]. Therefore, one must receive the memorization and the meanings through transmission, preserving the texts and receiving their meanings from the scholars.