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Have you tried listening at 2x speed? Takes a little bit of getting used to, but I've found it to be well worth it. This also makes it so I can watch lectures
by furyofantares 11y ago
Have you tried listening at 2x speed? Takes a little bit of getting used to, but I've found it to be well worth it. This also makes it so I can watch lectures on youtube/coursera/etc (whereas I was never capable of paying any attention to lectures when I was in school, and found them almost unbearable to attend).
- ultramancool 11y agoIf you do this, make sure you're using something which can do tempo scaling. mpv can do it, PocketCasts can do it and it makes 1.5-2x speed workable.
- furyofantares 11y agoHave you found things that don't? I didn't think to mention it because it hasn't been an issue for me in years, it seems to be implemented everywhere, including the default app on iOS, at least if I understand what you're referring to correctly.
- ultramancool 11y agoRegular mplayer doesn't have tempo scaling, nor did the shitty mp3 player I used to use for podcasts, it simply sped up the audio playback. It is pretty common now though I suppose.
- infogulch 11y agoIncreased speed really helps with the concentration factor, and brings podcasts much closer to reading speed. I had trouble understanding at first, but using a podcast player with variable speed allowed me to work my way up near 2x through 1.3x, 1.5x, etc.
- shalmanese 11y agoI'm so used to listening to spoken word at 2x speed these days that it's basically muscle memory for me to hit the options menu in youtube and select 2x. For a while, I was completely boycotting vimeo because they refused to implement a 2x function but then I found a chrome plugin that lets you set the speed of any HTML5 video. It was a surreal experience hearing the Slate Gabfest live and having it sound completely different to what I was used to because IRL doesn't have a speed control function.