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According to Wikipedia, a "comfortable" speed for audiobooks is 150-160 wpm, whereas the "average professional typist" achieves 50-80 wpm [0]. So 2x seems to be
by OxO4 10y ago
According to Wikipedia, a "comfortable" speed for audiobooks is 150-160 wpm, whereas the "average professional typist" achieves 50-80 wpm [0]. So 2x seems to be fairly accurate for the average user. Real-time transcriptions in court rooms etc. are usually done with stenotype machines [1].
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Words_per_minute https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Words_per_minute
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stenotype https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stenotype
- Piskvorrr 10y agoAre you comparing the polished output (audiobooks) to raw input (typing)? That's about as unfair a comparison as you could possibly make: I'm positive (from experience) that the audiobooks undergo massive retakes and sound editing. What you hear is not a person narrating the whole thing in a single take; the raw input rate (number of words / time spent in front of the mic) is about 20 wpm, if you're really really lucky (you will throw away a lot of material). And halve that for edits, which are unavoidable. Plus the recording happens under ideal conditions, with full and perfect focus on pronunciation. TL;DR: audiobooks are almost completely unlike voice recognition, you're comparing apples and oblique angles.