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90 seconds of 'promo talk' before the story even started completely put me off. I'm not a big a podcast/audiobook fan - as I find that the narrator always talks
by Jaruzel 9y ago
90 seconds of 'promo talk' before the story even started completely put me off. I'm not a big a podcast/audiobook fan - as I find that the narrator always talks too slowly and I can't hold focus - so I don't know if this front loaded advertising is common or not, but if it is, I'd be breaking out Audacity and chopping those bits off immediately.
- thedudemabry 9y agoIt is relatively common to hear pre-roll advertising, and sometimes hosts do speak too slowly. A very niche solution to the problem is a popular iOS podcast player with a connected web service called Overcast (after downloading the app, you have access to a browser player with similar features.) It approaches the pre-roll ad problems by having prominent "skip forward" and "skip backward" 30 seconds buttons, so usually two to three quick taps will bring me back to the content. It solves the speech speed problem by offering pitch-adjusted playback speed controls (so no-one sounds like a chipmunk.) I assume those can be found in other podcast clients on other platforms, but I'm not familiar with them.
- cholantesh 9y agoFront-, mid-, and back are all quite common. I have no issue with it; it's not like there's no costs incurred by the podcaster or the host.