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Alternatively you can watch the video on mute with captions turned on, which is my favorite approach
by airstrike 5y ago
Alternatively you can watch the video on mute with captions turned on, which is my favorite approach
- Narretz 5y agoTo me, that's like the worst of both worlds. You have text, but you can't read it at your own chosen speed.
- airstrike 5y agoYou can always pick a faster / slower playback speed in YT And you get to keep the images, which are not there for the text-only version
- NikolaeVarius 5y agoYT maxes out at 2x, which is extremely slow
- gibolt 5y agoIf you're on desktop: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/youtube-playback-speed-co/hdannnflhlmdablckfkjpleikpphncik https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/youtube-playback-s... Go beyond 2x!
- fastball 5y agoLove this extension. I watch almost everything at 2.5x now.
- RJIb8RBYxzAMX9u 5y agoNo need for an extension -- I'm paranoid and rather not install anything unless absolutely necessary -- when a simple one-liner bookmarklet will do: javascript:(() => { document.querySelector("video").playbackRate = 16; })(); I make a few copies for different rates (1.75x, 2.5x, etc.); this is the one I use to fast-forward ads whenever my ad-blocker fails.
- vultour 5y agoBut... why? Having to read the captions prevents you from watching the video.
- ErneX 5y agoPeople have been watching subtitled movies for decades.
- FullyFunctional 5y agoIndeed, people outside of USA (and France, Germany, and a few others that dub everything) have lived with this their entire lives. Even today my wife and I watch with subtitles as it's not always easy to hear all of the dialogue over the other noises in movies/shows.
- devoutsalsa 5y agoYou can also play the YouTube video with your eyes closed to get the audiobook version.