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Yeah that is quite the accomplishment. A few hundred? Most audio books are like six to ten hours of continuous audio!

satvikpendem 2y ago
I do the same, but at 2 to 4x speed depending on the book, that cuts down the time significantly. I don't listen while working though, as I work in software not in the other fields that were mentioned in the answer to a sibling comment which are more monotonous in nature perhaps.
- PNewling 2y ago
  > 2 to 4x speed Wow, how do you even process it at that speed? I normally listen at 1.2x, but feel like if I hit 1.5x, maybe 1.8x if it is a really slow narrator, I'm maxing out. I mainly am listening to it while I'm running though, so 5-20% focus on that depending on traffic or if I have to cross streets, the rest of my focus on the book. Are you just sitting and listening to it at that speed focused in on it, or are you just abled to digest it at that speed?
  - satvikpendem 2y ago
    Practice. The more you listen the faster you can go. I can digest it at that speed, yes. Sometimes I watch shows like that especially if there's a lot of filler content, anime in particular. No one has time to go through a thousand episode.
  - 93po 2y ago
    some peoples brains just operate faster, like have a faster clockspeed in the same way CPUs do. i feel like people who can read extremely fast also correlate strongly to people who can listen to audio very fast. my partner is an unbelievably fast reader, like the fastest i've ever seen, but she also has a phd in maths and is generally brilliant, i have no idea where im going with this. some peoples brains are just wired for high amounts of data bandwidth. but also practice, and it also depends on the original speed of the speaker/content.
3eb7988a1663 2y ago
A working year is ~250 days. I suppose it is possible with a minor playback speedup to hit 1.2 books/working day, 300 per year. Which sounds unbelievable, but good for them for having a job which just requires a butt in a chair.
dlcarrier 2y ago
That's even a bit short. The median I listen to is probably around 12 hours, and the more popular series tend to be in the 20 to 30 hour range. Brandon Sanderson titles can hit in around 60 hours. Listening at double speed makes a big difference.
- edanm 2y ago
  I usually read/listen to a lot of books, compared to most people, but not several hundred. And if you're reading Brandon Sanderson as part of that - wow! I'm envious :)

I do the same, but at 2 to 4x speed depending on the book, that cuts down the time significantly. I don't listen while working though, as I work in software not in the other fields that were mentioned in the answer to a sibling comment which are more monotonous in nature perhaps.

PNewling 2y ago
> 2 to 4x speed Wow, how do you even process it at that speed? I normally listen at 1.2x, but feel like if I hit 1.5x, maybe 1.8x if it is a really slow narrator, I'm maxing out. I mainly am listening to it while I'm running though, so 5-20% focus on that depending on traffic or if I have to cross streets, the rest of my focus on the book. Are you just sitting and listening to it at that speed focused in on it, or are you just abled to digest it at that speed?
- satvikpendem 2y ago
  Practice. The more you listen the faster you can go. I can digest it at that speed, yes. Sometimes I watch shows like that especially if there's a lot of filler content, anime in particular. No one has time to go through a thousand episode.
- 93po 2y ago
  some peoples brains just operate faster, like have a faster clockspeed in the same way CPUs do. i feel like people who can read extremely fast also correlate strongly to people who can listen to audio very fast. my partner is an unbelievably fast reader, like the fastest i've ever seen, but she also has a phd in maths and is generally brilliant, i have no idea where im going with this. some peoples brains are just wired for high amounts of data bandwidth. but also practice, and it also depends on the original speed of the speaker/content.

3eb7988a1663 2y ago

A working year is ~250 days. I suppose it is possible with a minor playback speedup to hit 1.2 books/working day, 300 per year. Which sounds unbelievable, but good for them for having a job which just requires a butt in a chair.

dlcarrier 2y ago

That's even a bit short. The median I listen to is probably around 12 hours, and the more popular series tend to be in the 20 to 30 hour range. Brandon Sanderson titles can hit in around 60 hours. Listening at double speed makes a big difference.

edanm 2y ago
I usually read/listen to a lot of books, compared to most people, but not several hundred. And if you're reading Brandon Sanderson as part of that - wow! I'm envious :)