Re:How To: Read more books
by staunch on Tuesday March 02, 2010 @12:36PM
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Audiobooks and podcasts work just fine for drivers (and on the train too). It's the weirdest feeling when you find yourself picking the slowest lane in traffic just so you can spend more time enjoying what you're listening to.
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I used to love audiobooks, until I realized how much longer they took over reading. I prefer podcasts for drives, but even a lot of those aren't very focused and tend to banter.
Re:How To: Read more books
by aaronblohowiak on Tuesday March 02, 2010 @01:55PM
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I convert PDFs to audiobooks using an osx service and then i listen to them on 2x speed. i'm a slow reader, so it isnt a huge difference in time for me.
Re:How To: Read more books
by pavel_lishin on Tuesday March 02, 2010 @03:05PM
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A text-to-speech converter sounds like an awful way read to listen to a book.
Audiobooks are of course an option. However, I've found that, for me, listening to something isn't the same as reading something.
When I read something, it sticks much better than when I listen. It's actually the same when I read something aloud, more often than not I have to re-read the text for myself afterwards, reading aloud doesn't seem to register with me. :D