People Who Speed-Listen to Podcasts

Re:People Who Speed-Listen to Podcasts by alg_fun on Monday November 20, 2017 @05:59PM (#15744141)

I listen to books and articles via text to speech application for over 3 years. Currently i am able to listen comfortably at 3.6x speed. I don't know how to test comprehension through. My friend says i might be able to think faster than other people, because of superhuman listening powers i now posess. Don't know how to test that either.

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Re:People Who Speed-Listen to Podcasts by visarga on Monday November 20, 2017 @11:24PM (#15745494)

I have made a browser extension that helps me put every webpage I read through TTS. I also get current word highlight on text and automatic page scroll. It helps me focus twice as good, I can't even stand reading without TTS support any more.

Unfortunately I can only stand one voice - "Alex" from OSX, at about 1.3x ... 1.5x speed. Other voices I find irritating. I'm following the new WaveNet TTS voices with great expectations, but they don't seem to come near my laptop.

WaveNet: https://deepmind.com/blog/wavenet-generative-model-raw-audio...

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Re:People Who Speed-Listen to Podcasts by kevingrahl on Monday November 20, 2017 @06:23PM (#15744300)

Mind sharing what application you‘re using?

Is there something open source that works great?

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Re:People Who Speed-Listen to Podcasts by alg_fun on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @12:46AM (#15745907)

I use voice aloud reader for android. It is has awful ux but allows up to 4x speed.

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