Re:People Who Speed-Listen to Podcasts
by dredmorbius on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @02:51AM
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Screenreaders are very redundant.
It's one thing to listen to a very consistent voice repeating very much familiar material. Another to have novel or complex material thrown at you.
My listening speeds range from 1x to 2x, for the most part. If I'm focused on material, 1.5x is almost always listenable. If I'm highly focused, or the speaker is slow and boring, 2x+. If the material is difficult or the speaker exceedingly good, intelligent, and the material well-prepared, 1x - 1.25x works quite well.
It's one thing to listen to a very consistent voice repeating very much familiar material. Another to have novel or complex material thrown at you.
My listening speeds range from 1x to 2x, for the most part. If I'm focused on material, 1.5x is almost always listenable. If I'm highly focused, or the speaker is slow and boring, 2x+. If the material is difficult or the speaker exceedingly good, intelligent, and the material well-prepared, 1x - 1.25x works quite well.