Re:Going blind and learning to love audiobooks
by BugsJustFindMe on Monday December 25, 2017 @11:15AM
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You might try increasing the narration speed. Many (most?) audiobooks are recorded at WPM comfortable for a narrator reading aloud for long periods of time but far slower than natural speech. Maybe your mind is wandering because the gap between words is too long for you to process aurally. Audiobook apps (like the Audible app, for instance) allow you to speed up playback without changing the pitch.
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Re:Going blind and learning to love audiobooks
by JoshTriplett on Monday December 25, 2017 @12:56PM
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Agreed. I regularly listen to audiobooks at anywhere from 1.2x to 1.6x, and find that much more satisfying.
Re:Going blind and learning to love audiobooks
by sago on Monday December 25, 2017 @05:06PM
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Frustratingly (for me) Audible only supports faster reading speeds on its mobile app.
Its webapp doesn't, neither does its Alexa skill, nor does iTunes (which is what it recommends if you download, since it can negotiate the DRM). Anything else requires ripping the DRM.
Re:Going blind and learning to love audiobooks
by BugsJustFindMe on Monday December 25, 2017 @05:57PM
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Many years ago I used to play Audible files on a 2nd generation iPod nano, and it supported speed adjustment for books too. That's still a mobile device, of course. But maybe it's an alternative? The only scenario I can think of where playing them in a mobile app is a problem is if you don't have a smartphone.
Re:Going blind and learning to love audiobooks
by sago on Tuesday December 26, 2017 @10:11AM
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> The only scenario I can think of where playing them in a mobile app is a problem is if you don't have a smartphone.
What a thought!
But yes, and in the context of partial sight / blindness, smart phones are not great for accessibility.