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Re:If Apple keeps letting its software slip, the next big th... by josephg on Monday November 15, 2021 @06:47PM (#29234572)
Try Overcast. It’s one of the best pieces of software on my iPhone. Simple, well thought through and reliable. And the speed controls are the best I’ve seen in any program.

It’s the sort of software apple makes when they’re at their best. Much better than the built in podcast app.

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Re:If Apple keeps letting its software slip, the next big th... by EricE on Friday November 19, 2021 @11:55AM (#29279300)
The audio controls in Overcast are what made it must-have software for me. I had a few podcasts with audio so bad they were barely listenable that the voice boost function in Overcast was able to make them actually listenable. That and the shorten silence feature combined with the excellent audio processing if you listen at higher speed have allowed me to really optimize my podcast consumption. Highly recommended!
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Re:If Apple keeps letting its software slip, the next big th... by ghaff on Monday November 15, 2021 @08:36PM (#29235542)
I like Overcast. Though neither it nor anything else really comes close to letting me play podcasts with some degree of reasonable selection when I'm driving. Maybe too difficult a problem and reflecting that voice assistants are pretty limited.
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