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Re:Against 3x Speed by petters on Monday December 20, 2021 @01:54PM (#29628510)
It is very clear to me that listening at 3x works after some training. (Not surprising, since almost everyone already reads way faster than normal speech)

The proof for this is e.g. blind people. Listen to what their screen readers sound like! I bet it will be hard to know even what language it is.

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Re:Against 3x Speed by mcguire on Monday December 20, 2021 @03:32PM (#29629923)
I have listened, and it's amazing, but I'm not sure they are understanding more than I would if I were scanning the page for the navigation options. (I haven't heard someone listening to a long-form text for understanding.)
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Re:Against 3x Speed by petters on Tuesday December 21, 2021 @05:23AM (#29635898)
But people reading a long-form text faster than normal speech should be common and uncontroversial, I think.
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