Re:On the Joy of Reading Slowly
by divbzero on Sunday December 04, 2022 @04:25AM
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People also brag about about listening to audiobooks, podcasts, or video lectures at high speed. As for me, I stick to ¼× or less for the highest quality stuff.
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Re:On the Joy of Reading Slowly
by quickthrower2 on Sunday December 04, 2022 @04:29AM
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1/4 audio sounds weird to me. In go 2x for introductionary stuff then 1x for learning stuff,
but lots of pauses to make notes.
People do talk at different speeds, personally I increase YouTube video speed sometimes, according to the creator, just to make it sound more normal/average.
Dave Jones of EEVBlog for example has quite a slow Aussie drawl, seems to have sped up over the years, and I now 'only' have it 1.25x to sound 'right', but I played the older ones at 1.75x or 2x even.
Also agree with sibling that if I want time to look at/think about something or let it sink in, I'm more inclined to pause than run the whole thing at a slower speed. I suppose that could be different for a fiction audiobook say with brilliant prose you want to slowly wash over you... I don't really listen to things that I could read (at any speed I like (and can)) personally, but I can imagine that makes sense.
Re:On the Joy of Reading Slowly
by TheGreatCabbage on Sunday December 04, 2022 @06:24AM
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If I'm learning educational material, I prefer to listen at 2x speed and pause regularly when I need to ponder something.
I can't learn well at low speed because I'm apt to zone out and start my own train of thought, necessitating a rewind.