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Re:How to listen to audio books while working without missin... by amichail on Sunday September 27, 2009 @01:07PM (#847013)
The important content of a book probably constitutes only a small fraction of that book.

One could imagine audio alerts before important points.

The listener could even indicate the minimum importance threshold for audio alerts.

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Re:How to listen to audio books while working without missin... by ajborley on Sunday September 27, 2009 @01:37PM (#847039)
People could do this for conversations too! Imagine zoning out while your wife chats away, and then, bing!, you're alerted to the fact that she's about to tell you she's pregnant! Awesome!

I'd set my importance threshold to somewhere above "I think we should get the new curtains in puce" but below "and they only cost 500 dollars".

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Re:How to listen to audio books while working without missin... by sharpn on Sunday September 27, 2009 @01:32PM (#847034)
Good luck asking authors to identify which parts of their book can be safely ignored.

Seriously - if you're coding then that is what you should be concentrating your attention on. Listen to an audiobook while you're cooking, exercising or whatever. [edit] mechanical fish puts it well (currently) below:

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