I drive a lot for work, so I listen to a lot of audio books and podcasts. I got to the point that listening at 1.5x sounds normal. It doesn’t feel like speedrunning, I don’t even do it to get through stuff faster, it is just that people talk so … slowly.
Of course, the reader is a huge variable. I have had to crank up an audiobook to 2.5x-3x for one reader. Of course that is usually way too high to be comfortable. I do 2x quite often but 1.5x really is the best and feels the most natural. I can’t do 1x or it feels like the reader has a speech impediment.
I’m not that starved for content that I need to speedrun it. 1x speed is fine for me.
I know. The few shows I have are enough for me.
I drive a lot for work, so I listen to a lot of audio books and podcasts. I got to the point that listening at 1.5x sounds normal. It doesn’t feel like speedrunning, I don’t even do it to get through stuff faster, it is just that people talk so … slowly.
1.5x is probably my happy medium where I can still take stuff in. 2x is just to fast for me. Age might have something to do with that as well.
Of course, the reader is a huge variable. I have had to crank up an audiobook to 2.5x-3x for one reader. Of course that is usually way too high to be comfortable. I do 2x quite often but 1.5x really is the best and feels the most natural. I can’t do 1x or it feels like the reader has a speech impediment.