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rkomar · 08-11-2014, 05:24 PM

Unfortunately, the PocketBook devices have a brief pause after each sentence for the display to highlight the next line, and I think that effectively limits the speed. However, I bet a similar thing can be done with audiobooks, if you have a playing app that can change the tempo at which the file is played. I tried with a podcast, and found I could listen to it comfortably at a 50% higher tempo. Twice the tempo was too hard to follow, though, right off the bat.

08-11-2014, 05:24 PM	#4
rkomar Wizard Posts: 2,986 Karma: 18343081 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Sudbury, ON, Canada Device: PRS-505, PB 902, PRS-T1, PB 623, PB 840, PB 633	Unfortunately, the PocketBook devices have a brief pause after each sentence for the display to highlight the next line, and I think that effectively limits the speed. However, I bet a similar thing can be done with audiobooks, if you have a playing app that can change the tempo at which the file is played. I tried with a podcast, and found I could listen to it comfortably at a 50% higher tempo. Twice the tempo was too hard to follow, though, right off the bat.