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Originally Posted by Andrew H.
I think it has a lot to do with TTS being "neutral," while narrated audiobooks have a good bit of the narrator in them. It's also common for many visually impaired individuals to listen at 2x speed - this might also play a role.
(Yeah, I would have never guessed this if I hadn't been told, though. I'm a fan of audiobooks, but not TTS at all.).
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I can see the 2x thing. "Proper" audiobooks are slowly paced for the limits of the narrator's voice and the hearing range of the listeners. If one had good hearing and wanted to "listen faster" TTS would make a great deal of sense. Good point.