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Originally Posted by Aleron Ives
Most audiobook software gives you an option to increase the playback speed, which lets you counteract the nearly unbearable experience of a slow narrator. I nonetheless find audiobooks to be unenjoyable, as they don't require the same mental engagement that reading does. The audibook keeps playing, regardless of whether you're paying attention.
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In my testing, that helped a bit but I'm used to reading at speeds where speech is not very listenable. Say I take an audio book that is intended for ~140WPM (the speed I've seen recommended to maximize intelligibility) and speed it up to ~3.5x, that gives me a somewhat pathetic 490WPM and a sound stream that without pitch correction is unlistenable and even with pitch correction is painful for me to listen to.
I do have to agree with the issue where the audiobook keeps playing when I am interrupted and trying to back up to locate your place is a pain.