LovePrevails Posted January 4, 2014 Posted January 4, 2014 Youtube now lets you listen or watch 1.5 or 2x speed for those who want to I find podcasts quite comprehenisble at 1.5x and since I've listened to hundred of hours of different ones over the last few years this would have saved me some time go to www.youtube.com/html5 then click Request the Html5 Player presto (literally)
Toshiki Posted January 7, 2014 Posted January 7, 2014 When I listen to things on my computer, I use the speed option of VLC player. I am able to listen to most German audio (my native language) at 1.5x the original speed. When someone speaks English it depends a lot on their accent and pace of speaking. Hans Hermann Hoppe (for those who don't him, here is an example: ) is understandable even at 2.5x speed. Stefan (Molyneux) has a really pleasant accent, but he speaks so fast that I often have to give up following him at even 1.3x the original speed. At times I catch myself decelerating a podcast to 0.8x the original speed to be able to follow him while thinking about what he says.
Tony Crowe Posted February 4, 2014 Posted February 4, 2014 That is interesting to know. Thanks for the tip.
nathanm Posted February 4, 2014 Posted February 4, 2014 Be wary, internet travelers. If you were to listen to Chomsky at .5x you could go to sleep and never wake up! Or you could listen to Peter Schiff at 2x and shatter time itself!
WorBlux Posted February 4, 2014 Posted February 4, 2014 If your lucky enough to have a portable music player you can install Rockbox on, you can play with speed and pitch, you you can listen fast without that horrible chipmunk effect.
MMX2010 Posted February 5, 2014 Posted February 5, 2014 Thanks so much for this tip; 1.5 works perfectly for me.
LanceD Posted February 6, 2014 Posted February 6, 2014 I need this for the Introduction to Philosophy podcasts. The first one is only 40 minutes but its the most boring thing I've ever heard from Stefan. I need to get more in before it puts me to sleep
FireShield Posted February 8, 2014 Posted February 8, 2014 The iTunes Podcast app lets you listen to podcasts at 1.5x and 2x speed. They used to let you listen at 3x speed, but now that's been removed...
ribuck Posted February 9, 2014 Posted February 9, 2014 The standard Android music player also lets you adjust the playback speed.
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