Anything I could comprehend at double speed would probably not be worth listening to.
Audio may take longer, but perhaps that enables me to remember it better. Any studies on that?
Anything I could comprehend at double speed would probably not be worth listening to.
A few weeks ago I listened to Dawkins's audio reading of Darwin's Origin of Species at double speed.
The simple fact that many people read at double or more speed compared to speech suggests that doubling the speed need not reduce comprehension at all.
There is an optimum speed for comprehension, and for me it seems to be closer to double speed for something like the Origin of Species. To see that slower is not always better, take it to an extreme to make the effect obvi...
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