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Subject: Re: (WFC) The Translator by Eboni J. Dunbar & Norm Sherman
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2024 10:59:08 -0400
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On 10/25/2024 8:34 AM, James Nicoll wrote:
> The Translator by Eboni J. Dunbar & Norm Sherman
> 
> A junior officer witnesses as an unqualified, xenophobic captain
> attempts to negotiate the transfer from aliens of technology that
> will permit humans to be even more annoying than they currently
> are.
> 
> https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/glorious-destiny

You complain that audio books are slow. I agree. I also
agree that a lot of YT videos have info that could have
been a couple paragraphs of text rather than a 10 minute
video.

Have you tried bumping up the speed? Most readers (and YT)
can do this. I find that at 1.5x pretty much everything is
perfectly understandable - the readers just sound a bit
enthusiastic. I've got used to that, and now listen to a
most videos and podcasts at 1.75x. 2x is too fast, except
for slow speakers. I've heard that some listen at
3x - mainly blind people who've been doing it all their
lives.

Some players will also auto-edit out pauses, which saves
time with some loss of characterization.

pt