Comments on: Increase Productivity - Speed Up Your iPod Playback! http://www.pool-room.com/2007/08/increase-productivity-speed-up-your-ipod-playback/ Where all the good stuff ends up. Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:30:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Lars http://www.pool-room.com/2007/08/increase-productivity-speed-up-your-ipod-playback/#comment-15054 Lars Tue, 11 Dec 2007 21:11:25 +0000 http://www.pool-room.com/2007/08/increase-productivity-speed-up-your-ipod-playback/#comment-15054 <p>I would like variable-speed playback on my iPod. In particular, I'd like to be able to slow it down when playing back audio files, for better comprehension when listening to language-learning mp3's. Second, third, etc. languages are much easier to understand when slowed down just 10 or 20 percent. So I agree, incremental speed control would be great. And for native-language podcasts or audio books, it would be nice to speed them up.</p> <p>Thanks for the tip about converting your file to AAC and making it an audiobook... I may use that. The approach I've been using is to slow the file down using 3rd-party software (e.g. the free Audacity) before putting it on my iPod. Of course this takes additional storage space if you want both slow and regular versions.</p> <p>Lars</p> I would like variable-speed playback on my iPod. In particular, I’d like to be able to slow it down when playing back audio files, for better comprehension when listening to language-learning mp3’s. Second, third, etc. languages are much easier to understand when slowed down just 10 or 20 percent.
So I agree, incremental speed control would be great. And for native-language podcasts or audio books, it would be nice to speed them up.

Thanks for the tip about converting your file to AAC and making it an audiobook… I may use that. The approach I’ve been using is to slow the file down using 3rd-party software (e.g. the free Audacity) before putting it on my iPod. Of course this takes additional storage space if you want both slow and regular versions.

Lars

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