tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2094562384038868734.post5984719402505280133..comments2024-03-05T20:33:06.615-06:00Comments on A Library Girl's Familiar Diversions: Trying out new things: Audible and DramaFeverUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2094562384038868734.post-827273856623445532015-08-23T07:51:58.266-05:002015-08-23T07:51:58.266-05:00I think you can also slow down the speed if the re...I think you can also slow down the speed if the reader is talking too fast. :) I think I miss the 30-second rewind (which you can hit multiple times to rewind 60, 90, etc. seconds) as sometimes my mind wanders a little and I need to re-listen to something, but not necessarily the whole designated segment.<br />Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09902380558583190500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2094562384038868734.post-21381585812367243352015-08-22T23:23:36.445-05:002015-08-22T23:23:36.445-05:00Ooh, I hadn't noticed that you could increase ...Ooh, I hadn't noticed that you could increase the speed. I don't know that I'd want to do that in most cases, since the point of my audiobooks is to give me something to listen to, for as long as possible, while working, but it's something to keep in mind if I think a narrator in a sample is decent but speaks too slow.<br /><br />I have a feeling that Audible will be one of those things I'll start up and drop as necessary, since I'm more of a print/e-book person and would prefer to put more of my money into that. I'm just happy to finally have Ancillary Sword, which I imagine I'll be listening to more than once considering that I've already read my paper copy twice in the last couple months.A Library Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06144279685884011943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2094562384038868734.post-89368626268247281612015-08-22T22:35:05.324-05:002015-08-22T22:35:05.324-05:00One of the things I did like about Audible, when I...One of the things I did like about Audible, when I gave it a try a few months ago, was the ability to change the speed at which the audiobook played. I was a little concerned about whether or not I'd be able to finish a normally-13.75-hour audiobook in time for a book club meeting. So I increased the speed to 1.5 times the normal rate. This worked fine with that particular narrator's voice, maybe even made the book a little better, but it might not work for all narrators. I also liked the feature that allowed me to "rewind" 30 seconds (multiple times if need be) to catch a part I missed or wanted to listen to again. <br /><br />Still - the kind of audiobooks I like to listen to are still readily available on CD at libraries (and also sometimes at one of my four Overdrive libraries), so at $14.95 a month, I did not keep my Audible membership. I would pick it up again though if I needed to listen to a particular book by a deadline and couldn't get the audio any other way.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09902380558583190500noreply@blogger.com