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		JoshTriplett on April 4, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: What are you working on? This also depends heavily on information density. I can listen to some types of content at 2x without issue; other content I can't accelerate more than 10-20%.

MaulingMonkey on April 4, 2017 | [–]

Some content I have to scrub and rewatch even at 1x speed.

Some content I can watch at 4x.

dnautics on April 5, 2017 | [–]

Blind people regularly teach themselves to listen at 4-5x speed.

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