I find I like to hear human speech at its original rate but I do occasionally speed it up just a little. However, I like to read nonfiction as fast as I reasonably can which is at around 310 words a minute. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna Slater" <donna.slater@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 9:23 AM Subject: [bookport] Speed junky : Hi there everyone : : Well, I thought I was a speed junky until I started listening to some of you : on the list. I find the bookport fastest speed is fast enough for me and : don't tend to mess about with the frequency. On the other hand, just out of : interest, how many of you speed up audio books? I do this all the time much : to my husband's irritation. He takes the view that a well-read audio book : should be fast enough and doesn't really need compressing, but hey, life's : too short. I want to read as many books as I can in my free time, so speed : wins out all the time for me. : : : Regards : : Donna : : donna.slater@xxxxxxxxxxxx : : : : -- : No virus found in this outgoing message. : Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. : Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.13/47 - Release Date: 12/07/2005 : : :