“…Speed reading … has long been used in the ongoing quest for the efficient absorption of information. And personalized, sped-up audio playback, for its part, has been around… In 2007, the “Getting Things Done” blog recommended “adjusting the playback speed of your audiobook or video to a maximum of 150 percent” to complete the book more quickly. In 2010, the tech blog GigaOm suggested “speed-listening to podcasts” as an overall time-saving technique. Software titled, straightforwardly, FasterAudio promises to “cut your audio learning time in half.” read more…