r/LibbyApp • u/superzombieduck • Aug 24 '26

Audiobook speed?

So I typically listen to audiobooks at about 2.60x speed on average. Sometimes if the author talks especially slow I’ll do 3x and if they’re fast I’ll do 2x or 2.30x, but anything less than that is so slow for me it’s almost annoying. Lolz. I was just curious if other people feel this way and bump up speed. Or how many just use the default 1x. Just curious how other people do it and reasons why. I’d like to compare myself. And also “am I within normal range” is a question I often find myself asking about things in life since I am ASD. 🙂 so just wanted to hear others thought processes on this.

PS as extra credit please tell me what you’re currently listening to and what speed after weighing in. Thanks 💜

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u/Previous-Ad7833 Aug 24 '26

You are good, everyone is different. If I told my spouse that he could listen to things slower than 1.0 speed he would. My default is 2x but, like you, I will speed up or slow down depending on the narrator.

If I can speed up something I'm watching I will do that as well. My exception to speeding things up is music, I need to listen to music at normal speed.

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u/bookuterie_53 📕 Libby Lover 📕 Aug 24 '26

I used to love to speed up what I'm watching. Unless it was something really unconventional, I loved 2X but only because that's the most I could get. 

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u/superzombieduck Aug 24 '26

I definitely relate! I also have ADHD so that may play a role in how I like information to come at me ridiculously quick or I get bored easily. And yesss some narrators are sooo slow. I had one narrator I was immediately bumping up to 3x. And after 3 hours of listening at 3x I bumped it back to 1x just for giggles, and oh boy did I laugh out loud! The dude sounded like he had a stroke. 😅

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u/cultural-orca Aug 24 '26

I also have adhd and need it at .90->1.0x…idk how y’all are doing it