So, I decided to try the Apple Podcast app and I have to admit I could not locate the option for increasing the speed. WOUld someone be so kind as to tell me where this can be found? The one thing I gather the APple Podcast app does not have is a way to display the show notes etc. That is something I do like and hope they would add. If not I think this would really not put the Podcast app in the running with those already available.
On Jun 27, 2012, at 6:37 AM, Garth Humphreys wrote: > I like the suggestion of making the speed control a picker, this would be > nice. Although I find that the double tap and hold to bring up the full list > of options in downcast a good way of getting to the speed you want fairly > quickly. On the comparison between downcast's and iCatcher's top speed, I did > do a little testing a while back to see since to me they sounded pretty much > the same. At the time I started the same podcast on both my iPad and iPhone, > one in each app and found that they stayed fairly well in sync, one at 2X and > the other at 3X. > > You might ask what prompted me to waste my time doing this :) I think at the > time I was just thinking to myself that 3x on downcast didn't really sound > any quicker than 2x on iCatcher and I just had to find out. Now I really > might get around to seeing exactly how long it does take me to listen to an > hour long show. I would tell myself to get a life if I wasn't already to busy > to fit one in LOL > > Garth > > > On 27/06/2012, at 3:06 PM, Cristobal wrote: > >> I could be wrong, but Downcast feels slightly faster to me than iCatcher. I >> too have not done any tests to verify this, but just by ear, it sounds just >> a bit faster when maxed out. Perhaps not enough to be really considered 3 x >> like they supposedly say, but still. This is why I even wrote the Downcast >> developer requesting that they increase the playback rate since I too use it >> for audiobook playback and any other spoken word audio material. Although, >> if they were to do that, I would imagine that they'd have to change the >> current button set up for changing the speed to a picker action where one >> can adjust the playback speed since it can be adjusted by quarter increments >> and already that can get somewhat tedious. >> >> Getting back to the Apple podcast app though, accessible though it may be, >> their fastest speed just doesn't cut it for heavy usage. I am going to play >> around with their podcast search feature since I don't find Downcast's >> search feature as robust as it could be. >> >> Now, if the rumored NLS app were to come out and it have the playback speed >> option as the digital players, I'd be all over that like ugly on an ape. >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf >> Of Garth Humphreys >> Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2012 8:42 PM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Speeding up playback: was [New post] Apple releases free 'Podcasts' >> app for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch >> >> I also love to speed up the playback of podcasts and audio books. The app >> speed up player pro is the fastest that I know of. The one thing that annoys >> me is the way various apps label the playback speed. Let me explain, >> Downcast's fastest speed is labelled as 3X and iCatcher's fastest speed is >> labelled as 2X. Actually if you put both of these devices at their fastest >> speed, they playback audio at the same rate. I haven't checked exactly how >> long it takes to playback an hours content on both apps to see which is the >> correct label but I believe that iCatcher is correct in naming the speed 2X. >> I know that I can't listen to a 1 hour show in Downcast in only 20 minutes. >> It probably stems from the fact that Apples own apps incorrectly label the >> fastest speed they do as 2X. >> As I said Speed Up Player Pro is the fastest I have come across. It's >> fastest is 2.5X and I believe that like iCatcher they have correctly >> labelled the speed control. >> >> >> Garth >> >> On 27/06/2012, at 12:26 PM, "Rose Combs" <rosecom...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Depends on the podcast, some I wish I could speed up a lot, especially >>> on days when I have just a few minutes to listen,. Slow talkers annoy >>> me when I am trying to get information quickly, which is always. >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On >>> Behalf Of Daniel Miller >>> Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2012 4:35 PM >>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >>> Subject: RE: [New post] Apple releases free 'Podcasts' app for iPhone, >>> iPad, and iPod touch >>> >>> Yes, I find the fact that you can speed up podcasts up to be >>> redundant, since they're spoken word content, which in my view >>> speeding that up hinders consumption of the information. >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On >>> Behalf Of Scott Howell >>> Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2012 6:31 PM >>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >>> Subject: Re: [New post] Apple releases free 'Podcasts' app for iPhone, >>> iPad, and iPod touch >>> >>> What do you find redundant and stupid? The fact you can play the >>> content at >>> 1.5 or double the speed? Does this affect the consumption of the >>> information? I have to assume the playback speed is the same as the >>> Music app. I do wish Apple would allow 3X which would really move things >> along. >>> >>> On Jun 26, 2012, at 4:49 PM, Daniel Miller wrote: >>> >>>> The podcast app can play them at normal, 1.5, or double speed, for >>>> anyone that would want that kind of thing. I personally find that to >>>> be redundant and stupid, but that's just me. >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On >>>> Behalf Of Fred Olver >>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2012 3:49 PM >>>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >>>> Subject: Re: [New post] Apple releases free 'Podcasts' app for >>>> iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch >>>> >>>> Jim, turn your ears on fast speed. >>>> >>>> Fred Olver >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Jim Fettgather" <jimfettgat...@gmail.com> >>>> To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> >>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2012 3:35 PM >>>> Subject: Re: [New post] Apple releases free 'Podcasts' app for >>>> iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch >>>> >>>> >>>>> This app does not appear to have a way to adjust the speed at which >>>>> the podcasts play. >>>>> This feature is absolutely critical. >>>>> Unless I am missing something. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 6/26/12, Jennie Facer <pup...@me.com> wrote: >>>>>> I wonder how accessible this is? 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