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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Depends on the narrator. I love me an accent, but an accent generally means I have to cut the pace by 20-25%. Highly technical stuff as well. Otherwise, 2-2.5 is a pretty comfortable pace for me. I occasionally pause to take notes on nonfiction when there's something I really want to make sure I retain, but I can comfortably discuss the content of all the stuff I read that I way. You just bump it a little over time when it starts to feel slow.

It's distraction that gets you, though. If you start to pay attention to something else, you can very easily lose the plot.