Default speed

Which speed plays

• A book you have already listened to, changed the speed of, or answered the question “This book is open on another device” about — its remembered speed.
• “Mark as finished”, “Mark as unfinished” and seeking before the book first plays don’t remember a speed: such a book starts by the rules below.
• A book you haven’t started yet — “Speed for this narrator”, if it is set on the narrator’s page.
• Otherwise — the “Default speed”.

Values

Range

From 0.5× to 3× in steps of 0.05.

Default

1×.

What does not change

• The book playing right now stays at its speed.
• So do started books: each continues at its own remembered speed.
• With “Sync across devices”, the value travels to your other devices.

Tip

If one narrator reads noticeably slower than the rest, set a speed for that narrator and leave the general one alone: it will apply to all of their books you haven’t started yet.

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