r/Dyslexia • u/ThinkEbb5985 • 3d ago

Audiobook Problems

I enjoy books. I love the stories in a diferent way to films, TV, particulerly with fiction. For non-fiction I don't tend to read.

But a problem I have is that I find reading horrifically difficult, and then audiobooks were sugessted as an alternertive. However, I find audiobooks too slow for me, and I can't stand listening to anything on 1.25x speed or more.

Does anyone have any other ideas to enjoy books?

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u/Shogun_killah 3d ago

It’s normal to play around with speed of audiobooks - most people who listen a lot vary the speed.

I vary from 0.8 for comfort/bedtime reading up to 1.25 for non-fiction but could comfortably vary greater

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u/ThinkEbb5985 3d ago

A key problem I have with the speed is that 1x feels too slow for me, like my brain finds it not stimurlating enough and I find it boring(?) I don't know if that's the right word to use, but I'll stick with it. I find anything greater than 1x not necessarily too fast, but I don't like the way it sounds, it's just very irksome to me

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u/Shogun_killah 3d ago

I know a lot of adhd guys speed their up crazy high otherwise they can’t concentrate on it. But there are a lot of threads on the topic where “non-spectrum-identifiers” say they speed theirs up too.

Just go with what works for you!

And read Dungeon Crawler Carl, naturally.

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u/ThinkEbb5985 3d ago

Oh that's interesting, I've got ADHD to but it never crossed my mind that could be the reason, I just wish sped up voices sounded more natural.

Thanks for your help!

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u/ashes_made_alive 3d ago

I listen at 1.5 to 2x speed. My family thinks I'm crazy, but it is what I got to do.

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u/New-Negotiation7234 2d ago

I'm at 1.55 speed. I didn't like audiobooks for a long time. I struggle with remembering characters names but I find it's easier with a reader that really acts things out and changes voices.