How to Adjust the Narration Speed of Audible Audiobooks
If you have a lot of Audible to listen at a limited time, you may want to speed up the playback speed so that to listen to them quickly. Usually we can adjust the speed on the compatible player such as Windows Media Player or Audible Manager. However, not all devices are compatible with these players. So here I will talk about how to set the playback speed as well as how to change the speed forever by a dedicated Audible Converter.
Set the Playback Speed for Audible Audiobooks
Audible files are supported to be played on a few apps like Audible Manager for computer/phone, Audible Cloud Player, Windows Media Player, iTunes, but only Audible mobile version and Windows Media Player come with the options to adjust the speed.
Audible for phone: Go to the Player screen of the Audible app, tap the ‘Narrator Speed’ icon, you will find the options to choose the speed from the options 0.5x, 1x, 1.25x, 1.5x, 2x or 3x.
Windows Media Player: You can load your audiobooks to play on Windows Media Player first, then you can right-click on the play button and choose the playback speed, slow playback, normal playback or fast playback.
The drawback of this method is that the options are limited and sometimes the sound may be distorted due to the speed is either too slower or too faster. In addition, some players don’t have the options to change the speed, so you can’t enjoy the audiobooks with the same speed anywhere.
Convert Audible Audiobooks with a Customized Speed
Thanks to the third party TunesKit Audible Converter for Windows/Mac, you can now customize the playback speed you required for Audible files and convert them to new format of audio files. Besides, it will help you remove any DRM limitations which may reduce your listening experience such as authorizing Audible files. After converting, you can copy and paste the files to play anywhere in theory.
Easy Steps to Speed Up Audible Audiobooks
TunesKit Audible Converter is developed with a most intuitive screen yet powerful features to convert Audible files to MP3, MKA, M4A, M4B, AAC, FLAC, AC3, M4R, split chapters, change the playback speed, volume and pitch and so on.
1Add Audible audiobooks
Before changing the speed, please make sure you have already downloaded Audible audiobooks to your computer first. On Windows PC, you can use the Audible Download Manager to help you download the Audible AA or AAX files. On Mac computer, you can download them into iTunes directly. When they are downloaded completely, you can drag and drop them to the TunesKit Audible Converter or click ‘Add Files’ button to import them.
2Change narration speed
TunesKit Audible Converter offers the option to change your format, speed, volume, pitch, tags, chapters. To change the playback speed, please click the icon beside the Audible audiobooks you imported. Then you can select the right play back speed you want from 1% ~ 200%. You can either change it from the bar or input the value you desired.
3Convert Audible files
At last, you can click ‘Convert’ to transcode your Audible audiobooks to the new audio files with the speed you customized. By adopting the advanced lossless converting technology, the output quality will be the same as your source files and you don’t need to worry about if there is any quality loss.
To conclude, it is ok to just adjust the speed of the Audible audiobooks on Audible Manager or Windows Media Player. But if you want to enjoy audiobooks within multiple players faster, it is more convenient to change the speed of the Audible files forever. In this way, you can listen to much more audiobooks within the same time. If you have any comments, please feel free to contact us again.