Change maximum speaking rate in windows (or balabolka)

Solution 1:

I have the same problem as you. For me, the solution is to save the speech in MP3 at full speed and then use Audacity to cut a part of the stops and to increase speed. Then change the tone down a bit until feeling comfortable.

I see it works more or less understandable with:

  • 10 Speed in Balabolka (which is like 482 words per second) and save as MP3 file. Use divide and save audio if the text is too long, like epub ebooks.
  • Open the MP3 file with Audacity
  • OPTIONAL - Cutting silences to 50% (but it’s better to leave it as it is)
  • Increase speed to 1.33 at max (33% extra), which is like 640 words per minute.
  • Change Tone to -24% or the number you feel comfortable with.

That’s the option I found for myself, but I would like to find a better one.

The best future solution would be to edit the sounds of the speech software to make it easier to understand at high speeds. Because with the current sound it sounds really hard to understand if you go 700 words per minute and beyond.