I can listen to podcasts at 1.1x speed, and it basically just sounds like they tightened up their delivery a little bit. More than that and it sounds artificial.

I might go as high as 1.25x for some review videos, but I get the distinct impression that those guys are slowing down their delivery so as to pad out the runtime.

[–] stinerman@feddit.online 3 points 2 days ago

I do podcasts at 1.25x. I can't do videos anything other than 1x because the movements of people become unnatural.