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Read podcasts and videos
Read an hour of podcast in twelve minutes.
People talk at 150 words a minute, so an hour of podcast is about 9,000 words. Read at 750 and it takes twelve minutes. Redline turns a podcast or a video into text and shows it one word at a time, so you get the whole conversation at five times the pace it was spoken.
Why it happens
Speech is slow
Nobody can say it faster than about 150 words a minute. You can read it far faster.
Double speed still drags
Two times audio is 300 words a minute, and it is all the voice can take.
You cannot skim sound
Text lets you see what is coming. Audio makes you wait for it.
The fix
Paste the episode or the video link into Redline.
Read the transcript at your pace.
Take the quiz to find the three things worth keeping.
Questions people ask
Is it faster to read a podcast than to listen to it?
People talk at 150 words a minute, so an hour of podcast is about 9,000 words. Read at 750 and it takes twelve minutes. Redline turns a podcast or a video into text and shows it one word at a time, so you get the whole conversation at five times the pace it was spoken.
How does Redline help?
Paste the episode or the video link into Redline. Read the transcript at your pace. Take the quiz to find the three things worth keeping. Redline is in free beta and asks for no card.
How fast can I get?
The baseline is 150 words a minute, the pace of speech. Redline trains you toward 750, which is 5×, and quizzes you so the speed is real.
- How do I turn a YouTube video into text I can read?
- Is reading better than audiobooks for remembering?
- How fast can you listen to a podcast and still understand it?
- How do I keep up with all the podcasts I want to hear?
More to fix
Read faster
You read at the speed you talk. Read 5× faster.
Stop subvocalizing
Quiet the voice in your head when you read.
Focus while reading
Your mind wanders because the page is too slow.