Re: [orca-list] Audiobooks

[covici ccs covici com]

mplayer will do it, although it changes the pitch.

Tami Kinney <tamara 8024 comcast net> wrote:

> Hi, all,
>
> I'm an Orca newbie running Ubuntu 11.04. My prior Unix/Linux experience
> is so long ago, I might as well be a Linux newbie, but I'm having fun
> getting back into it and discovering all the cool new stuff while I"m
> getting up to speed with Orca. I'm spending a lot of time learning how
> to problem-solve myself while reading about what the rest of you are
> doing.
>
> Meanwhile, I want to take time out to read my audiobooks, but I like to
> listen to them at a higher speed... I'm using Banshee for playing music
> files, but I haven't found a plug in to allow me to increase play speed.
> There seem to be a couple of programs for Linux to do that, but I can't
> tell yet which ones would work with Orca.
>
> Is anyone else using a media player that will enable them to increase
> the playback speed for audiobooks with Orca? Any information will be
> appreciated.
>
> Tami
>
>
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