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Podcast: Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice
Episode: 0392 - How Fast We Can Speak… and Listen
Description: 2022.01.27 – 0392 - How Fast Can We Speak… and Listen?How Fast Can We Speak?“In just 600 milliseconds, the human brain can think of a word, apply the rules of grammar to it and send it to the mouth to be spoken.” How Fast can We Listen?The average rate of speech for an American is about 125 words per minute; the human brain can process about twice that speed (“the average adult can readily comprehend spoken audio at 2X speed or at a compression rate of 50%. This roughly corresponds to 275 words per minute” ...