(yes, that’s the title of a long-forgotten Harlan Ellison story, let him pull a Bradbury on me)
A while back, I was grousing (shock!) about wanting to watch TV at double speed, with sound and/or closed captioning. Lo and behold, some folks are already on it.
Enounce, Incorporated – Time Scale Modification of Audio : Products
The Enounce 2xAV plug-in adds a “slider bar” to the RealPlayer and RealOne Player that let’s you change the playback rate of Video and Audio from 1/3 to 2.5 normal speed without pausing playback. Patented Signal Processing keeps audio sounding natural (not “chipmunked”) at all speeds; and allows users to comprehend and remember the information.
Now if they can get it on my satellite receiver or a Mac, I’ll be pleased.