App to speed up audio and video: Swift

[Video Link] Swift Player & Downloader is a useful $0.99 iOS app can speed up or slow down audio and video.

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Brandon Wright

Wow… politicians talk really slow, that thing was like almost 2x and I could still understand it perfectly… Or maybe that was just Bill Clinton…
jimbuck

Works great on all mid-westerns and southerns! For NY’ers and other fast-talking states… maybe not.
pjcamp

I keep hearing Yakety Sax.
Carl Day

You know….. I think Bill’s speech was better sped up. Almost a gospel feel. Better pace
cfuse

Watching this makes me feel like I’ve drunk too much coffee. It’s like Paulstretch for video.

Is there a PC equivalent for people who don’t hate themselves enough to be using a phone to watch videos?
traalfaz

For Audiobooks, I’ve long used RockBox on a Sansa Fuze. I always listen to audiobooks sped up to at least 125% normal speed. 150% is pretty common and I’ve gone as high as 200% depending on the reader.

It also allows independent control of pitch, which has been helpful in the past with readers with very low or very high pitched voices. I listen to audiobooks while cycling and if the pitch of the reader’s voice is just wrong they can get drowned out in wind noise, so it’s helpful to be able to tweak them up or down.
Jan Henning Berg

This is strange, but in some way Bill Clinton at 1.75 x sounds exactly like Boris Johnson:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57gg2sinGK0

Their hairdo isn’t so different either…
ddh819

is there a similar app for android?
http://twitter.com/dmuren Dominic Muren

What a cool idea for an app – this certainly would make new keynote technology introduction speeches easier to bear.

But what a pity to have used that Clinton speech as an example. That man’s speaking power lives in his pace and rhythm. He is calm in his excitement. He is measured in his urgency. he understands si-len-ces.

That app, bless its heart, makes him sound like a caffeinated hamster.
James Barry

Is there a desktop version for this? It would be super helpful in learning guitar and whatever else.