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by bellacodes 4150 days ago
The absolute limit of comprehension for sighted people is 10 syllables per second. Blind people, however, can comprehend speech sped up to 25 syllables per second.

This sample is playing at 16 syllables per second and it already sounds like COMPLETE gibberish to me: https://rdouglasfields.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/speech16-...

(http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-can-some-blind...)

Makes you wonder who the "impaired" ones are.