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I use yt-dlp to download the transcript, and if it's not available i can get the audio file and run it through parakeet locally. Then I have the plain text, which could be read out loud (kind of defeating the purpose), but perhaps at triple speed with a computer voice that's still understandble at that speed. I could also summarize it with an llm. With pandoc or typst I can convert to single column or mult column pdf to print or watch on tv or my smart glasses. If I strip the vowels and make the font smaller I can fit more!

One could convert the Markdown/PDF to a very long image first with pandoc+wkhtml, then use ffmpeg to crop and move the viewport slowly over the image, this scrolls at 20 pixels per second for 30s - with the mpv player one could change speed dynamically through keys.

ffmpeg -loop 1 -i long_image.png -vf "crop=iw:ih/10:0:t*20" -t 30 -pix_fmt yuv420p output.mp4

Alternatively one could use a Rapid Serial Visual Presentation / Speedreading / Spritz technique to output to mp4 or use dedicated rsvp program where one can change speed.

One could also output to a braille 'screen'.

Scrolling mp4 text on the the TV or Laptop to read is a good idea for my mother and her macula degeneration, or perhaps I should make use of an easier to see/read magnification browser plugin tool.