I wanted to embed audio player for my blog. One thing which my readers request a lot is playback speed in audio player. Player could have 1x, 1.25x, 1.5x.. palyback speeds.

Folks, our former Wishlist portal, where our users shared their requests and suggestions, was transferred to this forum. You’re most welcome to vote, add new ideas, and leave your comments here — we surely will consider them all! :star_struck: Original Votes: 5

Original comment from Travis Dennis transferred from the previous Wishlist portal:

Yes!!! In our industry listening to podcasts for continuing education, it is commonplace for us to hit 2x speed when there is a much slower speaker. PLEASE ADD THIS! I would have 3 other business owners subscribe to this service just for this feature alone. No other audio player offers it on the we…

Hey @Joshua_Nangle :wave: Thank you for sharing your opinion with us! We see how useful this option might be for our users, so we’ll try our best to consider it in our future updates. I’ll keep you updated :slightly_smiling_face:

Thank you Max! I have 1000 business owners in my network that could leverage a feature like this. May lead to an increased subscription for 4 of the leads, myself included. Keep us posted. Joshua A. Nangle | Owner Echelon Rising LLC Legacy Business Development LLC M. 407.405.8590 Social: Legac…

Please give the audio speed increase and decrease option for audio player

Greetings and welcome to the Elfsight family, @user18777 :wave: We already have this idea on the Wishlist, and I’ve merged your comment with the related discussion. Thanks a bunch for sharing your thoughts with us :slightly_smiling_face:

This idea was first suggested in 2020… Any update here? This would seriously improve UX for my audio recorded course lessons and save people time.

Thank you for your comment, @KJ_Harlow ! I’m afraid we don’t have any info about this feature, I’m very sorry :pensive: You see, we now have to prioritize based on the popularity of a request and the complexity involved, meaning the most popular ones get considered first. But we’ll be happy to pos…

Playback Speed in audio Player

Wishlist Audio Player

Max August 6, 2026, 3:20pm 14

Hey everyone!

The feature is already live!

Check this post for more details and share your feedback in the post thread: Audio Player: Enjoy Playback Speed control and improved display of player controls

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