Listening to audiobooks and podcasts on an iPhone or an iPod Touch can help make a commute or workout go faster, but unexpected interruptions can make you miss some of those spoken words. If this happens to you, just tap the iPhone or iPod Touch to bring up the Now Playing screen with your current audio selection.
Tap the screen again to call up a layer of controls. Find the icon in the center of the screen that looks like an arrow encircling the number 30, and tap it to jump back 30 seconds in the audiobook or podcast.
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can also increase or decrease the narrator’s reading speed by tapping the 1X, 2X or 1/2X button on the right side of the screen. Podcasts have other screen icons as well, including an envelope button to send
the show’s link to a friend, and separate buttons to “like” or comment about the episode on Apple’s Ping social network.