You can also drag the position marker for the video to find specific parts of the video, and the playback speed will remain the same as what you have it set for.

Have you ever wanted to watch a training video, but didnt feel you could take the time for it? asks Daniel Steinberg of the Google Video Team. Ever wished a slow speaker would talk just a little faster? Or maybe youd like to skim through a presentation at high speed until you got to something really interesting.It would be nice if Google would implement a speed control feature on YouTube videos. It would make sense given the much larger audience for these.