[bookport] Re: Preferring Synthetic Speech to Human Narration
- From: "Sarah Cranston" <cranston.sarah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 09:53:30 -0500
Having read all these different opinions about reading material and speech
verses human narration, I have come to the conclusion that there aren't two of
us on this list who prefer the exact same ratio of TTS and narrated audio. I
was pleasantly surprised to realize how many people share my preference for the
DoubleTalk synth. I have only read one book narrated by a human being in four
years, and it was read by Frank Muller, the man who narrated the first four
Dark Tower books by Stephen King, a fantastic and sorely missed narrator.
Other than that, it's DoubleTalk and Braille all the way for me. In my own
opinion, a good book would only be ruined by human narration, no matter how
good the narrator.
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Subject: [bookport] Re: Preferring Synthetic Speech to Human Narration
There is something to be said for an excellently narrated fiction book
especially if the narrator can bring things to life.
For a work of fiction, if done well, it makes the audio book a great
experience.
On the other hand, non-fiction is usually boring as a narrator can only do
so much unless the book is of a lighter genre.
I suspect that something psychological may also be at play here. A book
from Web Braille, BookShare, or scanned on a scanner is immediately
available.
Something borrowed from RFB&D or a NLS library, on the other hand, must be
ordered first and then received at a later time.
Downloaded books provide immediate reading which massages one's psyche.
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