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 quelqun | In reply to @nick-h:matrix.org
Apart from that, hello, I'm Nick, and I'm writing a fantasy adventure game story which is about a kingdom under assault by ancient machines reawakened. Sounds cool, how's that going? | 05:30:55 |
| quelqun | staunch_thomas listened to the first (11h) audiobook segment of the first book and it's just as wonderful as I remember :) | 05:37:08 |
| quelqun | I started the second and it's a bit jarring, the first was a man narrator and now it's a woman who pronounces things a bit differently. But overall it's still great | 05:38:24 |
 @staunch_thomas:matrix.org | I've never tried to listen to those books. I wonder if there are audio versions with different voices for characters. | 18:49:42 |
 dgaletic | yup, look up Graphic Audio production | 18:50:19 |
| dgaletic | and yeah some books have 2 narrators, one for male one for female characters | 18:50:37 |
| @staunch_thomas:matrix.org | That's interesting. Thanks. | 18:51:00 |
| dgaletic | Graphic Audio has a full cast of actors | 18:51:17 |
| dgaletic | but the books cost so much $$$ | 18:51:23 |
| @staunch_thomas:matrix.org | I'm gonna check them. Although I'm not a fan of audio books... but who knows. | 18:52:00 |
| dgaletic | I really liked some, like The First Law, read by Stephen Pacey | 18:52:26 |
| dgaletic | Dresden Files, read by James Marsters | 18:52:40 |
| dgaletic | Mistborn, by Michael Kramer | 18:52:48 |
| dgaletic | however I couldn't get into the narrator reading Three Parts Dead | 18:54:10 |
| @staunch_thomas:matrix.org | It seems like a whole new world for me. Some of my friends listen to audio books while doing some other stuff. I'm not sure that it allows to concentrate on the plot. | 18:55:38 |
| @staunch_thomas:matrix.org | But anyway... Thanks for the advice. | 18:56:16 |
| dgaletic | I can concentrate better than I expected, so yeah it works. Whether I'm doing the dishes while listening or just lying in bed and listening | 18:56:38 |
| dgaletic | Single-tasking it does work better for my enjoyment though | 18:56:48 |
| dgaletic | and gives the eyes a break from too much screen time | 18:57:00 |
| @staunch_thomas:matrix.org | Oh, dishes... It might work for me. :) | 18:58:09 |
| dgaletic | :D | 18:58:53 |
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| biblioscholar | Oh I see audio is being discussed. As a visually challenged person TTS is also awesome and lets you listen to many things that will never be put into audio and the file sizes are smaller. Despite what you might think it also sounds better than older audiobooks too | 19:55:05 |
| @staunch_thomas:matrix.org | Yeah, I used to think that TTS usually sounded robotic, but after what you've said, I guess it's not the case anymore nowadays. | 22:18:36 |
| biblioscholar | Still somewhat does but once you’re into the story it’s usually not a big deal | 23:09:18 |
| biblioscholar | There are recorded books that sound worse and more robotic these days | 23:09:35 |
| 26 Jan 2021 |
| dgaletic | What software do you use for TTS? | 04:17:16 |
