Hi Travis and all,
That's quite interesting. Breathing doesn't really bother me. Sure you
haven't spent too long listening to voice synths? *grin* Kidding of
course. I for one like the realism, but if it is an irritation to some
than I hope you can set it not to breathe. In any case, it's a small
thing. It's the clarity and intelligibility of the voice that i find
remarkable.
Travis Siegel wrote:
Even if they do have other plans for Alex, and I'm sure they do, I can
tell you nothing irritates me more when listening to a book than to
hear the narrator breathing. This includes the quick breaths between
sentences. The really good ones don't do this, and in my opinion, it
makes the listening experience worlds better. I actually had to can
one book because the reader not only kept taking breaths, but was
talking with so much breath, it sounded like they were trying to
seduce you with every line of dialog, and it wasn't a romance book.
While I don't like the breathing, it is possible to ignore it to a
point, but after a while if it continues, it just becomes too
irritating for me. I much prefer the readers who work breathing into
the pauses between sentences and paragraphs such that I can't hear
them, or perhaps the microphone doesn't pick them up. This for me is
by far more preferrable.
But again, I understand why they're including that, to make it sound
more natural, but as I said, in my opinion, it's distracting and
wholely unnecessary.
So, there's my two cents worth, for what it's worth to anyone who cares.
Just figured I'd toss out my take on the matter, since I've been
listening to recorded books for more than 30 years. Again, not that
that means anything, only my personal view.
