Hey you make a good point so here's your chance to perhaps contact
Apple and let them know. If it were an option, well, but yeah, its
not really necessary and I have to agree. The NLS talking book
readers didn't even do this.
Scott
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On Aug 9, 2006, at 5:55 PM, 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.
