Changes

The narrative form of ''Harmony of the Gospel (Conservative Version)'' is an adaptation of the redacted text of this same encyclopedic feature, using phonetic spellings on the page. This is so that the audio computer "Read aloud" function reads it more naturally as a kind of "radio narrative" for people with bad vision or who are blind or are unable to look at a computer screen or read the printed page for very long. People who simply listen to the Bible being read often get unexpected insights when they can hear it. This is a benefit.  

The narrative form of ''Harmony of the Gospel (Conservative Version)'' is an adaptation of the redacted text of this same encyclopedic feature, using phonetic spellings on the page. This is so that the audio computer "Read aloud" function reads it more naturally as a kind of "radio narrative" for people with bad vision or who are blind or are unable to look at a computer screen or read the printed page for very long. People who simply listen to the Bible being read often get unexpected insights when they can hear it. This is a benefit.  

Chapter headings are not properly a part of the narrative text, so they are not included in the audio narrative of the page readings. Each page of the normal ''Harmony of the Gospel'' text here is seven chapters. Each of these seven-chapter pages is presented in the narrative form of this feature as a continuous reading for listening instead, without any mention of the chapter headings. The chapters being read are mentioned in the heading of the page.

Chapter headings are not properly a part of the narrative text, so they are not included in the text adapted here for a computer audio narrative of the page readings. Each page of the normal ''Harmony of the Gospel'' text here is seven chapters. Each of these seven-chapter pages is presented in the narrative form of this feature as a continuous reading for listening instead, without any mention of the chapter headings. The chapters of each page being read are mentioned in the heading of the page.

Some minor additions to the text of ''Harmony of the Gospel (Conservative Version)'' have been made so that the reading is more understandable. For example, instead of abruptly beginning the reading of some of the epistles or some of the historical documents suddenly, without any warning, an introductory statement is used, such as "Now this is what he wrote". This is so the listener will know what's happening. In the same way, to make clear that the epistle or document reading is finished, a statement saying so is added before going on with the narrative.  

Some minor additions to the text of ''Harmony of the Gospel (Conservative Version)'' have been made so that the reading is more understandable. For example, instead of abruptly beginning the reading of some of the epistles or some of the historical documents suddenly, without any warning, an introductory statement is used, such as "Now this is what he wrote". This is so the listener will know what's happening. In the same way, to make clear that the epistle or document reading is finished, a statement saying so is added before going on with the narrative.  

In some places of the reading of the text of this ''Harmony of the Gospel (Conservative Version)'' the computer sometimes skips whole sections of large continuous paragraphs, which for audio adaptation have to be broken up into smaller segments on the page, to accommodate this kind of mechanical failure to process the whole of the copy, in order for the computer to read all of the text it otherwise mechanically fails to read in the normal printed form without omissions, whole and entire, like the Genealogies, and the more extensive sections of the history narrative from [[Josephus]].

In some places of the reading of the text of this ''Harmony of the Gospel (Conservative Version)'' the computer sometimes skips whole sections of large continuous paragraphs, which for this audio adaptation have been broken up into smaller segments on the page, to accommodate this kind of mechanical failure to process the whole of the copy, in order for the computer to read all of the text it otherwise mechanically fails to read in the normal printed form without omissions, whole and entire, like the Genealogies, and the more extensive sections of the history narrative from [[Josephus]].

Visual punctuation on the page has been adapted so that the computer reading of the narrative is smoother and more natural to listen to. Mechanical computer reading sometimes abruptly pauses or stumbles over some of the standard punctuation of regular printed text. In other cases some odd pauses in the mechanical computer reading occur when it encounters a particular word or phrase, like "Genealogies" in the preceding paragraph. Many commas have been removed simply because they produce unnatural pauses in the computer reading. But some commas or other useful punctuation marks have been added to provide a pause where necessary, so the computer reading aloud of the page makes more sense to the listener. In some cases, phrases have been rearranged because the mechanical reading of the computer breaks up a sentence into two or more parts, which it then reads as separate sentences that don't make much sense as read. It doesn't change the meaning. It's just a necessary adaptation to get around the limitations of mechanical computer reading, which simply makes more sense of the text of the narrative when read that way.

Visual punctuation on the page has been adapted so that the computer reading of the narrative is smoother and more natural to listen to. Mechanical computer reading sometimes abruptly pauses or stumbles over some of the standard punctuation of regular printed text. In other cases some odd pauses in the mechanical computer reading occur when it encounters a particular word or phrase, like "Genealogies" in the preceding paragraph. Many commas have been removed simply because they produce unnatural pauses in the computer reading. But some commas or other useful punctuation marks have been added to provide a pause where necessary, to avoid an unintended hurried reading through a sentence so the computer reading aloud of the page makes more sense to the listener. The punctuation of "dashes" in the printed text, normally intended to indicate a pause for emphasis, is totally ignored by the computer reading as if it doesn't exist, and a comma or semi-colon or even a full period is used instead to produce the same intended effect. In some cases, phrases have been rearranged because the mechanical reading of the computer breaks up a sentence into two or more parts, which it then reads as separate sentences that don't make much sense as read. It doesn't change the meaning. It's just a necessary adaptation to get around the limitations of mechanical computer reading, which simply makes more sense of the text of the narrative when read that way.

Mechanical computer reading also weirdly mispronounces some proper names of people and even some ordinary words. For example, the name Onesimus is read by the computer as "One sime us". For this reason phonetic spellings have been substituted on the visual display of the page for the sake of proper pronunciation by the Read aloud and Read out loud audio functions of the computer. In the particular case of the computer misreading the name of Onesimus the visual spelling of his name is rendered "O-nessymus". Charism is mechanically read wrongly with a soft "c h" by the computer as if it's the name of a belief called "char-ism", when it should be pronounced with the hard form of "c h" as "care-ism". The name of Decebalus in Suetonius is rendered phonetically on the page as "Desseb ball us". A similar technique of phonetic adaptation is made for other names of people and places, so the computer audio reading will say it right.  

Mechanical computer reading also weirdly mispronounces some proper names of people and even some ordinary words. For example, the name Onesimus is read by the computer as "One sime us". For this reason phonetic spellings have been substituted on the visual display of the page for the sake of proper pronunciation by the Read aloud and Read out loud audio functions of the computer. In the particular case of the computer misreading the name of Onesimus the visual spelling of his name is rendered "O-nessymus". Charism is mechanically read wrongly with a soft "c h" by the computer as if it's the name of a belief called "char-ism", when it should be pronounced with the hard form of "c h" as "care-ism". The name of Decebalus in Suetonius is rendered phonetically on the page as "Desseb ball us". A similar technique of phonetic adaptation is made for other names of people and places, so the computer audio reading will say it right.