Changes

In some places of the reading of the text of this ''Harmony of the Gospel (Conservative Version)'' the computer sometimes skips whole sections of text which have to be broken up to be read without omissions, whole and entire, like the genealogies in Matthew and Luke, and 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 text which have to be broken up to be read without omissions, whole and entire, like the genealogies in Matthew and Luke, and 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. Many commas have been removed simply because they produce unnatural pauses in the computer reading. But some commas have been added 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 reads as separate sentences that don't make much sense. 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. Many commas have been removed simply because they produce unnatural pauses in the computer reading. But some commas have been added 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. 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 of the ordinary words. For example, the name "Onesimus" is read by the computer as "One semus". For this reason phonetic spellings have been substituted on the visual page for the sake of proper pronunciation by the audio computer Read aloud and Read out loud functions. In the particular case of the computer misreading the name of Onesimus the visual spelling of his name is rendered "O-nessymus". A similar adaptation is made for other names of people and places so the computer reading will say it right.

Mechanical computer reading also weirdly mispronounces some proper names of people and even some of the 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 page for the sake of proper pronunciation by the audio computer Read aloud and Read out loud functions. In the particular case of the computer misreading the name of Onesimus the visual spelling of his name is rendered "O-nessymus". Charism should be pronounced "care-ism". The name of Decebalus in Suetonius is rendered "Desseb ballus". A similar adaptation is made for other names of people and places so the computer reading will say it right.

The computer often cannot distinguish the past and present tenses of some words. Sometimes it doesn't use the right inflexion or accentuation of syllables of words in the context of the reading. For example, the past tense of "read" is given by the computer as the verb to read something as if reading right now, but for this narrative form on the page the word is phonetically corrected to "red". On the page it doesn't look right, but in the computer reading it sounds right. The word "live" is sometimes read as in "alive" when it should be pronounced "liv", without the 'e' on the end. The word "untie" is O.K., but the computer reads "untying" as "un-tee-ing". And the computer usually pronounces "present" with the accent on the first syllable, as if it's always the word for a gift or the current moment of time in the present right now, instead of reading it as presenting something to someone, to "pre-SENT" it. For this reason phonetic spellings are used in order to produce the right pronunciation in the computer narrative of the text. To accommodate the sighted reader of this ''Harmony of the Gospel (Conservative Version) narrative form'', all necessary phonetic spellings on the page are bracketed by quotation marks to show that they are not misspelling accidents overlooked by tired proofreaders.

The computer often cannot distinguish the past and present tenses of some words. Sometimes it doesn't use the right inflexion or accentuation of syllables of words in the context of the reading. For example, the past tense of "read" is sometimes given by the computer as the verb to read something as if reading right now, but for this narrative form on the page the word is phonetically corrected to "red". On the page it doesn't look right, but in the computer reading it sounds right. The word "live" is sometimes read as in "alive" when it should be pronounced "liv" without the 'e' on the end. The word "untie" is O.K., but the computer reads "untying" as "un-tee-ing". And the computer sometimes pronounces "present" with the accent on the first syllable as "prez-unt", and sometimes reads it as presenting something, to "pre-zent" it. The computer pronunciation can change between episodes of reading the words of the same ordinary text, when you go away and come back for a second reading of it again. For this reason phonetic spellings are used in order to produce the right pronunciation in the computer narrative of the text each time. To accommodate the sighted reader of this harmony of the Gospel conservative version narrative form, all necessary phonetic spellings on the page are bracketed by quotation marks, to show that they are not misspelling accidents overlooked by tired proofreaders.

As an illustration, turn on the Read aloud function on your computer or device, and listen to this page. Compare the reading here below of the text of Hebrews 1:1-3 from ''Harmony of the Gospel (Conservative Version) shorter form'' and the adaptation of the same text from ''Harmony of the Gospel (Conservative Version) narrative form''.

As an illustration, turn on the Read aloud function on your computer or device, and listen to this page. Compare the reading here below of the text from ''Harmony of the Gospel (Conservative Version) shorter form'', and the phonetic adaptation of the same text from the Harmony of the Gospel Conservative Version narrative form.  

 

 

 

==[[Harmony of the Gospel (Conservative Version) narrative form of Chapters 1-7 for audio computer Read aloud]]==

==[[Harmony of the Gospel (Conservative Version) narrative form of Chapters 1-7 for audio computer Read aloud]]==