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 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 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.

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 For example, instead of abruptly beginning the reading of some of the epistles or some of the historical documents suddenly without any warning, an introductory statement is used, such as "Now this is what he wrote".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 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 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]].

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 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. 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 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.

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.  

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 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 like a belief in charred wood, 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 adaptation is made for other names of people and places, so the computer audio reading will say it right.  

Substituting the standard forms of dictionary phonetic spellings of these words with the phonetic characters of their dictionary definitions just doesn't work. Available audio computer Read aloud functions are not currently adapted for reading dictionary phonetical spellings with special phonetic characters, and they are not phonetically read right by the computer according to the sounds they are intended to represent. The same goes for any computer Read aloud of any words spelled with the [[IPA|International Phonetic Alphabet]]. It doesn't work.

Substituting the standard forms of dictionary phonetic spellings of these words with the phonetic characters of their dictionary definitions just doesn't work. Available audio computer Read aloud functions are not currently adapted for reading dictionary phonetical spellings with special phonetic characters, and they are not phonetically read right by the computer according to the sounds they are intended to represent. The same goes for any computer Read aloud of any words spelled with the [[IPA|International Phonetic Alphabet]]. It doesn't work.

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.

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" r e a d, is sometimes given by the computer as the verb to read something as if reading right now, "to read it", but for this narrative form on the page the intended past tense of the word is phonetically corrected to r e d, "red", within the context of the text, "I have red this". On the page it doesn't look right, but in the audio computer reading these odd spellings sound right. The word "live" is sometimes read as in "alive", when it should be pronounced "liv", without the silent '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 "Prezz ent", and sometimes reads it with the accent on the second syllable as presenting something, to "pree-zent" it. The computer forms of pronunciation can also change between episodes of reading the words of the same ordinary text, when you log off and go away and come back and log on for a second reading of it again and the uncommon words are read differently from before, sometimes changing their meanings, which can be confusing for the listener who can't read print, especially for students who study class-assigned books and materials with the aid of audio readings. For this reason phonetic spellings are used in this narrative form of Harmony of the Gospel in order to produce the right pronunciation in the computer narrative of the text each time. To accommodate the sighted reader of this narrative form of Harmony of the Gospel Conservative Version, all necessary phonetic spellings on the page are bracketed by quotation marks, to show the sighted reader 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 of the text here below of the genealogy from Chapter Five of ''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. In the first part of this example the computer's reading omits a large section of the block of text after the fact that Joseph died, skipping everything in the genealogy up to the words "the son of Simeon, the son of Judah". Then it reads it from there to "Adam, the son of God" at the end, and then it repeats everything it read from the same place starting again with "the son of Simeon, the son of Judah" down to "Adam, the son of God". This defect in the computer reading of the regular existing text of the Harmony is eliminated with the adapted narrative form.

As an illustration, turn on the Read aloud function on your computer or device, and listen to this page. Compare the reading of the text here below of the genealogy from Chapter Five of ''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. In the first part of this example the computer's reading omits a large section of the block of text after the fact that Joseph died, skipping everything in the genealogy up to the words "the son of Simeon, the son of Judah". Then it reads it from there to the words "Adam, the son of God", at the end, and then it repeats everything it had already read from the same place starting again with "the son of Simeon, the son of Judah", down to the end again, with "Adam, the son of God". This defect in the mechanical computer reading of the regular existing text of this Harmony of the Gospel is eliminated with the adapted phonetic spellings of the narrative form.

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