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-For now I'm just setting up this page. This way I'll have a place to assemble and put materials together in developing new articles for Conservapedia as a contributor. I noticed that other people have already done the same thing.
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-I'm planning on using it first to create an adapted narrative form of the nine pages of the ''Harmony of the Gospel (Conservative Version)''. I just finished my first proposal of boldfacing every occurrence of "Lord" there. I have listened to Read aloud of every page of the shorter form and there's potential for some unexpected insights that you only get from hearing it. The text really needs some phonetic adaptations of some of the spellings on the page for listening. That way an audio computer "Read aloud" will not give weird readings of some of the words in the text when listened to. I really want to do this for the benefit of people who just want to listen to the narrative. Mainly because I care about people who have impaired eyesight or are blind and just want to hear how the whole New Testament fits together with first century Roman history, like you have it here. --[[User:IndependentSkeptic|IndependentSkeptic]] ([[User talk:IndependentSkeptic|talk]]) 17:57, 5 March 2020 (EST)
-=Draft of Index page for narrative form of Harmony of the Gospel (Conservative Version)=
-=[[Harmony of the Gospel (Conservative Version) narrative form Index for audio computer Read aloud]]=
-[[Harmony of the Gospel (Conservative Version)|Main article]]
-==[[Harmony of the Gospel (Conservative Version) narrative form Introduction for audio computer Read aloud]]==
-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. This is a benefit.
-Chapter headings are not part of the narrative text, so they are not included in the reading. 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.
-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 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.
-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.
-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 [[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.
-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 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 end with "Adam, the son of God", and then it repeats everything again 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 existing text is eliminated with the adapted narrative form.
-;Shorter Form
-Now Joseph, the husband of Mary, from whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ, died. And Jesus himself, who was born of the offspring of David according to the flesh, when he began, was about thirty years old, being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph, the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggai, the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Joseph, the son of Judah, the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri, the son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmodam, the son of Er, the son of Jose, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonan, the son of Eliakim, the son of Melea, the son of Menan, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David, the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Salmon, the son of Nahshon, the son of Amminadab, the son of Aram, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah, the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor, the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah, the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech, the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan, the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.
-;Narrative Form
-Now Joseph the husband of Mary, from whom was born Jesus who is called Christ: died.
-And Jesus himself who was born of the offspring of David according to the flesh, when he began was about thirty years old, being the son as was supposed of Joseph, the son of "He-lye", the son of "Matt That", the son of Levi, the son of "Mel-kye", the son of "Jan-nigh", the son of Joseph, the son of "Matt-athigh-us", the son of Amos, the son of "Nay-hum", the son of "Ess-lie", the son of "Nag-gai", the son of "Ma Hath", the son of "Matt-athigh-us", the son of "Sem-e-inn", the son of Joseph.
-the son of Judah, the son of "Jo-annan", the son of "Reesa", the son of "Zer Rub Abell", the son of "She-al-tiel", the son of "Neeri", the son of "Mel-kye", the son of "Ad Die", the son of "Co-sam", the son of "Elmo-dam", the son of "Erh", the son of "Jo-say", the son of "A-lee-ayzer", the son of Jorim, the son of "Matt That", the son of Levi, the son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of "Jo-nan", the son of "A-lee-aykim", the son of "Mellee-ah", the son of Menan.
-the son of "Matt-atha", the son of Nathan.
-the son of David, the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of "Sallmon", the son of Nahshon, the son of "Am-min-adab", the son of Aram, the son of "Hezz-ron", the son of "Pair-ezz", the son of Judah, the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac.
-the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of "Nay-hore", the son of "Sair-ugh", the son of "Ree-you", the son of "Pel-leg", the son of "E-ber", the son of "Shell Lah", the son of "Kigh-nan", the son of "Arh Faxad", the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech, the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of "Ma Halla-leel", the son of "Kigh-nan", the son of "Enos", the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.
-[[Harmony of the Gospel (Conservative Version) narrative form of Chapters 1-7 for audio computer Read aloud|Click here to go to the next page]].
-==[[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 7-14 for audio computer Read aloud]]==
-==[[Harmony of the Gospel (Conservative Version) narrative form of Chapters 15-21 for audio computer Read aloud]]==
-==[[Harmony of the Gospel (Conservative Version) narrative form of Chapters 22-28 for audio computer Read aloud]]==
-==[[Harmony of the Gospel (Conservative Version) narrative form of Chapters 29-35 for audio computer Read aloud]]==
-==[[Harmony of the Gospel (Conservative Version) narrative form of Chapters 36-42 for audio computer Read aloud]]==
-==[[Harmony of the Gospel (Conservative Version) narrative form of Chapters 43-49 for audio computer Read aloud]]==
-==[[Harmony of the Gospel (Conservative Version) narrative form of Chapters 50-56 for audio computer Read aloud]]==
-==[[Harmony of the Gospel (Conservative Version) narrative form of Chapters 57-63 for audio computer Read aloud]]==
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-=Draft of Pages=
-=[[Harmony of the Gospel (Conservative Version) narrative form Introduction for audio computer Read aloud]]=
-=[[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 7-14 for audio computer Read aloud]]=
-=[[Harmony of the Gospel (Conservative Version) narrative form of Chapters 15-21 for audio computer Read aloud]]=
-=[[Harmony of the Gospel (Conservative Version) narrative form of Chapters 22-28 for audio computer Read aloud]]=
-=[[Harmony of the Gospel (Conservative Version) narrative form of Chapters 29-35 for audio computer Read aloud]]=
-=[[Harmony of the Gospel (Conservative Version) narrative form of Chapters 36-42 for audio computer Read aloud]]=
-=[[Harmony of the Gospel (Conservative Version) narrative form of Chapters 43-49 for audio computer Read aloud]]=
-=[[Harmony of the Gospel (Conservative Version) narrative form of Chapters 50-56 for audio computer Read aloud]]=
-=[[Harmony of the Gospel (Conservative Version) narrative form of Chapters 57-63 for audio computer Read aloud]]=

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