Changes

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 For example, instead of abruptly beginning the reading of some of the epistles or some of the historical documents suddenly, without any warning, an introductory statement is used, such as "Now this is what he wrote".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 For example, instead of abruptly beginning the reading of some of the epistles or some of the historical documents suddenly, without any warning, an introductory statement is used, such as "Now this is what he wrote".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

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.  

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" 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 or "typos" 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 the narrative form on the page the intended past tense of the word needs to be 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", l i v, without the misleading cue of the silent 'e' on the end of the word, which the machine mindlessly interprets as a direction to pronounce the alphabetic character, "eye", ' i ',  as a long vowel, instead of the proper short vowel, according to the context of the verbal tense of the setting within the sentence. 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 second syllable as presenting something, to "pree Zent" it, and sometimes reads it with the accent on the first syllable as "Prezent" now. The computer forms of pronunciation can also change between episodes of reading the words of the same ordinary text, as 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 or "typos" 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 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.

As an illustration, turn on the Read aloud function on your computer or device, and listen to this page. The term "Read aloud function" can be phonetically adapted as "Reed aloud function", which looks wrong but reads right. Vocally, context is everything when reading out loud. 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 Salmon, the son of Nahshon, the son of Amminadab". Then it reads it from there all the way to the words at the end, "Adam, the son of God", and then it repeats everything it had already read from the same place, starting again with "the son of Salmon, the son of Nahshon, the son of Amminadab", 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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Now Joseph the husband of Mary, from whom was born Jesus who is called Christ: died.  

Now Joseph, the husband of Mary from whom was born Jesus who is called Christ: died.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.  

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 David, the son of Jesse, the son of "O-bed", the son of Boaz, the son of "Sallmon", the son of Nahshon, the son of "Am-min-adab".  

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 Aram, the son of "Hezzron", the son of "Pairezz", the son of Judah, the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham.

the son of "Matt-atha", the son of Nathan.  

the son of Terah, the son of "Nay-hore", the son of "Sair-ugh", the son of "Ree-you", the son of "Pell Egg", the son of "E-ber", the son of "Shell Lah".

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 "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 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.

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.

;Index of links to the pages of this narrative form of ''Harmony of the Gospel (Conservative Version)''

;Index of links to the pages of the narrative form of ''Harmony of the Gospel (Conservative Version)''

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