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 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. 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 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.