What are you reading right now?

Trollheart · 05-15-2021, 06:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Lisnaholic

If I may ask, Trollheart, do you read books outloud to your sister? That would be a nice, old-fashioned thing to be doing.

Oh yeah. Because her eyes are so bad now she can't read for herself (plus her short term memory is not great) so we tried a lot of things years ago, including an ingenious scanner machine that scanned pages and then read them out to you but it was like HE-CAME-IN-THE-GAR-DEN-AND-LOOKED-UP-AT-THE-WIN-DOW... Very mechanical and boring, plus it was literally the size of one of those old computer scanners so it took up a lot of space. Then I considered audio books but there wasn't much of the sort of thing she likes, and anyway it depends on who's reading. Thought about recording my voice for her then finally advanced the possibility of reading for her. At first she thought no, it's like being a child again and being read stories, and the she must have thought, well no actually, it's more like being a child again and being read stories!

So it works very well. Gets me reading more, entertains her and it also gives her the option to ask if she doesn't understand, hear or agree with something in the book. It's thanks to her that I've been able to get into Dickens, as I doubt I would have - with the best intentions in the world - have got round to doing it myself. Also helps to pass the time when she's in hospital. She told me that once or twice other visitors in the ward, and patients, had been listening to me and thought it was really nice that I was reading for her.

rostasi · 05-16-2021, 08:15 AM

Lisnaholic · 05-16-2021, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Oh yeah. Because her eyes are so bad now she can't read for herself (plus her short term memory is not great) so we tried a lot of things years ago, including an ingenious scanner machine that scanned pages and then read them out to you but it was like HE-CAME-IN-THE-GAR-DEN-AND-LOOKED-UP-AT-THE-WIN-DOW... Very mechanical and boring, plus it was literally the size of one of those old computer scanners so it took up a lot of space. Then I considered audio books but there wasn't much of the sort of thing she likes, and anyway it depends on who's reading. Thought about recording my voice for her then finally advanced the possibility of reading for her. At first she thought no, it's like being a child again and being read stories, and the she must have thought, well no actually, it's more like being a child again and being read stories!

So it works very well. Gets me reading more, entertains her and it also gives her the option to ask if she doesn't understand, hear or agree with something in the book. It's thanks to her that I've been able to get into Dickens, as I doubt I would have - with the best intentions in the world - have got round to doing it myself. Also helps to pass the time when she's in hospital. She told me that once or twice other visitors in the ward, and patients, had been listening to me and thought it was really nice that I was reading for her.

Yep, so much nicer than an audio book or similar; I approve 100% Trollheart! I'm glad that the two of you have something like that to share when, as it always does, conversation wanes. I haven't read to another person since doing it on a regular basis with my son. We could get through an entire book in one evening! Luckily for me, his preferred reading, Nicky's Noisy Night, wasn't too demanding to read out loud. For Dickens, with his vocab and sentence length, you have to stay on your toes a bit more, I suspect.

rostasi · 05-16-2021, 11:37 AM

Big fan of ZBS Media - especially the whole Jack Flanders series with The Fourth Tower of Inverness being the most well-known.
The Ruby - Galactic Gumshoe adventures too.The productions are incredibly well-done with binaural recordings in various countries.
So, when Jack is in Rio, you get field recordings made in Rio. Good if you want to lose yourself in another world of radio drama.
Started listening 50 years ago and they are still doing new ones today.

https://fritzfreiheit.com/wiki/Jack_Flanders

Trollheart · 05-16-2021, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Lisnaholic

Yep, so much nicer than an audio book or similar; I approve 100% Trollheart! I'm glad that the two of you have something like that to share when, as it always does, conversation wanes. I haven't read to another person since doing it on a regular basis with my son. We could get through an entire book in one evening! Luckily for me, his preferred reading, Nicky's Noisy Night, wasn't too demanding to read out loud. For Dickens, with his vocab and sentence length, you have to stay on your toes a bit more, I suspect.

Oh you are not kidding! There's a character in, I think, Little Dorrit, who is written in such a way that she says everything in one big rush of breath, no punctuation, and reading it out loud makes you realise how well Dickens gets her character across. I literally had to take a deep breath every time I could see dialogue from her, and my chest usually hurt afterwards. You try saying maybe a full paragraph (maybe twenty or thirty lines) all at once! It's bloody exhausting!

rostasi · 05-16-2021, 05:19 PM

reading and listening to earlier in the week:

Instant Composers Pool - 30 Years

Han Bennink - KOK

SGR · 05-16-2021, 06:02 PM

Interesting read so far - always love to read about programmers and their motivations and backstories.

**Marie Monday** · 05-17-2021, 08:28 AM

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Originally Posted by rostasi

reading and listening to earlier in the week:

Instant Composers Pool - 30 Years

Han Bennink - KOK

Cool, in my listening queue. Currently listening to another one featuring Bennink. I love the Dutch swearing around 7:00

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rostasi . Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 4,016	Big fan of ZBS Media - especially the whole Jack Flanders series with The Fourth Tower of Inverness being the most well-known. The Ruby - Galactic Gumshoe adventures too.The productions are incredibly well-done with binaural recordings in various countries. So, when Jack is in Rio, you get field recordings made in Rio. Good if you want to lose yourself in another world of radio drama. Started listening 50 years ago and they are still doing new ones today. https://fritzfreiheit.com/wiki/Jack_Flanders Last edited by rostasi; 05-16-2021 at 11:47 AM.

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rostasi . Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 4,016	reading and listening to earlier in the week: Instant Composers Pool - 30 Years Han Bennink - KOK

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SGR No Ice In My Bourbon Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: /dev/null Posts: 4,327	Interesting read so far - always love to read about programmers and their motivations and backstories.