[Studiotalk] Narrators with an accent?

[Holland, Stuart (DEED)]

I love utilizing narrators with accents on materials that originate there. I have one British woman who gets most of my books by English authors, I have a narrator with a New York accent who gets materials from New York, and I have two Southern narrators who get materials from the South. But I don't accept narrators who cannot be understood. Period.


Stuart Holland, Manager, Minnesota Radio Talking Book Network
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From: studiotalk [mailto:studiotalk-bounces at islemail.org] On Behalf Of Coffman, Linden
Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2016 8:51 AM
To: studiotalk at islemail.org
Subject: [Studiotalk] Narrators with an accent?

Hi all,

I have not had this come up but it may and I wondered how some of you may have handled this?  How does one decide if a narrator has too thick of an accent to be effective as a reader?  I do not want to accused of discrimination in regards to the individuals I select, but on the other side I have a patron population that may not be able to follow a narrator with an accent, especially a foreign one.  Any suggestions?  Ideas for handling this issue?

Linden Coffman
Director
Indiana Voices
Indiana State Library
Talking Book & Braille Library
315 West Ohio Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202
317-232-3683
E-mail: lcoffman at library.in.gov<mailto:lcoffman at library.in.gov>

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