[Studiotalk] Narrators for Westerns or other titles

Tue Jun 12 09:17:39 CDT 2018

I agree with the frustration of not being able to turn material around more
quickly, Linden. I think we are all in the same boat. I feel I could work
every day and still never get caught up. We can only do our best and try to
find new ways of expediting the process!  :)

Nancy Gahagan
Recording Studio Manager
Perkins School for the Blind

Perkins Library
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Watertown MA 02472
P: 617-972-7362
Perkins.org

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On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 7:48 AM, Coffman, Linden <LCoffman at library.in.gov>
wrote:

> Hey all,
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> It was nice seeing all the discussion that this question I posted brought
> out.  I can now see that there are some diverse ways of handling this issue
> of who narrates what and  also to see some of the strategies that are
> used.  As a one man show with a volunteer base of 13 narrators and three
> audio monitors as well as a handful of reviewers, I always appreciate
> hearing new ideas on how to approach things  I just wish there was a way of
> turning around our titles faster to get more into the hands of our
> patrons.   I guess this is a case of “ya just work with what ya got.”
>
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>
> Thanks for all the input.
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> Lin
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> Linden Coffman
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> Director
>
> Indiana Voices
>
> Indiana State Library
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> Talking Book & Braille Library
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> 315 West Ohio Street
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> Indianapolis, IN 46202
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> 317-232-3683
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> E-mail: lcoffman at library.in.gov
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> *From:* studiotalk [mailto:studiotalk-bounces at islemail.org] *On Behalf Of
> *Nancy Gahagan
> *Sent:* Monday, June 11, 2018 4:11 PM
> *To:* TBBS Recording Studio Info <studiotalk at islemail.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [Studiotalk] Narrators for Westerns or other titles
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> Here you go all! I also attached a sample of how it gets filled out by my
> volunteer. You may have suggestions to improve so please feel free to offer
> them. I do find it helpful because it is so time consuming to go through
> each book. This has turned into a handy reference for us to narrow down the
> book choices for each narrator.
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> Best,
>
> Nancy
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> *Nancy Gahagan *Recording Studio Manager
> Perkins School for the Blind
>
> Perkins Library
> 175 North Beacon Street
> Watertown MA 02472
> P: 617-972-7362
> Perkins.org
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> On Mon, Jun 11, 2018 at 2:53 PM, Easter, Josh <Josh.Easter at state.sd.us>
> wrote:
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> This is a great topic!
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> Could you share the pre-production assessment paper you use. That’s a
> great idea!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Josh Easter
> Equipment and Audio Production Manager
> South Dakota Braille & Talking Book Library Program
> SD State Library, 800 Governors Drive, Pierre, SD 57501
> Phone: 605.773.5082 / 1.800.423.6665 (SD only)  Fax: 605.773.6962
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> *From:* studiotalk [mailto:studiotalk-bounces at islemail.org] *On Behalf Of
> *Nancy Gahagan
> *Sent:* Monday, June 11, 2018 1:29 PM
> *To:* TBBS Recording Studio Info
> *Subject:* Re: [EXT] [Studiotalk] Narrators for Westerns or other titles
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> Hi Everyone!
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> We do try to fit the material to the narrator and not just by gender. We
> have a volunteer who goes through all of our books and fills out a
> pre-production assessment of the book so that we can have an idea of what
> is in the book before assigning it. We know we have certain readers who do
> better with non-fiction vs fiction because they don't handle dialogue well.
> Some do not handle foreign language well. Some don't have facility with
> long, complicated sentences. We do a lot of Red Sox books. We like to
> choose narrators for those books who are sports fans because it comes
> across in the reading.The style, vocal quality and delivery of the narrator
> all play into our decision about choosing books for them. We have heard
> from our patrons that the voice being suited to the material is important
> to them.
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> We usually give our narrators a choice of a couple of books that we think
> suits their voice best. We've run into problems with narrators choosing
> their own books because of some of the aforementioned things. We had a
> recent example of this, where the previous studio manager let one of our
> narrators do a book they really wanted to do, but it was full of long
> complicated sentences and foreign language, two things this reader does not
> handle well. So we ended up with many more corrections to do in
> post-production which took a lot of time and delayed the release of the
> book.
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>
> Thanks for bringing this topic up. It is interesting to hear how everyone
> handles this!
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> *Nancy Gahagan*
>
> Recording Studio Manager
> Perkins School for the Blind
>
> Perkins Library
> 175 North Beacon Street
> Watertown MA 02472
> P: 617-972-7362
> Perkins.org
>
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> On Fri, Jun 8, 2018 at 12:59 PM, Coffman, Linden <LCoffman at library.in.gov>
> wrote:
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> Hi all,
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> I have a question concerning selecting books for narrator and in this case
> specifically westerns.  As I have more females narrators available would
> you see a problem with having some of them reading westerns.  I’ve always
> felt that the male voice is what goes best with this genre, but I was
> wondering if it really matters that much.  That also brings up another
> thought.   Does gender matter that much in regards to what you have you
> narrators reading or not if the book is non-fiction or fiction told in
> third person?  Haven’t run across any guidelines on this. I’ve just been
> doing what seems to sound right.  Suggestions?  Advice?
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> 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
>
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