Guest Taoski Posted December 1, 2003 Report Posted December 1, 2003 I use my SPV to listen to audiobooks while on the train (yes... that's me dribbling on my shirt). I feel kinda cheap listening to them though... i have not been much of "a reader" really and i spend all day (and alot at night) in front of a PC - which makes for sore eyes. I think that Audio books are good as they allow me to assume any position, close my eyes and drift off into the story. I have tried using MobiPocket on the SPV but it ain't so great... too small and fiddly. To summarise the benefits as i see them... 1. Read with my eyes closed 2. I know exactly how long it will take me to read a chapter (useful on the train) 3. They are small file sizes and work great on the SPV. 4. You can sit/lie/stand/walk/eat at the same time. 5. Rewind after you fall asleep. The downside(s): 1. American voices on some of them. Had to abandon Neuromancer as it got too annoying! 2. Not cheap!!... unless you... err.. umm.... :wink: What do people think? Are audiobooks just for lazy gits like me? Should i be reading *real* books? I know its just personal preference after all... just interested what other people think really.
Guest stevewright Posted December 1, 2003 Report Posted December 1, 2003 Sounds ok to me! Surely one step better than watching the film... Do you buy them on CD? Or download them? If so, where from?
Guest Taoski Posted December 1, 2003 Report Posted December 1, 2003 Could'nt possibly say - the forum rules prevent such a thing
Guest stevewright Posted December 1, 2003 Report Posted December 1, 2003 I retract my request for a link. Just didn't realise people "traded" in audio books!
Guest morpheus2702 Posted December 1, 2003 Report Posted December 1, 2003 Think audio books are a great idea. Reading books on the bus/train is the only thing I miss about being a poor student. Drama/comedies are also great too. :lol:
Guest nickcornaglia Posted December 2, 2003 Report Posted December 2, 2003 The downside(s): 1. American voices on some of them. Had to abandon Neuromancer as it got too annoying! 2. Not cheap!!... unless you... err.. umm.... :wink: Are our accents not as pleasing to the ear as your accents are to my ears?
Guest Coucou Posted December 2, 2003 Report Posted December 2, 2003 Depends on which exact accent it is, but for example a New York accent can really set my teeth on edge! It's sort of ok in a film context, but to listen to one in a monologue is worse. The worst has got to be the Buffy style west-coast cutesy accent, makes me want to slap her and say "Stop whining all the time!" Posted from my SmartPhone!
Guest morpheus2702 Posted December 2, 2003 Report Posted December 2, 2003 And don't forget - us Brits make the best villains. Even when we are playing Germans: "Now I have a gun. Ho... ho... ho..." Or psychopaths: "I'm having an old friend for dinner" Cor blimey guv'nor! :wink:
Guest Taoski Posted December 2, 2003 Report Posted December 2, 2003 I ain't got nothin against our friends in the us... but this audiobook was particularly bad. It was even read by the author too i think... William Gibson. It was chronic. Currently listening to Harry Potter book 4 - "the coffee cup of fire" - read by Jim Dale. Not bad. Although I still expect him to read out the following at any moment: Harry, Ron and Hermonie left the common room and tiptoed down the stairs. "Stop right there!" said a loud stern voice. It was the large burly Matron." "All three of you to Doctor Tickles office immediately!" "ohhh - matron!" they all said.
Guest nickcornaglia Posted December 3, 2003 Report Posted December 3, 2003 Depends on which exact accent it is, but for example a New York accent can really set my teeth on edge! It's sort of ok in a film context, but to listen to one in a monologue is worse. The worst has got to be the Buffy style west-coast cutesy accent, makes me want to slap her and say "Stop whining all the time!" Posted from my SmartPhone! Oh no! I have an EVER SO SLIGHT Philadelphia accent. Sort of like a New York accent but not nearly as harsh. Definitly a "yankee" east coast accent, though. For example: New Yorkers say: Chawklate I say: Chocolate New Yorkers say: Wahta I say: Water New Yorkers say: New Yawk I say: New York.....because there's a F*ing "R" in it! That was for all of you IZZARD fans :lol:
Guest morpheus2702 Posted December 3, 2003 Report Posted December 3, 2003 Taoksi - that cracked me up! :lol: Encece - I thought it was 'Ah'm from New Yoik, ah'll moider yah'. :wink:
Guest Coucou Posted December 3, 2003 Report Posted December 3, 2003 don't worry encece, I was speaking to someone from your neck of the woods recently and didn't find his voice irritating. He kept talking about how much money he had which was irritating! I'm fair enough to separate the two things though :lol: Posted from my SmartPhone!
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