Read it aloud? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Estelyn Telcontar · 02-24-2003, 05:20 AM

The miracles of modern technology have made a new way of sharing the experience of reading aloud with others possible - voice chat! I have recently tried this out and found it to be fascinating. Several friends decided to read passages from Tolkien's works with distributed roles, chose a time (taking time zones into consideration) and a messenger service and off we went. Well, we would have gone off if everyone had been there and if the miracle of modern technology had worked... [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] But finally everyone was set up and could be heard - and it was great!

Of course, sitting together, seeing the facial expressions and gestures would have been even better - but hearing the voices made the people and the words of the book come alive. It's an experience that those involved would definitely like to repeat.

02-24-2003, 05:20 AM	#16
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	The miracles of modern technology have made a new way of sharing the experience of reading aloud with others possible - voice chat! I have recently tried this out and found it to be fascinating. Several friends decided to read passages from Tolkien's works with distributed roles, chose a time (taking time zones into consideration) and a messenger service and off we went. Well, we would have gone off if everyone had been there and if the miracle of modern technology had worked... [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] But finally everyone was set up and could be heard - and it was great! Of course, sitting together, seeing the facial expressions and gestures would have been even better - but hearing the voices made the people and the words of the book come alive. It's an experience that those involved would definitely like to repeat. __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'