It seems like the sound quality of the recording is becoming an issue at that 250ish rate.Thomas Dolhanty wrote:Here are Spiros Zodhiates and John Simon giving Louis' Greek Orthodox priest some competition:Stephen Hughes wrote:I feel that the faster ones are easier to understand. The effect seems to be more visual, in that I don't have so much time to translate things, so the parallel thought process tends to be sensory imagination rather than analytical.
Could you do that at 250 and 300wpm? I would like to hear what it sounds like at that speed.
Spiros Zodhiates 'reading' Luke 1 at 245 wpm: http://www.bgrt.ca/resources/SZLuke1_superfast.mp3
John Simon 'reading' Luke 1 at 262 wpm: http://www.bgrt.ca/resources/GLAluke1_superfast.mp3
Note: The audio files shown above have been altered by using Adobe Soundbooth to accelerate the normal rate of recording by these two narrators.
What seems to me as good and flowing as I read, ends up for the most part sounding atrocious when I listen to it played back.
There is definitely a difference when reading a familiar passage then when reading a new one. The 250wpm for a text that is repeated (recited) regularly is one thing, reading something for the first time at that rate would be a feat and half.