Joshua Reads The Opening of Lucretius Book One - 1743 Edition

Hmm, the text scrolling can be wonkey because it applies a consistent scroll speed to a voice with variable speed. It averages out as shown at the end, but the text can get so behind that you can't see the words being spoken. The only way to solve this would be to give the user the option to set keyframes (like telling the text-scrolling engine what part of the text is being read at the middle of the audio, then the engine could change the times before and after the keyframe to help stabilize the text scrolling).

> Another thing I want to figure out is how to start the opening location on the first screen lower on the page at the beginning , as I am thinking that might help as well.

Yes, I'm certain this can be done by modifying the script. I'll see if I can solve it later today.

> I am also wondering if I can just break down the audio into separate files, and process it separately by "chunks" and give the video a chance to catch up that way.

You could break the audio and text file into corrosponding chunks and run the python script for each chunk, I was thinking about making the script do this for you if you specify the chunks so you don't have to run the python script for each chunk.

Great work Joshua! You could get a side gig reading audio books.

All three voices sound great. The dramatic/Shakespearean voice is harder for me to follow.

I tried recording sections from Book 1, but despite my good mic, Audacity picks up on a ton of background noise.

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Audacity picks up on a ton of background noise.

Yep.

I used a desktop Yeti microphone, a pop filter, Bose over-ear headphones, and Audacity on a no-frills laptop. Recorded on the kitchen table in the narrow intervals when the furnace blower wasn't running.

I ran the audio through several filters; from memory, I think it was equalize, amplify, compress, amplify. I tried noise reduction as well—I think I did that at the end.

Today I have a cold, so unfortunately it may be some time before you see anything else from me! I think I still have the unfiltered, untampered audio file if you'd like to play around with that, Cassius. I've certainly gained a new appreciation for content creators!

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Wow no wonder it sounded so good if you did all that! I am still only learning myself

Ha! Yeah I saw it on a youtube video. I don't really understand any of it, but it does sound better afterwards.