All Members Survey: Sermons in Print + mp3?

They would be read by the author or at least a real person. If someone wants a digital voice any computer can do a text to speech digital voice.

Agreed. Although the digital voices are great quality (and certainly a leap forward from the Stephen Hawkins-style days), there's something inherently lacking (the human touch).

Thanks for providing the samples though, 666. Off topic, what software do those voices work with? They might be useful for a project I'm working on...

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I have to say, this is an excellent idea. I employ the John Campbell mp3s on my iPod at the moment and it'd be wonderful to do so with the sermons as well.

If is me, yes I prefer a human real voice, (more if you know from who)
was just to give an option.

I have created a test mp3 of one of my sermons to see if this will work:
http://www.markbarwell.co.uk/audio/sermon-20-10-10.mp3

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I, for one, would love audio sermons. I've gotten infinitely more use out of the Joseph Campbell MP3s and other audio beginner materials than any written works, since I can have them playing while doing other things, and thereby constantly keep them in mind, and absorb more information.

Mark, I like how yours turned out, did you do editing, adding music etc, or just have music in the background?

Also, your voice and accent sounds great

I'm not sure how much I can do with my phone for something similar, been playing around with apps on android, and from what I can tell, my microphone is a bit lacking

I had to do some editing because there was a hissing in the background so I thought I'd drop in some (royalty free) music at the same time.


Fr.Jon thinks I sound very British - maybe I should work on my Alex Guinness impression too!

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I have been looking at how to do podcasts or just RSS feeds that will go into media players, if this gets going and I keep it updated, would it be OK to start a TOTJO blogger account for just the sermons so that media players, podcasts, itunes, etc can get sermons automatically without all the forum chatter?

Here is a Demo which can be taken down easily if the idea isn't liked or Linked to if liked Sermons RSS

Wow, Master Mark..... I agree with Jasper in saying your accent really sets off the tone in your sermon, and made it very enjoyable....

Sorry I am a bit late chiming in, as I didn't get a chinace to listen till just now.....

I hope, I can find the inflection and set a tone as nice as that....

Well Done....