Jim Dale

Jim Dale Dresses Down Parents and Their Cell Phones

Dog Ear (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009

A walk with Molly Ivins: Too bad she isn’t alive to tell the Authors Guild off about text to speech

TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago

... many have given it credit for. I don’t need a resonant voice reading the Molly bio flawlessly, Jim Dale style—in this case I just want to follow the narrative. At the same time, I would rather not splurge on an audio book, and beyond that, I want to enjoy A Rebel Life on a screen, too (ideally someday on the Kindle in the standard ePub format). Am I the only booklover out there with such...

In Which I Get Teary Reading My Own Book.

The Happiness Project (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009

This week, I finished the audiobook for The Happiness Project . As I’d expected, it made me very happy to learn to do something new and to get a glimpse into the unfamiliar world of sound recording. It was also thrilling to learn that none other than Jim Dale had sat in the very same seat that I was using, when he was recording Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows . It took him three weeks!...

The Happiness of Doing Something New: the Audiobook Version.

The Happiness Project (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009

... my voice, or too much? I imagine it’s pretty tough to strike the right balance. I’ve listened to Jim Dale read Harry Potter and Cherry Jones read the Little House books – extraordinarily good. Also, what will I think of own book, when I’m reading it aloud instead of silently? I’ve heard of writers who read their work aloud as part of the editing process, but I’ve never tried that. This process...

From Sleeping in a Park to Starring on Broadway

People (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009

... White, who in 1980 was nominated for a Tony for her performance opposite Glenn Close and Jim Dale in Barnum and sang in Liza Minnelli's Radio City Hall show, was too embarrassed to seek help from social services and only told a few friends of her situation. She crashed on a few friends' couches, but mostly slept on a bench in New York City's Washington Square Park. White, who had a bi-weekly...

Tape on

Italy Down Under (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009

Keywords: Audio Potter book TAPE NEW Goblet Harry Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling (Read by Jim Dale) Audio Book TAPE Get Other Harry Potter Audio Books click here Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling – AudioBook Cassette TAPE Brand New (still shrink wrapped): Unabridged. 20 hours 12 Tapes The fourth book opens as Frank Bryce the Riddle manor’s elderly caretaker...

Books

Italy Down Under (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009

All of J K Rowlings Harry Potter books have been published as Audio Books - all read by the great English Actor - Jim Dale: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (June 26, 1997) (also titled Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone ) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (July 2, 1998) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (July 8, 1999) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (July 8, 2000)...

Audio Book Review: "The Screwtape Letters" Dramatized

Books, movies, and Chinese Food (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009

... fan of dramatic audio books. Audio books who have a narrator that does different voices are great (Jim Dale reading Harry Potter is an experience everyone needs to experience) but ones that have multiple actors and sound effects is like listening to a movie in your head. And the grand master of dramatic audio is Focus on the Family Radio Drama. They have put so many high quality titles ranging...

The scariest thing about the Kindle 2’s text to speech capabilities

TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009

How good is the Kindle 2’s text to speech feature? No, the TTS isn’t the equal of a human voice, especially one as memorable as that of Jim Dale, the Harry Potter narrator shown with actress Glenn Close. Many have complained of the lack of inflection. Some have cited this as one reason for Amazon [...]