tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10284418.post110801402279141212..comments2008-12-09T20:23:30.382-08:00John Kremerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16486115512048790419noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10284418.post-1108842314734959772005-02-19T11:45:00.000-08:002005-02-19T11:45:00.000-08:00Hello,<br /><br />I am Jim Duxbury, founder of CD MP3 Talking Books.<br /><br />I started my Web site for the purpose of offering my stories to the public then thought, why not offer other authors a space for their work. And so the site was constructed.<br /><br />I have purchased a license to use the Cepstral (cepstral.com) voices in producing the audio tract for our products. Cepstral has 11 English speaking voices and each can be changed by varying the pitch above and below the original, thus producing 33 different sounding voices. We then give each character in a fiction story their own voice. This makes the story more interesting, like the old time radio broadcasts. The result can be heard by downloading the sample audio file on my home page at http://cdbooks.us.<br /><br />For non-fiction productions we will be using a different voice to read each chapter of the book. Again this keeps the listeners attention better than having one voice droning on and on for hours.<br /><br />I invite you to take a look at the Web site and then ask any questions you may have by email.<br /><br />Thank you,<br />JT DuxburyJamesDuxburyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03224288931372909674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10284418.post-1108238206483928642005-02-12T11:56:00.000-08:002005-02-12T11:56:00.000-08:00Hey John...my motivation for posting this comment is to praise you for your courage and commitment as you build your weblog. I have found your initial posts (not sure if the verbiage is right...."posts") to be enjoyable, informative, and relevant.<br /><br />Thank you again....and please carry on.<br /><br />Hmmm....finally, anything that can help an aspiring motivational book author would be especially well received by...yours truly. :) :)<br /><br /><br />CHEERS!<br /><br />DavidDavidnoreply@blogger.com