Audio Post - The $30,000 Bequest, Mark Twain

Saturday, October 23rd, 2004

I have been thinking lately that it would be good to work on the qualities of my voice involved in speaking. I speak a lot of Japanese now in my daily life, and I think my voice presentation in English has suffered as a result. As a way of overcoming this, I have decided to pick a book from the Gutenburg Project and record myself reading it aloud. This will help me to focus more on proper enunciation and expression, and will make an audio record of the book that I will hopefully be able to donate back to the Gutenburg Project once I get a little better at it. I have chosen “The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories” as my first text. Feel free to download it and follow along if you like. Without further ado, here is the first, rather short, Chapter 1.

The $30,000 Bequest by Mark Twain, Chapter 1 – (MP3 File, 3’56”, 1.8Mb)

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  • on October 23rd, 2004 10:21 AM Kristen said:

    You beat me to it! There’s a voice acting class coming up in November; I’m planning on taking it. I’ll forward you the details if you like…

  • on October 23rd, 2004 06:59 PM UltraMom said:

    This is great! Good story choice. It is SO much fun to listen to your cute little voice. But you may want to practice a bit on the names next time BEFORE you start reading.............just a suggestion. On the major whole, however, great job, (with only a faint japanese accent) just kidding