Glyssen
Glyssen helps you to produce scripts for a high-quality dramatized audio recording of Scripture. It quickly identifies all the direct speech in the text and the biblical character who speaks each part. Then it walks you through the process of selecting a cast and assigning roles to the voice actors. Finally, it prepares a complete set of scripts to use in the recording process. It gives you the option to accept default recommendations or customize settings to better fit your requirements.
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Additional Description
Glyssen quickly extracts the direct quotations from a Scripture text and arranges them by character name into scripts to record from. Scripts can be adjusted during the recording process.
It also has guidelines on selecting voice actors and assigning them to roles.
Glyssen starts with translated Scripture text from a Paratext project or Text Release Bundle. It finds all places where direct speech is marked using quotation marks, and for 95% of those it can automatically determine who spoke. Text that is not direct speech is assigned to the book narrator. For verses where there is direct speech from more than one known character, Glyssen prompts the user to choose from a list of expected speakers in that verse.
Glyssen helps you select an appropriate cast size for the project. With the narration option you select, Glyssen will then compile a list of Biblical character roles to match the cast size you select. The list of roles can be printed to serve as an aid as you recruit voice actors for those roles. After recruiting voice actors, Glyssen can adjust the plan to match the number of voice actors you actually recruited.
In the recording phase, Glyssen can still incorporate text adjustments. It prepares and exports recording scripts that can be used with the existing recording methods of SIL and Faith Comes By Hearing.
HearThis can also be used to record scripts produced by Glyssen.