A new medium creates a new test
The project includes narrated book previews and a longer introduction recording. The audio workflow handles pacing, pauses, names and pronunciations as explicit production choices. It also compares the recording against its source text.
What the checks found
The introduction production notes record long paragraphs that omitted words during generation. Five paragraphs were rebuilt from smaller parts and checked again before assembly. A smooth performance was not enough to establish completeness.
Two kinds of acceptance
Technical checks can confirm format, transcript coverage, loudness and pauses. Listening still decides whether the performance works. The project notes explicitly retain Phil’s listening review as the final judgement on performance taste.
What travels beyond audio
Whenever work changes format, define quality again. A complete document is not necessarily a useful presentation. A correct transcript is not necessarily a good performance. Check the thing people will actually receive.
Existing public preview · 02:54
Original pre-launch recording; its closing announcement reflects the earlier launch plan.
Read this recording’s transcriptSource note
Audiobook production notes and the public three-excerpt preview. The longer introduction remains outside this site.
The linked sample is the existing public preview, credited to Phil Gray and Peter Baker. Its original launch announcement is retained and labelled.