Prepare an audiobook pronunciation list and pacing notes

A pronunciation list with respellings, character voice notes and pacing marks.

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Gemini Notebook: drafts the table, the author checks it

Gemini Notebook drafts the pronunciation table and pacing marks. The author checks each row.

  1. You

    Get ready

  2. Gemini Notebook

    Draft term table

  3. The author

    Author checks

  4. Gemini Notebook

    Add pacing marks

  5. You

    Read aloud, finish

  1. Have ready: chapter, glossary and the author's time

    Use: You

    Collect the manuscript chapter and any character glossary.

    Check

    Check the author agrees to the chapter going into the tool and can answer flags.

  2. Draft the name and foreign-word table

    Use: Gemini Notebook

    Upload the chapter and glossary as sources; ask for every name, place and foreign word with first location and a respelling or 'not known yet'.

    Details

    What to paste into the tool

    List every character name, place name and foreign word in this chapter. For each: term, first page or line, type (name, place, foreign word), and a proposed respelling or not known yet. Return a table.

  3. Check each pronunciation and answer the flags

    Use: The author

    Check each pronunciation and answer each flag. The author has the final say; accept no respelling without their confirmation.

  4. Add pacing marks from the checked table

    Use: Gemini Notebook

    Ask for narrator notes per speaking character and pacing marks at scene breaks, from the chapter, dialogue passages and the confirmed table.

    Details

    What to paste into the tool

    Using only the chapter and the confirmed term table, draft narrator notes per speaking character (pace, register, no invented accents) and suggested pacing marks at scene breaks.

  5. Read two passages aloud and finish the list

    Use: You

    Read two marked passages aloud, adjust the pacing notes, open each row's citation against the chapter text, then assemble the final pronunciation list.

    Check

    Every name, place and foreign word appears with a respelling or author-answered flag; no note adds facts outside the text.

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Final check

The author confirms or answers every flag; the author has the final say on pronunciation.

The narrator reads two marked passages aloud to test the pacing notes.

Every character name, place name and foreign word ends on the list with a respelling or an author to confirm flag.

Do not invent pronunciations without confirmation.

Check the result against your original inputs. Approve it before sharing or acting.

What still needs checking
  • No fetched page states how to decide which names need respelling; finding the words stays with a person in options B and C, and option A pairs the tool draft with a human coverage check.
  • The Gemini Notebook pages fetched do not list accepted source file types; confirm the chapter file format uploads before choosing option A.

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