Voice test A
Expected file: assets/audio/sample-a.mp3
Audiobook test room
Voice sample tests
Three blind narration samples, one shared excerpt, and a simple scorecard for choosing the strongest audiobook voice.
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Blind listening
Compare the samples without platform labels.
Use A/B/C labels for Jared and Dad’s first pass. Keep the platform key off-page until after ratings are recorded.
Voice test B
Expected file: assets/audio/sample-b.mp3
Voice test C
Expected file: assets/audio/sample-c.mp3
Shared test excerpt
The nausea continued until somewhere around mile 90 of the bike leg, where I let it, the wind, and the constant hills and left-hand turns on the bike course get to me. Nauseated, aggravated, and totally demoralized, I headed for the shade. That's it, I thought, leaning my bike against a tree and starting to sit down on the ground. I can't finish this race. At that time, the famous words of “The Father of the Ironman Triathlon,” John Collins, came to me. I quote: “There is a point where it would be okay to quit, everywhere, but in the back of your mind. At that point, if you go on and finish, you win. If you quit, you lose. It’s that simple." And that, friends and neighbors, is life in a nutshell. Collins, of course, was referring to completing an Ironman distance triathlon. As I looked back over my life, though, I realized that there were so many times when I could have given up and quit, but I didn't, and I'm so grateful for that. I remembered my first year in college, when my first marriage ended, and the 25th mile of my first marathon...
Scorecard
What to listen for
01
Does the narrator sound natural enough for a full book?
02
Does the emotional turn at “I can’t finish this race” land?
03
Are Collins, Ironman, and the quoted passage pronounced cleanly?
04
Would you listen to this voice for 8–12 hours?