09-10-2013, 05:31 PM | #31 |
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Perhaps it is time that eBooks stop imitating the limitations of traditional dead-tree books and realize what they really are - electronic data on an electronic device.
Apparently there's still eBook that try to obfuscate that fact by imitating page turns and all that... |
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I doubt I would like Google's idea either. If I want sound while reading, I put on some classical music. I wouldn't want sound effects. |
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09-10-2013, 08:18 PM | #33 |
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I'd hate sounds in a book... And you know that they would play at the most INOPPORTUNE times (Murphy's Law!)
Also, I tend to read late at night, so random sounds would startle me... As long as they aren't FORCING this "enhancment" on us, though- as companies so often do with bad ideas- then I would be okay with it. My concern is that it will become some sort of awfully-annoying industry standard. (The Odyssey does not and never will need trendy sound effects! Ugh.) |
09-10-2013, 08:32 PM | #34 |
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Errrrrrr..................
How can they try to patent this? I have a Leappad read-along that does exactly this ? :P |
09-10-2013, 08:44 PM | #35 |
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Perhaps this could be used for background music rather than sound effects.
Think of it this way: you could turn on some music to read while you're reading a book. You could choose something that fits the story yourself, but it usually won't fit the passage you're reading. You can have the ereader choose it, and it likely will fit the passage. On the distaste for sound effects though, I totally agree. Unless it is done well, it is likely to be disruptive. Unless you can track exactly where the reader is, it will probably be in the wrong place. (I suppose you can extrapolate a reader's position based upon the rate of page turns or track eye movement, but I doubt that those techniques would be reliable.) |
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09-10-2013, 11:15 PM | #36 |
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but .... but ....
I announced my audio wallpaper concept (I have code right here) on MR like err... a year ago? Who do I sue!!!! : D yeah yeah okay, I could never afford the legal fees anyways. Last edited by twobob; 09-10-2013 at 11:24 PM. |
09-11-2013, 03:11 PM | #37 |
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Ha. I had this idea a year ago. Glad to see someone giving it a shot.
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09-15-2013, 10:14 PM | #38 |
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This comes under "let's patent every banal, obvious, and unoriginal idea we can think of before somebody else does."
The soundtrack for 50 shades of Gray should be a hoot. Last edited by Barty; 09-15-2013 at 10:17 PM. |
09-24-2013, 08:53 PM | #39 |
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Of course, the real thing people would use that soundtrack for is to customize coworkers' login sounds... :x
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09-25-2013, 04:08 PM | #40 |
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gosh, they should sue 80's Infocom
Google has been making some truly dumb moves as of late... |
09-25-2013, 05:02 PM | #41 | |
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09-25-2013, 11:33 PM | #42 |
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Oh Lord, how I loathe web pages with music on them. Back in the day, when more people seemed to think that adding sound (and animated gifs) enhanced their web pages, the first thing I did was close the page when my ears were assaulted.
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09-26-2013, 12:24 AM | #43 |
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I already have sound enhancement when I read ebooks - it's called "the-TV-is-on-in-the-same-room".
I mean, really now. The whole point of reading is to exercise your imagination, not to have it spoon-fed to you. If you want an audiobook experience, buy an audiobook. Can you just imagine the horror of reading one of Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake books (post-Obsidian Butterfly) with sound enhancement??? I shudder at the thought of how LKH (and others) would run with that concept. |
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09-26-2013, 03:46 AM | #45 | |
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Having videos and photos might still be bad for me but that is because it gives much more information than I usually have so it might distract from the reading process in that way. But it is not because it contradicts or replace my own imagination. So people read differently. |
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