Here is a script I made to convert text to mp3 files.  Some comments or complaints may push me to tune it more

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I was soon shouting and overacting and making a fool of myself.  Unfamiliar with the play, I often started a line in an angry voice when it was supposed to be the voice of moderation, or I’d act sad, discovering by the context at the end that I should have been happy.  It was pure silliness but it kept most of the students awake.

How about taking a very dry commonly assigned college reading and making a dramatic mess out of it? I figure something public domain like Plato or Machiavelli.  Shout Scream Cry and laugh as I plod through reading it into my recording equipment.

Any suggestions of a dull book that could be enlivened.

Many of these books are actually dear to people and not dull at all.

The courses are designed for adult life long learners. This means that they strive at the parts of a subject that are intellectually interesting but not bogged down in the minutia that professional training would entail. So it may fail some looking for professional training but they are interesting enough.

freechristianaudioSome computer read books are not everyone’s cup of tea. I myself am leaning strongly toward these types of books because I can quickly make one for myself from any text I can download or scan onto my computer.

Christian audio.com is a commercial site but offers the old Christian Classics ethereal Library audio collection and a free download of the month.

The former CCEL collection books can be found scattered about the net now. For example G. K Chesteron’s works can be found at librivox. I might set about the project of making a recommended list.

Looks like this catholic collection is immense.

PG’s human read books

Non Fiction and Essays

Children’s **Caution there are also selections inappropriate for children. But they are clearly deliniated**

Everything else