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todd ellis
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 Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2013 1:47 pm Post subject: little panic attack ... just a little one ... |
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email from a major client (paraphrased)
client emails: in this 6821 word narration you have over 200 pickups. could you please review and tell me what the problem is?
todd's stomach sinks through the floor.
todd reviews script/audio, scratches his head
client emails a few minutes later: oh, never mind, i was looking an an old script revision.
heart still beating just a bit quicker than it should.
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scottnilsen
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Ugh...I could feel my own stomach dropping as I was reading that. I am VERY glad it turned out alright.
I believe that may call for a cold one. Cheers!
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Bruce
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| Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2013 2:19 pm Post subject: |
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Think of the poor shmoo who had to go through and identify 200 pickups, just to end up hearing "never mind".
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Jeffrey Kafer
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I had the EXACT same problem last week on an audiobook. Audible sent a  F, I requested an ePub from the publisher. Audibles QC logged a bunch of errors because their F wasn't the final edit of the book.
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melissa eX
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| Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2013 7:19 pm Post subject: |
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| So if you had narrated from the pdf they sent you? Then what? |
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Frank F
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| Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2013 8:10 pm Post subject: |
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I have had this happen more than once over the years so I developed a little trick to help the producer, the QC folks, and me. I title the files with the script version (XXXXXX 1.4 final ver 2, etc.). For some clients which offer numerous changes consistently; I also send back a copy of the script I work from. It helps, but still doesn't stop the heart palpation's.
Now just breathe in....... Hold it!!!! ......... Let it go now...... and breathe in.......
Frank F
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Jeffrey Kafer
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| melissa eX wrote: | | So if you had narrated from the pdf they sent you? Then what? |
Probably nothing. The audiobook would have shipped without anyone ever noticing the 40+ discrepancies between the audio and the print/ebook versions.
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Lizden
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| Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2013 6:02 am Post subject: |
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Yikes, Todd!...I would have panicked as well! 
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JoeActor
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Panic!!!
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todd ellis
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| Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2013 7:25 am Post subject: |
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yep --- that about covers it.
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Bruce
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| JeffreyKafer wrote: | | Probably nothing. The audiobook would have shipped without anyone ever noticing the 40+ discrepancies between the audio and the print/ebook versions. |
True dat. I mean who besides the QC editor ever reviews audio and print versions side by side? Maybe a recent immigrant trying to learn the language? It might confuse them a bit, but that's nothing compared to the total confusion of trying to be an in-sync American.
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todd ellis
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| Quote: | | trying to be an in-sync American. |
hey! what's wrong with that?
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Lee Gordon
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| Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2013 8:27 am Post subject: |
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| todd ellis wrote: |
what's wrong with that?
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Pretty much everything.
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