thank you so much, and wow this was a long section. Brave of you to tackle such a length for one of your first sections.
And everything beautifully read, you did a great job on the often tricky Latin names.
No noticeable textual errors, but I need to make some notes on the pause lengths between some sections. Sometimes you have more than 2 seconds and even over 3 seconds of silence in some parts. For a listener this long silence feels like an eternity even though you may not notice that while recording.
1.5 or maximum 2 seconds is fully enough to give the listeners a bit of time to assimilate what they're hearing.
I would suggest cutting down the following pauses:
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at 0:29: after the title and before the intro text there are over 3 seconds
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at 1:19: after the intro-text and before the core text
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at 3:55: before “this hall derived its name...”
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at 4:29: before “the cupola of the hall...”
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at 7:21: before “he is never to be found...”
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at 27:35: almost 10 seconds of silence at the end, should be cut down to the
standard 5
A good idea is to start at the end of the recording to cut, because that way the time stamps will stay the same and you'll find them easily enough
Thank you again, really great reading, and the silences are only cosmetics, and easy to correct.
Sonia