Narration of Bullet Points

Twacker · Post by **Twacker** » July 27th, 2018, 12:01 pm

Hi I am new to narration and I have a question. How are we to read a bullet point in the text?
Thank you in advance for any help.
Terry Murtha

Post by **TriciaG** » July 27th, 2018, 12:05 pm

I've heard people say, "point" for each of them.

I, personally, don't say anything.

Ask your BC what they want you to do.

Twacker · Post by **Twacker** » July 27th, 2018, 10:37 pm

Thanks. This is actually for something outside of Librivox, but I like your method better.

Post by **annise** » July 27th, 2018, 11:02 pm

Twacker wrote: ↑July 27th, 2018, 10:37 pm Thanks. This is actually for something outside of Librivox, but I like your method better.

If you are doing it for someone else you'd be better to ask them , they may have different ideas

Anne

DaleInTexas · Post by **DaleInTexas** » July 28th, 2018, 8:20 am

Interesting.. I never thought about my approach to bulleted text until you asked.
I have always approached bulleted-text like a list, especially when it follows a colon.

I get pretty animated at the mic, much like I am presenting in front of a group. I just say in my head #1 (and count on my fingers, which provides a beat to separate the text, so the listener hears the list stand out) then say the text, (count #2/beat) change inflection and read, (count #3/ maybe a beat-beat) and read third bulleted text.... kinda make it melodic. On the last bullet, I will use a downward, or down-up-down, inflection, to let the listener sense the end of the list, before proceeding to the next paragraph.
Dale