what do you do while you proof listen?

Post by **ezwa** » March 27th, 2012, 12:29 pm

Have a shower, do the dishes, cook/bake, tidy up.

neckertb · Post by **neckertb** » March 27th, 2012, 1:28 pm

ezwa wrote:Have a shower

Still not as surprising as someone I know who listens to audiobooks while swimming

But pretty good nevertheless

JohanLiebert · Post by **JohanLiebert** » March 28th, 2012, 12:04 am

Right now my summer vacation's stuffed with PLings and research proposals (I'm a psychology major, researches are a mountain pile), and I WRITE my proposal while PLing to save time. It got me some time though, when I actually wrote down into my methodology and review of related literature what I just heard from For Every Music Lover and "Rameau's Nephew".

Post by **Rapunzelina** » March 28th, 2012, 1:50 am

The last time I pl-ed, I was doing my nails

Starlite · Post by **Starlite** » March 31st, 2012, 2:41 am

Rapunzelina wrote:The last time I pl-ed, I was doing my nails

Done that too! lol

Esther

webtv64 · Post by **webtv64** » April 6th, 2012, 4:32 pm

I work as a janitor! I have my cell phone at hand noting the mistakes.

fiddlesticks · Post by **fiddlesticks** » September 24th, 2012, 10:55 am

I do all kinds of things, make cards, decorate borders for verses and poems to hang on my wall, play with my chinchilla, cat, degus, or rabbit, knit or crochet, ocasionally paint, sew, iron, clean, do laundry, draw, Do my nails. The posibilitys are endless!!!

Britannia · Post by **Britannia** » September 29th, 2012, 1:50 am

I'm quite found to listening to audiobooks while I do some sport (exercise bike, a bit of fitness and bodybuilding, etc.). So now I also PL while exercising.

J_N · Post by **J_N** » September 29th, 2012, 1:07 pm

I need to keep busy with my hands or else my mind starts to wander and I don't hear a thing...

so I tend to do crafts or DIY or cleaning/ironing... sometimes I play games on my phone

carolb · Post by **carolb** » September 29th, 2012, 1:30 pm

Call me old-fashioned but I open the recording in audacity and read along to the text on my laptop.
This is the best way for me to concentrate, but for standard pl I do not comment on odd changes of words if the context is not lost.

Carol

Hobbit · Post by **Hobbit** » September 30th, 2012, 11:11 am

carolb wrote:Call me old-fashioned but I open the recording in audacity and read along to the text on my laptop.
This is the best way for me to concentrate, but for standard pl I do not comment on odd changes of words if the context is not lost.

Carol

No, I don't think that's old-fashioned. It's exactly what I do!

carolb · Post by **carolb** » September 30th, 2012, 3:19 pm

Aah, thank you Hobbit!

Carol

fiddlesticks · Post by **fiddlesticks** » September 30th, 2012, 9:34 pm

If I happen to own the book I do read along to,

unfortunately I can not read on the Internet very long

YouTube · Post by **Darvinia** » September 30th, 2012, 10:30 pm

fiddlesticks wrote:If I happen to own the book I do read along to, unfortunately I can not read on the Internet very long

At the risk of sliding off-topic, I have trouble with a bright white background and black text so I download a version I can read in PDF and reverse the colours in my PDF viewer. Black background with a dull white text is much easier on my eyes.

Post by **annise** » September 30th, 2012, 11:07 pm

Just being a Devil's advocate
In a way - the idea of proof listening is to make sure people can listen and understand the reading - so it may be better not to read along with the text. So I wouldn't want people to think they had to

And my trouble with listening with it open in Audacity is I itch to cut out that thump and squash that plosive .... and the PLer should not change any files unless specifically asked to. So when I am PLing I try to remember I am Pling and take off any other hats I am wearing

Anne