Each document does one job. Together they let a narrator walk into the booth, open the script, and record from the first line without stopping to look anything up.
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Narrator Script
Full chapter text with dialogue color-coded by character, inline phonetic markup on hard names and places, and breath marks at long sentence joints. Large readable font built for booth distance.
To Sherlock Holmes she is always the woman [Irene Adler — eye-REE-nee AD-ler]. I have seldom heard him mention her under any other name.
Performance note: Watson's opening — measured, reverent. Slight wistfulness on "the woman."
"You have been in Afghanistan, I perceive."
"How on earth did you know that?"
Pacing note: Holmes lands the deduction flat, almost bored. Watson's reply is genuinely startled — a half-beat of surprise before the line.
Stories I–IIscope
Color-codedper speaker
Phoneticsinline
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Pronunciation Guide
Every proper noun, weapon, vessel, military term, and foreign word grouped by first-appearance chapter — each with a simple respelling. Items flagged with a star ⭐ are sent to the author for confirmation.
Sample entries
Irene Adler ⭐ — eye-REE-nee AD-ler (confirm vs ee-RAY-nuh)
Wilhelm Gottsreich Sigismond von Ormstein ⭐ — VIL-helm GOTS-rysh ZIG-iss-mund fon ORM-stine
brougham — BROOM (light four-wheel carriage)
Saxe-Coburg Square ⭐ — sax KOH-burg (confirm British vowel)
Tableformat
Stories I–IIsample
⭐ flaggedfor author
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Character Sheet
A profile for every speaking character: assigned color, role, vocal description, physical, background, personality, and working voice direction. Color assignments lock at first appearance and stay consistent across a series.
Sample profile — Sherlock Holmes
Color: Gold (#806000)
First appears: Story I, second paragraph
Role: Consulting detective — analytical, theatrical when he chooses to be
Voice direction: Cool, clipped, precise. Mid-to-upper register. Lands deductions flat, as if reading a timetable. Sparks alive only when the case is worthy.
Every speakerprofiled
Color-lockedat first line
Voice directionper character
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Chapter Synopsis
One short card per chapter — setting, what happens, emotional beat, and any continuity flags. Skim it before each session to land the right register from the first line of recording.
Sample card — Story I: A Scandal in Bohemia
Setting: Baker Street and St. John's Wood, London — 1888, gaslit evening.
What happens: The King of Bohemia hires Holmes to recover a compromising photograph from Irene Adler before his royal marriage. Holmes stages a fire to flush the hiding place — and is outwitted.
Beat: Wry, theatrical, then quietly admiring. Land Holmes's defeat with respect, not embarrassment.
One cardper chapter
Setting · beat · flags
Skim before recording
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Author Questions
A short list of anything that couldn't be resolved from the manuscript alone — pronunciations, character voice preferences, tone calls. Sent to the author once, early. Record without ambiguity.
Sample questions
• Irene Adler: Using eye-REE-nee AD-ler — please confirm. Alternative: ee-RAY-nuh.
• Wilhelm Gottsreich: Full German pronunciation VIL-helm GOTS-rysh ZIG-iss-mund fon ORM-stine — preferred or anglicized?
• Holmes's accent: Received Pronunciation, light British — fits intent, or pure neutral American?
Short listonly
Sent onceearly
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