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How to narrate your own manuscript before editing
To narrate your own manuscript before editing, prepare a separate text copy, import it into TGRadio, and press Play. Keep your notes outside the app and make changes in the source document. After editing, import the revised version. TGRadio does not include a text editor or pronunciation editor.
Prepare a separate listening copy
Keep your working original separately. In an external editor, prepare the passage you want to review and remove editorial comments or working notes that should not be spoken. Do this before uploading. Import extracts text; it does not edit your manuscript or improve its wording.
TXT works for a straightforward text copy. Separate lines beginning with Chapter or Part, followed by a number or title, help identify its structure. For example, put “Chapter 3. The Return” on its own line. Do not assume that a larger font in your original document will preserve chapter divisions after conversion.
Upload a clearly identifiable version
Give the file a name that distinguishes it from other drafts, for example “Manuscript, version B.” In Books, choose Upload a book and add the prepared file. Supported formats are EPUB, FB2, TXT, and PDF with a text layer. The file must be no larger than 10 MB.
Personal uploads are not published automatically. Text segments are sent to a speech synthesis service when audio is prepared, so consider that before submitting unpublished work. To test how your prose sounds, you can prepare a separate copy of one chapter rather than upload the entire novel.
Listen with a specific editing question
Choose a voice and press Play. Start with a short passage to check how the text was extracted. If a sentence sounds fragmented, compare the imported content with the source first. A file preparation problem needs a different fix from an awkward sentence.
On a first pass, you might check repeated wording, transitions between speakers, or sentences that are difficult to follow. For example, note two adjacent sentences with identical openings and revisit them in your document later. Synthetic narration does not replace editing: an unusual delivery alone does not prove that a sentence needs rewriting.
Anchor notes to words in the manuscript
Keep a notebook or separate document nearby. For each note, record the chapter, the opening words of the sentence, and the issue you noticed. This helps you find the passage after revisions, even if its audio duration changes. A playback timestamp alone may be insufficient when comparing drafts.
Separate the observation from the proposed fix. For example, “the speaker is unclear here” is more specific than immediately rewriting the entire conversation. Record pronunciation questions separately: TGRadio has no pronunciation dictionary, SSML controls, or individual character voices.
Edit the source and check a fresh import
Make your changes in an external editor and save a new copy with a distinguishable name. Import it separately, select the same voice for a comparable listening pass, and press Play. Editing a file on your computer does not automatically update the book already in your library.
Use your recorded wording to locate the revised passages and check whether each problem was resolved. Do not treat the old draft’s playback position as an exact reference for the new one. If your library is full, remember its technical limit of 30 books and decide which older review copies you no longer need.