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Roman numerals in chapter narration: prepare your book
If Roman numerals sound confusing during book narration, check what each numeral represents before changing it. A chapter number can be written out in a separate listening copy. A ruler’s name, a century and a reference need different wording. Make all source text changes outside TGRadio.
Locate the troublesome line
Listen to the heading together with the opening sentence, then find that passage in the source file. Establish whether the numeral itself causes the problem or whether extra characters have joined it. For example, “XIV 127” might contain a chapter number followed by a page number accidentally included in the text.
Look at the neighbouring headings. A sequence such as XII, XIII, XIV helps establish the intended number, but it does not prove that the text was recognised correctly. If the book came from a scanned edition, compare the questionable line with the page image.
Distinguish chapters, names and centuries
The same numeral needs different wording in different contexts. For example, “Chapter IV” can become “Chapter Four”, “Henry IV” becomes “Henry the Fourth”, and “the IV century” means “the fourth century”. Replacing every IV with the same phrase would introduce errors.
Check volume numbers, parts and appendices separately. Leave matching Latin letters inside foreign words alone. Identify the purpose of each occurrence before choosing its spoken form. In a Russian book, also check the grammatical case required by the surrounding sentence.
Edit headings in a separate copy
Keep the original and edit a copy you have the right to use. With a text or ebook editor, change confirmed chapter numbers individually. For example, “IX. The Return” could become “Chapter Nine. The Return” once you have verified that it really introduces the ninth chapter.
For TXT files, keep the heading on its own line. TGRadio recognises separate lines containing Chapter or Part with a number or title. In EPUB and FB2 files, preserve the existing section structure rather than flattening the whole book to fix a few headings.
Check the sequence after editing
Compare the revised headings with the original throughout the book. Pay attention to transitions between parts: numbering may restart, while a prologue or appendix may have no number. A gap in the sequence does not justify inventing or renumbering a missing chapter.
If the heading also appears in a contents list, decide separately whether that entry needs changing. Check that search and replace has left quotations, references and ordinary text intact. Keep an uncertain numeral unchanged until you can verify it against a reliable copy.
Listen to the revised transition
Import the edited copy into TGRadio, choose the book and voice, and press Play. Importing extracts text; audio preparation starts when you begin playback. Listen to the revised heading and the opening sentences when that passage becomes available.
Check whether the boundary between the chapter number and its title is clear. If it still sounds confusing, inspect the punctuation in the source line. TGRadio has no built-in text or pronunciation editor, so any further correction needs to be made in the external file.