prooflistener

Definitions

One who listens, usually to a recording, for errors.

rare

Examples

“Often a prooflistener could clearly discriminate the words after repeated listening to a passage which the transcriber had previously found unintelligible.”

“Wolfram Kandinsky, who does narration and voice-overs on television programs and played roles on “Radio Mystery Theater,” says: “The hard part is reading so much material without getting to rehearse it. The easy part is erasing and redoing lines you don’t think⟳ you did right.” SOMETIMES THE latter becames^([sic]) an argument between the reader and a “prooflistener.” All books are proofread.”

“Time and again, her skill as a proofreader and her patience as a “prooflistener” helped her husband through rocky patches in his pilgrimage with the Popes.”

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