Hayley: We get the script beforehand. It's just the words from the magazines and nothing else. We read through the articles and concentrate on any words or phrases we might stumble over.
McKay: When we get to the studio, Brother Shaw takes us to the recording booth. It's a small room with thick padding on the walls and ceiling so the sound doesn't get out. There is only room for a chair, a narrow desk with a computer monitor on it, and a huge microphone.
Abby: We also put on headphones so we can hear Brother Shaw's instructions from the other room.
McKay: We have to be very quiet in there. The microphone is extremely sensitive. It can pick up the turn of a page, a squeaky chair, or even a pencil writing on a piece of paper. First Brother Shaw takes our voice levels. Every voice has a different range, so it is important to adjust the volume for the sound to come through OK. After we do the voice level, a story will scroll up on the computer screen. Then we start to read.