'Mismatch' Audiobook Release Day!
Kat Holmes
Chief Design Officer and EVP at Salesforce | Author of "Mismatch: How Inclusion Shapes Design" | Honorary Doctorate of Design, OCAD University
Mismatch was written to be an audiobook. Early in the writing process, I realized that I wasn't going to be able to write a book with my eyes and hands. The extended screen exposure was painful and problematic, but I also didn't like the words that were coming out of my hands. Everything felt too technical.
A friend and published author, Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, showed me how to use Dragon, a speech-to-text translation software program. As she would say, my words were in my mouth, not in my hands. One paragraph at a time, Mismatch was written by listening to my own voice. I like to think the result is a conversational and accessible book.
It took a number of months to secure an audiobook publishing contract. A huge thanks to many of you who helped us and The MIT Press advocate for this format. Narrating it myself was a stretch goal – I had to audition! I'm super proud to share that it’s now available on Audible.com and anywhere that audiobooks are sold.
Kat Holmes
Seattle, Jan. 28, 2020
Images: Cover design by Airlift for the Mismatch audiobook. Kat Holmes in the recording studio.
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4 年Hi again.your book very intersting.we have group for translate your book.please send me your email for conect with him.
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4 年Glad to see this Kat! I’ve had your book on my list since before the 2019 Brand Camp University Summit!
Congratulations, Kat! Downloading now.