Great trick, Scott. Final Draft has an audio playback feature, but actually reading it myself, might actually be better as pertains to sounding real, and tracking the rhythm and pace.

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It is a great thing to do. It also helps me with the action, because I tend to read quickly, especially if it's the 50th time I've read the damn thing. Reading aloud helps me slow down and pay attention.
The character reports are a great tool as well--I just wish that when you viewed them within Final Draft, you could change the text and have those changes be automatically made in the actual script.
@E.C. You've actually been able to use the audio feature on Final Draft? I found it difficult and kind of scary sounding. Theater of the Uninflected.

Re: Final Draft, if you upgrade to a new PC/laptop and you get Vista, be aware that if you have Vista 64 bit (which is fast becoming the MS standard) v. Vista 32 bit Final Draft has some issues which include not being able to use the playback feature and even worse, you can't convet .fdr to PDFs! Fortunately, I still have a copy of FD on the family's PC so I can make conversions. As far as the playback feature, my experience was similar to OOC's - rough and somewhat creepy.

Thanks, Tom, for that update. I have zero technology insight, so any time anybody can offer advice on that front, please do.