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Welcome! There are a couple considerations here: (1) Text source. The text you record from needs to be clearly out of copyright in the USA. (2) Tech settings. We need certain tech settings for the files (bit rate 128 kbps constant, sample rate 44.1 kHz, mono (1 channel), about 89 dB / -19 LUFS [I th...

Thanks!

Section 2:

0:17 - "Section 2" - please say "Chapter 2" instead.

There's some fairly loud background noise through the first half or so. It sounds like people opening bags or something in the same room. Please try to record in a quiet environment as much as possible.

Next chapter's up. About half of it is a rehash of the previous chapter, from the doctor's POV. It's hard to differentiate "an odd silence" from "an awed silence" in speech! (I don't remember the exact phrase, but it was definitely "odd" vs. "awed". In the tex...

Oh, good!

It sounds like Audacity is able to be installed on a Chromebook, so that's good.

OK, it's there now; the other file formats have to re-derive.

Huh! It's in the Validator; somehow it didn't make it to Archive.

Fix is on the way...

Thanks, Greg!

This has been adopted: viewtopic.php?p=2318372#p2318372

[This project is complete! All files can be found on our catalog page: https://librivox.org/the-life-of-josiah-henson-by-josiah-henson/

I've added mwinn in as DPL.

I see it's a brand new role for you! Here's information on how to log into the Magic Window, and other information: https://wiki.librivox.org/index.php?title=DPLs:_How_to_Update_the_Magic_Window

Holler if you have questions.

I see this and will catalog!

I had time today after all. Section 9 PL OK - thanks!

Thanks!

I was starting to wonder if I should just solo this one.

KevinS wrote: ↑April 10th, 2024, 4:41 pm

KevinS wrote: ↑April 8th, 2024, 6:19 pm Section 9, please.

https://librivox.org/uploads/triciag/davidblaize_09_benson_128kb.mp3 (19:44)

Sorry for the delay on this. I'll get it PL'd tomorrow.

Winnifred wrote: ↑April 14th, 2024, 2:34 pm May I claim Sections 7 and 8, please (all of Chapter 5)?

Thanks,

Yes, please and thanks!

I don't see any projects in progress for her. And when I do a forum search on "Pearl Buck", I only get the "Mother" project thread posts and some in Book Suggestions. So there are no sections submitted in in-progress compilations, either. So, another case of the "in progress...