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Okay, the room echo is much improved and the volume (minus the long blank space) is good. However the bit rate is 45kbps variable, and must be 128kbps constant, When exporting your MP3 from Audacity, go to File>Export Audio. In the pop-up menu select: Format: MP3 Files Channels: Mono. Sample Rate: 4...

Volume is better at 79.8dB, but still well below the minimum of 86 and the target of 89. Turn your input gain up more and/or use Effects>Amplify. Do download and use Checker; it will save you a lot of time. There is still too much room reverb, giving your voice that distant, hollow sound. The space ...

Okay, you are good to go.

Happy narrating!

Welcome Clue

Your audio meets LibriVox requirements, so you are good to go.

Happy narrating!

Welcome Patrick I reviewed your test sample, and while it sounds good there are some technical changes needed. LibriVox requires audio that is 128kbps constant bit rate MP3, 44.1kHz sample rate, mono, and between 86dB and 92dB, preferably 89-90. Your test audio is in stereo. There is also a bit too ...

Welcome Wesley I reviewed your test sample, and while it sounds good there are some technical changes needed. LibriVox requires audio that is 128kbps constant bit rate MP3, 44.1kHz sample rate, mono, and between 86dB and 92dB, preferably 89-90. Your test audio settings are all correct, except the vo...

Welcome Mr. Funghi I reviewed your test sample, and while it sounds good there are some technical changes needed. LibriVox requires audio that is 128kbps constant bit rate MP3, 44.1kHz sample rate, mono, and between 86dB and 92dB, preferably 89-90. Your test audio settings are correct, except the vo...

Welcome R I reviewed your test sample, and while it sounds good there are some technical changes needed. LibriVox requires audio that is 128kbps constant bit rate MP3, 44.1kHz sample rate, mono, and between 86dB and 92dB, preferably 89-90. Your test audio settings are all correct, except the volume ...

Welcome Carolyn I reviewed your test sample, and while it sounds good there are some technical changes needed. LibriVox requires audio that is 128kbps constant bit rate MP3, 44.1kHz sample rate, mono, and between 86dB and 92dB, preferably 89-90. Your test audio is 320kbps, stereo, and volume too low...

Looks like there still isn't an audio editor that will run on a Chromebook and that online web-based editors are the only option. The only ones I've come across that can output audio for LibriVox is AudioMass and TwistedWave (which is a subscription).

Some basic things you can practice right away: 1. Avoid down-inflections at the ends of phrases and sentences. We learn this in grammar school, but it is not normal speech. We usually just speak until the end of the message, and then stop speaking. There is rarely that down-inflection, which is a su...

Hi Kevin

Your audio meets LibriVox requirements, so you are good to go.

Happy narrating!

Very good. You are good to go.

Happy narrating!

Greetings Tracy I reviewed your test sample, and while it sounds good there are some technical changes needed. LibriVox requires audio that is 128kbps constant bit rate MP3, 44.1kHz sample rate, mono, and between 86dB and 92dB, preferably 89-90. Your test audio settings are all correct except the vo...

Could you please submit a 1 minute test as per your welcome email so you can get your recording settings right for us - it's much easier for you to resubmit a under 1 min sample than to rerecord a whole chapter. You are on you own jumping straight into an over 9 hour solo with no LV experience - so...