This project is now complete. All audio files can be found on our catalog page here:
https://li/brivox.org/venetian-life-by-william-dean-howells
William Dean Howells was American Consul to Venice for four years. His term ended in 1865. He wrote about the city, and the culture of the Venetians, while there, but finished the book once he had returned to America. This is the second edition, which is expanded slightly, to give more information for tourists. Please be aware that although Howells admires people for the east and Jews, he uses period terms and idioms which modern readers may find offensive. His views of people of African descent may prove offensive to the modern reader.(Timothy)
- Text source (only read from this text!): http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7083
- Type of proof-listening required (Note: please read the PL FAQ): standard
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Magic Window:
BC Admin
Genres for the project: *Non-fiction/Travel & Geography; *Non-fiction/History
Keywords that describe the book: venice
============================================ - The reader will record the following at the beginning and end of each file:
No more than 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning of the recording!
START of recording (Intro):- "Chapter [number] of Venetian Life. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information, or to volunteer, please visit: librivox DOT org"
- If you wish, say:
"Recording by [your name], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]" - Say:
"Venetian Life, by William Dean Howells. [Chapter]"
For the second and all subsequent sections, you may optionally use the shortened form of this intro disclaimer:- "Chapter [number] of Venetian Life by William Dean Howells. This LibriVox recording is in the Public Domain."
- If you wish, say:
"Recording by [your name], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]" - Only if applicable, say:
"[Chapter title]"
- At the end of the section, say:
"End of [Chapter]" - If you wish, say:
"Recording by [your name], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]" - At the end of the book, say (in addition):
"End of Venetian Life, by William Dean Howells. "
There should be ~5 seconds silence at the end of the recording. - Example filename venetianlife_##_howells_128kb.mp3 (all lower-case) where ## is the section number (e.g. venetianlife_01_howells_128kb.mp3)
- Example ID3 V2 tags ID3 tags are now optional. They are added automatically during cataloging.
Artist: William Dean Howells
Title: ## - [Section title]
Album: Venetian Life
Transfer of files (completed recordings)
Please always post in this forum thread when you've sent a file. Also, post the length of the recording (file duration: mm:ss) together with the link.- Upload your file with the LibriVox Uploader: https://librivox.org/login/uploader
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- If this doesn't work, or you have questions, please check our How To Send Your Recording wiki page.
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