[COMPLETE] Mental and Moral Heredity in Royalty - dc

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Mental and Moral Heredity in Royalty. A Statistical Study in History and Psychology, by Frederick Adams Woods (1873 - 1939)

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Frederick Adams Woods examined the biographical records and family trees of the great dynasties of Europe, judging and comparing their moral standards and intellectual aptitude to their reputation as rulers. The summarised family histories are produced after a painstaking search including portrait galleries, family lineage, comparisons of reputation, and the origin of allegations of madness and moral bankruptcy, all collated within a single volume. (Summary by Leon Harvey)
Source text (please read only from this text!): https://archive.org/details/b31365875

Target completion date: 2021-06-01

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Genres for the project: *Non-fiction/Biography & Autobiography; *Non-fiction/Political Science; *Non-fiction/Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)

Keywords that describe the book: monarchy, Royalty, nobility

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LibriVox recording settings: mono (1 channel), 44100 Hz sample rate, 128 kbps constant bit rate MP3. See the Tech Specs

Intro to recording:
Leave 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning.

For the first section, say:
"Section (or Chapter) # of Mental and Moral Heredity in Royalty. A Statistical Study in History and Psychology. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit librivox.org." [Optional: "Read by your name."] "Mental and Moral Heredity in Royalty. A Statistical Study in History and Psychology, by Frederick Adams Woods. Section Title."
For the second and subsequent sections, you may use the shortened intro if you wish:
"Section (or Chapter) # of Mental and Moral Heredity in Royalty. A Statistical Study in History and Psychology, by Frederick Adams Woods. This LibriVox recording is in the public domain." [Optional: "Read by your name."] "Section Title."
End of recording:
Say:
"End of section (or chapter) #." [Optional, and if not stated in the intro: "Read by your name, city, date."]
If you are recording the final section of the book, add:
"End of Mental and Moral Heredity in Royalty. A Statistical Study in History and Psychology, by Frederick Adams Woods."
Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end.

Filename: mentalandmoralheredity_##_woods_128kb.mp3 where ## is the section number. (e.g. mentalandmoralheredity_01_woods_128kb.mp3)

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craigdav1
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Post by craigdav1 »

I assume the number of sections needed is greater than the 1 requested above. 19(numbered 0-18)?
niobium
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Post by niobium »

19 should cover it. it appears to be a detail i missed
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Post by craigdav1 »

Will set this up shortly.

edit: Should we advertise for a DPL or do you have someone in mind? I shortened the filename. Long names just cause problems. Also, I would suggest using a shortened book title after the first section (e.g. Mental and Moral Heredity in Royalty).
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Post by niobium »

i plan to introduce every chapter as "Mental and Moral Heredity in Royalty" without the extra bit
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Post by craigdav1 »

0
00:02 title missing "in Royalty."
Otherwise, pl ok.
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Post by craigdav1 »

1
00:19 Chapter title is "Introductory" not "Heredity in Royalty."
Otherwise, pl ok.
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Post by craigdav1 »

8
This section is at the maximum length (~74m), Just a fyi. Will start listening to it shortly.
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Post by craigdav1 »

Moving topic to Going Solo forum.
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Post by craigdav1 »

8 PL OK!
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Post by niobium »

section 8 is only 2 seconds shy of the limit after compressing the track lengths. I repeat this process again if it is urgent to make it shorter
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Post by craigdav1 »

The file is ok at its current length. Standard CDs are designed to hold up to 74 minutes of uncompressed stereo digital audio. Capacity can be extended up to 80 minutes by arranging the data more closely so some discs say 80 minutes.
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Post by niobium »

section 1 actually includes a misprint. the title of the chapter is listed as 'introductory' in the contents, but is actually "heredity in royalty, chapter 1' on page one.
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Post by craigdav1 »

All of the even numbered pages throughout the entire book have the header "Heredity in Royalty" not just chapter one.
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Post by craigdav1 »

0-1
Bit rate not 128kbps.
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