• This project is now complete. All audio files can be found on our catalog page: https://librivox.org/canadian-battlefields-and-other-poems-by-john-richardson-wilkinson/Canadian Battlefields And Other Poems is an important historical record of Canadian soldiers participating in wars prior to 1899.
(Summary by Lynda Marie Neilson)
Source text (please read only from this text!): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/53545
This is an abandoned Solo being opened up to the group to help finish it.
Deadline: Please submit your recording within 2 months of placing your claim. If you cannot complete the recording within this time, please post in the thread to relinquish your claim or to ask the BC for an extension. If your recording is not completed by the deadline, your claim may be reassigned at the BC's discretion.
Claiming sections: Look in the Magic Window below for the list of available sections. Post a reply in this thread asking for the section you would like to record.
Prooflistening level: Standard
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Magic Window:
BC Admin
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Genres for the project: Historical Fiction; Poetry
Keywords that describe the book: poem, Canada, war, military
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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.
Say:
End of recording:"(Poem Name) of Canadian Battlefields and Other Poems. 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."] "Canadian Battlefields and Other Poems, by Lieut. Col. JR Wilkinson, "
Say:
If you are recording the final section of the book, add:"End of poem."
Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end."End of Canadian Battlefields and Other Poems, by Lieut. Col. John Richardson Wilkinson."
Filename: cdnbattlepoems_###_wilkinson_128kb.mp3 where ### is the section number.
Upload to the LibriVox Uploader: https://librivox.org/login/uploader
MC to select: alg1001
Copy and paste the file link generated by the uploader into a new post in this thread along with the file duration (mm:ss). Watch this thread for prooflistening notes.
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask! Just post in this thread.