COMPLETE: A Year Amongst the Persians by E.G. Browne-le

[Adib]

Here is my 1-minute test recording:

http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/tests/test_adib.mp3

I hope to get to the rest by the weekend.

[Nicholas19]

Here is my 1-minute test recording:

http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/tests/test_adib.mp3

I hope to get to the rest by the weekend.

Thanks Adib!

To Mim or Leni: can you check that Adib's settings are correct? Thank you!

I've listened to it myself, but am not good at telling whether the settings are ok or not. It's a good recording though! Your reading voice is very nice, Adib!

I noticed that you pronounce LibriVox as lie-bri-vox. I think there's no rule on how to pronounce it, but have noticed that it is usually pronounced li-bri-vox or lee-bri-vox. Pronunciations do vary though. I often pronounce it as lee-bri-vox. There's no rule though, so pronounce it as you wish.

[Adib]

Here is my 1-minute test recording:

http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/tests/test_adib.mp3

I hope to get to the rest by the weekend.

Thanks Adib!

To Mim or Leni: can you check that Adib's settings are correct? Thank you!

I've listened to it myself, but am not good at telling whether the settings are ok or not. It's a good recording though! Your reading voice is very nice, Adib!

I noticed that you pronounce LibriVox as lie-bri-vox. I think there's no rule on how to pronounce it, but have noticed that it is usually pronounced li-bri-vox or lee-bri-vox. Pronunciations do vary though. I often pronounce it as lee-bri-vox. There's no rule though, so pronounce it as you wish.

Thanks for the compliment Nicholas! I'll use your pronunciation from now on then just for the sake of consistency.

As far as settings are concerned, I did have my software set to these specifications:

Bit Rate: 128 kbps
Sample Rate: 44.1 kHz

It looks like the file came out to 160 kbps though, which is odd.

Also, I had it set to Stereo instead of Mono by mistake, but I've fixed this now and will be using that setting from here on out.

[Nicholas19]

Thanks for the compliment Nicholas! I'll use your pronunciation from now on then just for the sake of consistency.

BTW, Adib, on a side note, the LibriVox catalogue doesn't really have any Persian recordings so far. There's a multilingual poetry project, so if you'd like to contribute a short Persian poem to that, the project can be found here: http://librivox.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=20686 You don't have to or anything. It might just be good practice to do a short recording like this. But you'd have to find a public domain text to read from online. I'm sure there are a lot of websites that contain the poems of Hafez, Sa'di or other classical Persian poets.

[Leni]

Here is my 1-minute test recording:

http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/tests/test_adib.mp3

I hope to get to the rest by the weekend.

Thanks Adib!

To Mim or Leni: can you check that Adib's settings are correct? Thank you!

I've listened to it myself, but am not good at telling whether the settings are ok or not. It's a good recording though! Your reading voice is very nice, Adib!

I noticed that you pronounce LibriVox as lie-bri-vox. I think there's no rule on how to pronounce it, but have noticed that it is usually pronounced li-bri-vox or lee-bri-vox. Pronunciations do vary though. I often pronounce it as lee-bri-vox. There's no rule though, so pronounce it as you wish.

Hello, Adib and Nicholas

It seems like you have identified everything I was going to point out: the stereo instead of mono, and the 160kbps. To fix the kbps, you wouldn't need to re-record anything, just re-export, since you choose that when exporting to mp3.

Other than that, the reading is really nice, clear, no plosives, etc.

[Adib]

Excellent! I've fixed the bit rate settings and now all of my recordings come out to 128 kbps.

Dear Nicholas, I would love to help contribute Persian poetry, but unfortunately, since I was born and raised in the States, I am not fluent in Persian. I know some, perhaps enough to hold a brief conversation, but not a whole lot. However, I intend to take some classes in the near future and, hopefully when things in Iran change for the better, might travel there to master my Persian. I am also taking Arabic, so perhaps in a few years I could help with that literature (especially Baha'i literature in Arabic).

However, my mother has a very nice voice for deklameh, or recitation. Some 30 years ago, she recited the entire Seven Valleys which is now on a cassette somewhere. Perhaps she would be willing to help with some readings. I will definitely ask her this weekend.

[Nicholas19]

However, my mother has a very nice voice for deklameh, or recitation. Some 30 years ago, she recited the entire Seven Valleys which is now on a cassette somewhere. Perhaps she would be willing to help with some readings. I will definitely ask her this weekend.

oooh! That's cool. Yeah, definitely see if your mother is interested in getting involved. The Word of God is what conquers the hearts of men and it would be great if we could get Baha'i writings in the original languages into the LibriVox catalogue. Just let her know, though, that any recordings for LibriVox would have to be in the public domain. So probably we won't be able to re-use any recordings that are already out on tape. But if she's interested in making new, public domain recordings for LibriVox, she's most welcome to do so.

BTW, I've also been studying Persian and Arabic. I'm not very fluent in either, but I have been to Iran, Jordan and Egypt. I only spent a few months in Iran though and didn't get to see everything that Browne managed to see in his book, but it was still a great experience and I really hope to be able to go back there again.

[mim@can]

Section 01 uploaded!

Section 1

And so I bungled on for a while, making slow but steady progress, and wasting much time, but with undiminished enthusiasm; for which I was presently rewarded by discovering a teacher.

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[hefyd]

Hi Nicholas -could you put me down for 8-12 please ? hefyd

[Nicholas19]

Hi Nicholas -could you put me down for 8-12 please ? hefyd

Hi hefyd! Done! Thanks for volunteering!

[Nicholas19]

Section 1 fixed and re-uploaded.

Section 2 uploaded!

[mim@can]

Section 1 fixed and re-uploaded.

Section 2 uploaded!

Sections 1 and 2 Proof listened and all okay!

So sorry not to have given a time for the correction in section 1, I must have had a senior moment there!

[Nicholas19]

Section 1 fixed and re-uploaded.

Section 2 uploaded!

Sections 1 and 2 Proof listened and all okay!

So sorry not to have given a time for the correction in section 1, I must have had a senior moment there!

Senior moment? You mean you're not 25 or thereabouts?

Section 3 is uploaded!!! Enjoy!

[mim@can]

Section 3

@ 34:57 Shortly after noon we halted at a small roadside inn, where we obtained some cheese, and a not very savoury compound called kawurma which consists of small square lumps of mutton imbedded in fat.
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[Nicholas19]

Section 3

@ 34:57 Shortly after noon we halted at a small roadside inn, where we obtained some cheese, and a not very savoury compound called kawurma which consists of small square lumps of mutton imbedded in fat.
Here we have a repeat

Section 3 fixed and re-uploaded!