COMPLETE: Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 001 - NF/jo

Post by **knotyouraveragejo** » July 31st, 2007, 10:10 pm

Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 001

This collection is now complete. All audio files can be found on our catalog page here:

http://librivox.org/librivox-short-nonfiction-collection-vol-001

This will be the first collection dedicated to recordings of short nonfiction works in English.

Please select and record any short essay or other nonfiction piece in the
public domain. Try to stick to works that run less than 60 minutes. You are welcome to contribute as many as you wish, and
there is no need to "sign-up" before recording...as long as the work is clearly in the public domain, just start recording. Multiple versions are always welcome, so don't worry
whether someone else has recorded your selection already; we're happy
to hear your version too.

After 10 recordings are submitted, we will prooflisten, catalog and make them available to the public.

Recording Notes:

• At the BEGINNING Say: "[Title of Work], by [Author Name]" "This is a Librivox recording. All Librivox Recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to
volunteer, please visit Librivox.org"

• If you wish, you may also say: "Read by...your name."
• At the END, say: "End of [Title], by [Author Name]"

• Please leave 5 seconds of silence at the end of your recording or 10 seconds if longer than 30 minutes.

• Basic Recording Guide: http://librivox.org/wiki/moin.cgi/NewbieGuideToRecording

Be sure to set your recording software to :44100Hz, 16-bit, and save your mp3 files at 128kpbs

[*]AFTER recording:
Need noise-cleaning?
Listen to your file through headphones. If you can hear distracting background noise, you may want to clean it up a bit. The free beta version 1.3.3. of Audacity (Mac/Win) has much improved noise-cleaning. See this LibriVox wiki page for a complete guide. Note: Noisecleaning with other versions of Audacity is not recommended.

File Name: (lower case, with words separated by underscores):
title_authorlastname_readersinitials.mp3

ID3 Tags:
• Title/Name: [Title]
• Artist: [Author Name]
• Album: LibriVox Nonfiction Collection Vol. 001

How to submit your recording:

• Please use the new LIbriVox uploader to upload a copy of your mp3 file for prooflistening and cataloging.

LibriVox Uploader

http://upload.librivox.org/
username: librivox
password: librivox123

The uploader displays a permanent link to your file when the upload is complete

• Please always post this link in this forum thread when you've uploaded a file.

• If you have your own server space, you may also simply post a link to your completed file in this forum. Please leave the file in this location until the project is cataloged.

Please post the following with your file:
• Source from which you read (i.e. Gutenberg etext url)
Length in minutes and size in MB of your file
• If this is your first Librivox recording, I will also need your name as you would like it to appear on the catalog page and the URL of your homepage if you have one and would like it linked to your name on the catalog page.

Want to see if what you plan to record has been done already?
http://librivox.org/newcatalog/search.php?
Search by keywords in the Catalog Search
http://librivox.org/newcatalog/
But don't let this stop you from recording your own version!

------------------------------------

(BC admin link)

(PLC = Proof-Listening Complete)

luciburg · Post by **luciburg** » July 31st, 2007, 10:45 pm

All the best with this Jo, I will have to go looking now for a contribution.

Lucy

Patrick Beverley · Post by **Patrick Beverley** » August 1st, 2007, 4:47 pm

Is Orwell's 'Shooting an Elephant' PD?

EDIT: Just checked: it isn't. Bugger.

bness2 · Post by **bness2** » August 3rd, 2007, 8:24 pm

Here's my first shot at producing a reading. Hope all enjoy it and feedback is welcome.

Title: The Somanmbulists from Revolution and Other Essays
Author: Jack London
Source: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/4953/4953-h/4953-h.htm
Length: 15:21
Size: 14.1 Mb
My name: Bryan Ness

File Location: http://nessessary.net/Libravox/The_Somnambulists_London_BN.mp3

Thanks,

Bryan

Post by **knotyouraveragejo** » August 3rd, 2007, 9:40 pm

Bryan,

Thanks for recording something for this collection! Your catalog name is now in our database. I haven't listened to the entire recording, but your reading sounds good to me! Volume is a little low in the beginning but gets better as you go along. Something to be aware of for your next recording.

Jo

bness2 · Post by **bness2** » August 3rd, 2007, 11:42 pm

knotyouraveragejo wrote:Bryan,

Thanks for recording something for this collection! Your catalog name is now in our database. I haven't listened to the entire recording, but your reading sounds good to me! Volume is a little low in the beginning but gets better as you go along. Something to be aware of for your next recording.

Jo

Thanks for the advice. I think it was mic placement. I adjusted it slightly after the first couple of pages. I take it the later placement was better.

Incidentally, I chose this reading because it sounded so apropos for today, even though it was written more than 100 years ago. I also live in the Napa Valley where London spent a good deal of time.

Bryan

lyra211 · Post by **lyra211** » August 5th, 2007, 2:16 pm

Oooh, what a nice new project! And you know, I've had "The Future of Astronomy" by Edward C. Pickering sitting on my desk for about a year now, because it was just too cool not to record (by some definition of the word "cool"...) So here it is!

http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~amhughes/futureofastronomy_pickering_amh.mp3

Please let me know when you pick it up, since I had to go over my quota to post it and can't keep it up for long!

text: http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/15636
36.6 MB; time is 38:06

Meredith

Post by **knotyouraveragejo** » August 5th, 2007, 2:29 pm

bness2 wrote:
Thanks for the advice. I think it was mic placement. I adjusted it slightly after the first couple of pages. I take it the later placement was better.

Incidentally, I chose this reading because it sounded so apropos for today, even though it was written more than 100 years ago. I also live in the Napa Valley where London spent a good deal of time.

Bryan

Later mic placement was definitely better! Indeed this is a very appropriate reading for today. I quite agree - great choice!

Jo

Post by **knotyouraveragejo** » August 5th, 2007, 2:36 pm

lyra211 wrote:Oooh, what a nice new project! And you know, I've had "The Future of Astronomy" by Edward C. Pickering sitting on my desk for about a year now, because it was just too cool not to record (by some definition of the word "cool"...) So here it is!

http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~amhughes/futureofastronomy_pickering_amh.mp3

Please let me know when you pick it up, since I had to go over my quota to post it and can't keep it up for long!

text: http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/15636
36.6 MB; time is 38:06

Meredith

Meredith,

I've downloaded your file so you can delete it from your server anytime. Thanks for contributing this recording to this collection! If science isn't "cool", what is?

Jo

LeonMire · Post by **LeonMire** » August 6th, 2007, 7:46 pm

Here is my recording of an essay by philosopher Immanuel Kant called "An Answer to the Question: What is Enlightenment?":
http://www.mediafire.com/?32ih6ycg3wd

It's 17.4 MB and 18 minutes, 36 seconds long.

Here is the text:
http://philosophy.eserver.org/kant/what-is-enlightenment.txt

It is part of the website's "Canonical Texts Collection," which is only for works out of copyright. See the main page: http://philosophy.eserver.org/

Thanks! I've got lots more ideas for stuff to record here!

-Leon

lezer · Post by **lezer** » August 6th, 2007, 7:57 pm

Hello Jo,
I've recorded an essay by Jonathan Swift - it's the first time here that I've tried a recording in English instead of my native tongue - but I think it is intelligible enough...

Details:
Title: Hints towards an essay on conversation
Author: Jonathan Swift
Text can be found: http://www.bartleby.com/27/8.html
File can be downloaded: http://www.yousendit.com/download/ZUcxUXVtRStHa00wTVE9PQ
Size: 18.5 MB
Length: 19:47
My name: Anna Simon

Hope you'll like it for your collection. Let me know if it's not up to standard...

Anna

LeonMire · Post by **LeonMire** » August 6th, 2007, 8:39 pm

lezer wrote:Hello Jo,
I've recorded an essay by Jonathan Swift - it's the first time here that I've tried a recording in English instead of my native tongue - but I think it is intelligible enough...

Hope you'll like it for your collection. Let me know if it's not up to standard...

Anna

I took a listen, and I had no trouble understanding it. Honestly, I wouldn't have been able to tell you were not a native speaker if you hadn't said so. I don't think you've got anything to worry about. Great choice, Anna, and great reading!

Post by **knotyouraveragejo** » August 6th, 2007, 8:48 pm

Anna,

This is a great addition to this collection! Thank you.

I found your reading very clear and easy to understand. You should definitely consider doing more recording in English.

Jo

Post by **knotyouraveragejo** » August 6th, 2007, 9:04 pm

Leon,

As you can see this collection is shaping up nicely.

Thanks for the Kant essay. Keep 'em coming! We have a long way to go to catch up with the Short Fiction collections...

Jo

LeonMire · Post by **LeonMire** » August 6th, 2007, 9:09 pm

Jo,
May we upload our files directly to your folder under studioae.com? It's not specifically listed as one of the options, but that's where the files seem to be stored. I just didn't know if you had some reason for wanting people not to use FTP.

-Leon