[COMPLETE] State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1946 - 1953), by Harry Truman - tg

KevinS · Post by **KevinS** » November 3rd, 2022, 12:37 pm

State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1946 - 1953), by Harry Truman

This project is now complete! All audio files can be found on our catalog page: https://librivox.org/state-of-the-union-addresses-by-united-states-presidents-1946-1953-by-harry-s-truman/

The State of the Union address is a speech presented by the President of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress, typically delivered annually. The address not only reports on the condition of the nation but also allows the President to outline his legislative agenda (for which he needs the cooperation of Congress) and national priorities. This album contains recordings of addresses from Harry Truman. (Wikipedia)

Source text (please read only from this text!): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5050

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

Say:

"Section (or Chapter) # of State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1946 - 1953). 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."] "State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1946 - 1953), by Harry Truman. Section Title."

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"End of section (or chapter) #." [Optional, and if not stated in the intro: "Read by your name, city, date."]

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"End of State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1946 - 1953), by Harry Truman."

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Filename: stateoftheunion19461953_##_truman_128kb.mp3 where ## is the section number. (e.g. stateoftheunion19461953_01_truman_128kb.mp3)

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KevinS · Post by **KevinS** » November 3rd, 2022, 12:51 pm

I'm a bit unsure of how this entry is to be formatted. As there is just one president being covered, should the author be Harry Truman rather than various? I thought not, as this is part of a larger series, but I could be wrong. Also, I see that previous summaries quote wikipedia, something we don't usually do. Will this be all right in this case?

Post by **TriciaG** » November 3rd, 2022, 5:04 pm

I'm full on MC projects right now, but to whomever picks this one up: the database entry is already created. It's #18178.

As there is just one president being covered, should the author be Harry Truman rather than various?

Yeah, just Truman. The other projects with just one president has just their name as author. The ones with more than one list out each president rather than using "various".

Also, I see that previous summaries quote wikipedia, something we don't usually do. Will this be all right in this case?

It's probably not right, but it does follow the precedent.

KevinS · Post by **KevinS** » November 3rd, 2022, 8:47 pm

TriciaG wrote: ↑November 3rd, 2022, 5:04 pm I'm full on MC projects right now, but to whomever picks this one up: the database entry is already created. It's #18178.

As there is just one president being covered, should the author be Harry Truman rather than various?
Yeah, just Truman. The other projects with just one president has just their name as author. The ones with more than one list out each president rather than using "various".

Also, I see that previous summaries quote wikipedia, something we don't usually do. Will this be all right in this case?
It's probably not right, but it does follow the precedent.

Okay. Thank you!

Post by **TriciaG** » November 5th, 2022, 1:10 pm

This is set up. Yeah, I'm over my MC limit.

KevinS · Post by **KevinS** » November 5th, 2022, 1:33 pm

TriciaG wrote: ↑November 5th, 2022, 1:10 pm This is set up. Yeah, I'm over my MC limit.

I will try very, very hard not to make this difficult for you and anyone! Thank you!

KevinS · Post by **KevinS** » November 5th, 2022, 1:36 pm

I'll take Sections 1 through 4.

KevinS · Post by **KevinS** » November 5th, 2022, 1:40 pm

Oh, I see you completed the MW for me. Most excellent! Thanks!

Post by **TriciaG** » November 5th, 2022, 1:45 pm

It had already been completed - was that by me? - earlier. It might have been me, when I originally set it up and then discovered that Truman wasn't PD for me.

It was using Linny's section divisions.

KevinS · Post by **KevinS** » November 6th, 2022, 4:42 pm

Section 1

https://librivox.org/uploads/triciag/stateoftheunion19461953_01_truman_128kb.mp3 (01:06:04)

KevinS · Post by **KevinS** » November 7th, 2022, 4:39 pm

Section 4

https://librivox.org/uploads/triciag/stateoftheunion19461953_04_truman_128kb.mp3 (58:36)

There are two faults in the text we are using from Gutenberg. I have supplied the missing data from another source. I hope to point out the missing pieces to Gutenberg in the next day or two.

KevinS · Post by **KevinS** » November 8th, 2022, 4:56 pm

Section 3

https://librivox.org/uploads/triciag/stateoftheunion19461953_03_truman_128kb.mp3 (48:59)

Again, there are missing and confused data in this text from Gutenberg. I have fixed this, but refer the listener to the written text to make sense of one elaborate table which cannot be easily (or otherwise) described verbally.

KevinS · Post by **KevinS** » November 8th, 2022, 5:04 pm

Tricia, the brief statement referring a listener to the written text in Section 3 can be found at 14:46. I hope you will approve of this. I cannot figure out a way of describing this information in any clear way verbally.

Post by **TriciaG** » November 9th, 2022, 3:50 pm

KevinS wrote: ↑November 8th, 2022, 5:04 pm Tricia, the brief statement referring a listener to the written text in Section 3 can be found at 14:46. I hope you will approve of this. I cannot figure out a way of describing this information in any clear way verbally.

I think I'd refer if it was tagged with "Reader's Note" and "end reader's note", and maybe change "the reader is referred to" to "the listener is referred to". Otherwise I think it's OK.

KevinS · Post by **KevinS** » November 9th, 2022, 6:01 pm

TriciaG wrote: ↑November 9th, 2022, 3:50 pm
KevinS wrote: ↑November 8th, 2022, 5:04 pm Tricia, the brief statement referring a listener to the written text in Section 3 can be found at 14:46. I hope you will approve of this. I cannot figure out a way of describing this information in any clear way verbally.
I think I'd refer if it was tagged with "Reader's Note" and "end reader's note", and maybe change "the reader is referred to" to "the listener is referred to". Otherwise I think it's OK.

Will do!