[COMPLETE] Syria: the Desert and the Sown by Gertrude Bell - lt

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Hi,
I'd like to give chapter 10 a read. This will be my first reading for librivox. The one minute test is done.

Please use my name Melinda Cumming.
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JordanR wrote: April 15th, 2021, 4:02 pm Here is chapter 7 for proof listening https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/syriadesertsown_07_bell_128kb.mp3. Length 37 min 0 sec
Thank you, Jordan!

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melindacumming wrote: April 16th, 2021, 9:02 am Hi,
I'd like to give chapter 10 a read. This will be my first reading for librivox. The one minute test is done.

Please use my name Melinda Cumming.
Hi Melinda,

Thanks for volunteering! :) Here's your reader page:

https://librivox.org/reader/16102

Michael
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Hi Michael - Melinda Chapter 10 here...there are 2 footnotes, and captions for images. How would you like me to handle those?
Thanks! M.
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melindacumming wrote: April 17th, 2021, 8:55 am Hi Michael - Melinda Chapter 10 here...there are 2 footnotes, and captions for images. How would you like me to handle those?
Thanks! M.
Hi Melinda,

I'm leaving these to the reader's discretion. Most readers didn't read the captions. For the footnotes, if you feel that they enhance the reading, please mark them by "footnote"... "end of footnote".

Thanks,
Michael
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JordanR wrote: April 15th, 2021, 4:02 pm Here is chapter 7 for proof listening https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/syriadesertsown_07_bell_128kb.mp3. Length 37 min 0 sec
PL OK!
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It's getting close to the end!
Can I have Chapter V and XI?
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JordanR wrote: April 20th, 2021, 10:39 pm It's getting close to the end!
Can I have Chapter V and XI?
Excellent, thanks!

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Hi,

Here is Chapter 10. It passed the checker for technical details. I tried to look up pronunciations as I channeled Gertrude Bell. I'll be glad to do pickups wherever needed.
Thanks,
Melinda


https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/syriadesertsown_10_bell_128kb.mp3

Length : 46 minutes, 56 seconds
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melindacumming wrote: April 27th, 2021, 6:02 pm Hi,

Here is Chapter 10. It passed the checker for technical details. I tried to look up pronunciations as I channeled Gertrude Bell. I'll be glad to do pickups wherever needed.
Thank you, Melinda! I'll listen soon.

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Put me down for Chapter 12, please.
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TadDavis wrote: April 28th, 2021, 6:41 am Put me down for Chapter 12, please.
Great, thanks!

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melindacumming wrote: April 27th, 2021, 6:02 pm Hi,

Here is Chapter 10. It passed the checker for technical details. I tried to look up pronunciations as I channeled Gertrude Bell. I'll be glad to do pickups wherever needed.
Thanks,
Melinda


https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/syriadesertsown_10_bell_128kb.mp3

Length : 46 minutes, 56 seconds
This is a delightful reading, and you've done a good job with the Arabic. Just a couple of edits are needed:

1) (37:02, 37:09) "Sherif" is pronounced shuh-REEF. We don't normally comment on pronunciation, but here pronouncing it like "sheriff" is liable to cause confusion.
2) (46:57) Should be "End of chapter ten" ("ten" is missing)
3) There should be 5 seconds of silence at the end (currently <3)
4) There are variation in volume which sometimes are a bit too large for listener's comfort (at one place I measured a 7 dB difference between consecutive passages). The dynamics of your recordings will probably become more even with practice. For now, there's an easy way to level them out in Audacity:

Select the whole track, go to Effects->Compressor, and use the following settings:
- lower the Threshold sliding bar to -20 dB
- check the box "Compress based on peaks"
- uncheck the box "Make up for gain..."
- keep defaults for the other settings.

Audacity will remember these compressor settings for future tracks. After that, with the entire track still selected, please use the Amplify effect with -4 in the Amplification box to reduce the volume by 4 dB.

Let me know if you need more information on how to make these edits.

Thanks!
Michael
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Chapter 12 is available for review. The recording is 44m 31s long.

https://librivox.org/uploads/leni/syriadesertsown_12_bell_128kb.mp3

(I had an unexpected free day....)
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TadDavis wrote: April 29th, 2021, 2:35 pm Chapter 12 is available for review. The recording is 44m 31s long.

https://librivox.org/uploads/leni/syriadesertsown_12_bell_128kb.mp3

(I had an unexpected free day....)
Wow, thank you!

Looks like this one accidentally went into Leni's folder. I'll leave a note for Lynne in the MW.

Michael
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