LibriVox Forum

TriciaG wrote:I assume all our volunteers started as listeners, right?

Wrong! At least for me... I found reference to LibriVox in Aurealis Express newsletter (Aurealis is a speculative fiction Australian magazine), looked around the forums and loved the whole idea.
I've just downloaded my first LV listen - Mill on the Floss - it is our October bookclub book, and as I started a knitting project I think these two will go happily along. And as my bookclubbers are traditional mob who prefer paper books I love to shock them with 'new' - and free - ways of reading
-nina-

I wasn't a listener first either. I have a friend who loves audiobooks and suggested I record something for him to listen to. I recorded an Edgar Allan Poe story for him. (Using my laptop built-in mic and 'sound recorder'. One take, no edits. I cringe to listen to it now!) That got me hooked on recording and a search on the net brought me here.

For me it all sort of started in an audio binge (listening to several while on a holiday) but of the early recordings I listened to, I think the first was either the wonderful Tom Brown's Schooldays reading, which had been one of my favorite stories growing up, or the excellent Merry Adventures of Robin Hood.

I think the first one I listened to was the adventures of Sherlock Holmes. My brother put it on a CD for me cause' I did not have much time on the computer until recently. I have probably listened to about a hundred books over the past two or three years, as well as reading a lot

I was about to brag that I was not a listener as well because I was looking for free books to read and found Gutenberg.net for a few freebies. Their volunteer opportunities lead me to LV and I was hooked instantly and started proof listening while waiting for my 1-minute test to be okay. But reading over these posts, I remembered that I'd found the KJV bible online in audio and had listened to John and Romans and (HA) can't remember where I got the audio copy.



Deb

Margaret's recording of Harry Leon Wilson's Merton of the Movies.

And it's still one of my favorites.

My first LV listen was the dramatic reading of Pygmalion. I downloaded it in February, when I was studying that play and comparing a half dozen versions. Many, probably, most versions change the ending—to make it more "love-story like." Yay for LV for sticking to the text! Therefore maintaining the author's intended meaning. And congratulations for putting together such a marvelous reading of it!

I actually hated my first LV listen (I won't mention what it was specifically) but it was a group project, and in chapter 3 or so, the reader decided to add lots of freaky special effects and nearly inaudible reverb to a character's voice. I tried to brave through it but it gave me the utter willies. This was in late 2008 and I did not visit Librivox again until May or so of 2010.

In 2010, I found Ray Clare's many lovely and sensitive readings of Chesterton's works, and I went on a total binge. I've been listening steadily ever since, and exponentially since June 2012.

~ Chessie Joy