This project is now complete. All chapters can be found on the catalog page:
https://librivox.org/our-new-zealand-cousins-by-james-inglis/
Source text (please read only from this text!): https://archive.org/details/ournewzealandcou00inglialaA travelogue of a trip through New Zealand in 1885 with panegyric descriptions of the scenery, elucidations of the progress the country had made since the writer had been there twenty years earlier, enconiums on the differences between New South Wales and New Zealand, and the writer's thoughts on where the two colonies needed to progress in the areas of agriculture, mining, forestry and education. Chapter 20 outlines a brief visit to Hobart on the way home, while the Appendix covers some statistics on the forestry industry in New Zealand (from a report by Professor Thomas Kirk) and concludes with descriptions of the eruption of Tarawera in June 1886 as reported by the Sydney newspapers. (Summary by Beeswaxcandle)
Target completion date: 2022-07-31
Prooflistening level: Standard
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Magic Window:
BC Admin
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Genres for the project: *Non-fiction/Travel & Geography
Keywords that describe the book: new zealand
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LibriVox recording settings: mono (1 channel), 44100 Hz sample rate, 128 kbps constant bit rate MP3. See the Tech Specs
Intro to recording:
Leave 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning.
For the first section, say:
For the second and subsequent sections, you may use the shortened intro if you wish:"Section (or Chapter) # of Our New Zealand Cousins. 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."] "Our New Zealand Cousins, by James Inglis. Section Title."
End of recording:"Section (or Chapter) # of Our New Zealand Cousins, by James Inglis. This LibriVox recording is in the public domain." [Optional: "Read by your name."] "Section Title."
Say:
If you are recording the final section of the book, add:"End of section (or chapter) #." [Optional, and if not stated in the intro: "Read by your name, city, date."]
Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end."End of Our New Zealand Cousins, by James Inglis."
Filename: ournewzealandcousins_##_inglis_128kb.mp3 where ## is the section number. (e.g. ournewzealandcousins_01_inglis_128kb.mp3)
Upload to the LibriVox Uploader: https://librivox.org/login/uploader
MC to select: Availle
Copy and paste the file link generated by the uploader into the relevant Listen URL field in the Section Compiler, enter the duration in the Notes field, and post in this thread to let your PL and MC know that you have uploaded a file. You may also post the file link in the thread.
Only thing left to decide is whether you'd like to use chapter or section in the intro/outro. It doesn't matter either way (section is better if you have to split or combine chapters) but you should be consistent.
