This project is now complete! All audio files can be found on our catalog page: https://librivox.org/the-story-of-my-life-part-2-letters-by-helen-keller/
Source text: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2397When Helen Keller's autobiography was first published in 1903, Part 1 of this 3 part book, she was a young student at Radcliffe College. In it, she shares memories of her childhood, describes how Miss Sullivan rescued her from complete darkness, and reflects on her experiences as a college student.
Part 2 is a collection of Helen's letters from age 8 through 1901, addressed to various teachers, friends and mentors. This is interspersed with introductory commentary by her editor John Albert Macy. It is fascinating to see how her awareness of the world expanded as she matured, how much she relied on "teacher" (Anne Sullivan) to be her eyes ears, and interpreter of life, and displays her extraordinary graciousness, and ability to paint word pictures from an early age.
Part 3 of this book includes in-depth writings by her teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, on her teaching methods, their experiences learning together; and additional insightful commentary by editor John Albert Macy on Helen’s extraordinary education, personality, giftedness, and literary style.
The 1962 hit movie "The Miracle Worker" (nominated for 5 academy awards), starring Anne Bancroft (won Best Actress) and Patty Duke (won Best Supporting Actress), was based upon information in this book.(Summary by Michele Fry)
Victoria and Wayne, letters are numbered and sections color coded on this document: Letters Breakdown of Text into Sections Wayne will read the parts in BOLD and all INTROS AND OUTROS, Victoria everything else.
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This project is a duet by Victoria Neely and Wayne Cooke
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Magic Window:
BC Admin
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Genres for the project: *Non-fiction/Literary Collections/Letters
Keywords that describe the book: Anne Sullivan, Michael Anagnos, Perkins Institution, deaf/blind education, braille
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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 for Section 1:
Leave 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning.
Say:
After Section 1, Intro can be shortened thus:"Section # of The Story of My Life - Part 2 (Letters 1887 - 1901), by Helen Keller and John Albert Macy, published in 1904. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit librivox.org." Helen's letters are read by Victoria Neely. Editorial comments are read by Wayne Cooke "The Story of My Life - Part 2 (Letters), Section Title as shown in the MW, e.g. Section #, Letters x thru y."
"Section # of The Story of My Life - Part 2 (Letters), by Helen Keller and John Albert Macy. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit librivox.org." Helen's letters are read by Victoria Neely, narration and editorial comments by Wayne Cooke Section #, Letters x thru y[/i]."[/quote]
OUTRO:
Say:
If you are recording the final section of the book, add:"End of section (#)"
Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end."End of The Story of My Life - Part 2 (Letters 1887 - 1901), by Helen Keller and John Albert Macy."
Filename: storyofmylife2letters_##_keller_128kb.mp3 where ## is the section number. (e.g. storyofmylife2letters_01_keller_128kb.mp3)
Upload to the LibriVox Uploader: https://librivox.org/login/uploader
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MC to select: TriciaG
Copy and paste the file link generated by the uploader into a new post in this thread along with the file duration (mm:ss). Watch this thread for prooflistening notes.
THE TEAM:
BC: Michele Fry (msfry)
MC: TriciaG
Editor/DPL: Michele Fry
Final DPL: LCaulkins (Lynette)
Readers: Victoria Neely (teabender) and Wayne Cooke (kalamareader)
Cover Preclaimed 12/9/21: Michele Fry