This project is now complete! All audio files can be found on our catalog page: https://librivox.org/the-great-events-by-famous-historians-volume-10-by-charles-f-horne/
Source text (please read only from this text!): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19893A comprehensive and readable account of the world's history, emphasizing the more important events, and presenting these as complete narratives in the master-words of the most eminent historians. This is volume 10 of 22, covering from 1558-1608 AD . - Summary Adapted from the Title Page (Summary by )
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This paragraph is temporary and will be replaced by the MC with the list of sections and reader (Magic Window) once this project is in the admin system.
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[*]Project Code: xSmLi0F1
[*]Link to author on Wikipedia (if available): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Francis_Horne (Charles F. Horne)
[*]Link to author on Wikipedia (if available): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rossiter_Johnson (Rossiter Johnson)
[*]Link to title on Wikipedia (if available):
[*]Number of sections (files) this project will have: 37
[*]Does the project have an introduction or preface: Yes
[*]Original publication date (if known): 1905
[*]If you are a new volunteer, how would you like your name (or pseudonym) credited in the catalog?
[*]Do you have a URL you would like associated with your name?:
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Genres for the project: *Non-fiction/History/Middle Ages/Middle History
Keywords that describe the book:
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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.
Say:
End of recording:"Section # of The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10. 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."] "The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10, by Charles F. Horne, Rossiter Johnson and John Rudd. Section Title."
Say:
If you are recording the final section of the book, add:"End of section #." [Optional, and if not stated in the intro: "Read by your name, city, date."]
Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end."End of The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10, edited by Charles F. Horne, Rossiter Johnson and John Rudd."
Filename: greatevents10_##_horne_128kb.mp3 where ## is the section number. (e.g. greatevents10_01_horne_128kb.mp3)
Upload to the LibriVox Uploader: https://librivox.org/login/uploader
(If you have trouble reading the image above, please contact an admin)
MC to select: icequeen
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.
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask! Just post in this thread.
