This project is now complete! All audio files can be found on our catalog page: https://librivox.org/tales-of-a-traveller-by-washington-irving/
Writing under the pseudonym, Geoffrey Crayon, Washington Irving chronicled his travels through Europe in the early 1820’s. He wrote of people he met, places he saw and stories he was told. In fact, much of the work is recounting tales told to him by those with exotic adventures that were waiting to be shared. “Tales of a Traveler” is broken up into four separate parts or “Books,” as Irving called them. The final book is almost a post-script to “Knickerbocker’s History of New York” as he tells stories and describes Manhattan Island and nearby lands as they were almost two hundred years ago. This rough land, still mostly wilderness, had the fingerprints of the early Dutch colonists evident throughout. (Greg Giordano)
- Text source (only read from this text!): http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13514
- Type of proof-listening required (Note: please read the PL FAQ): standard
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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: VfKP0Xq9
[*]Link to author on Wikipedia (if available): (Washington Irving) : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Irving
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[*]Link to title on Wikipedia (if available): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tales_of_a_Traveller
[*]Number of sections (files) this project will have: 26
[*]Does the project have an introduction or preface [y/n]: No
[*]Original publication date (if known): 1824
[*]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?:
Genres for the project: Culture & Heritage; Travel Fiction; Historical Fiction; Literary Fiction; Short Stories/Single Author Collections; Action & Adventure Fiction; Humorous Fiction
Keywords that describe the book: short stories, Europe, essays, 19th century, geoffrey crayon [/size]
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[*]The reader will record the following at the beginning and end of each file:
No more than 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning of the recording!
START of recording (Intro):
- "Chapter [number] of Tales of a Traveller by Washington Irving. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information, or to volunteer, please visit: librivox DOT org"
- If you wish, say:
"Recording by [your name], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]" - Say:
"Tales of a Traveller, by Washington Irving. [Chapter]"
For the second and all subsequent sections, you may optionally use the shortened form of this intro disclaimer:
- "Chapter [number] of Tales of a Traveller by Washington Irving. This LibriVox recording is in the Public Domain."
- If you wish, say:
"Recording by [your name], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]" - Only if applicable, say:
"[Chapter title]"
- At the end of the section, say:
"End of [Chapter]" - If you wish, say:
"Recording by [your name], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]" - At the end of the book, say (in addition):
"End of Tales of a Traveller, by Washington Irving. "
There should be 5 seconds silence at the end of the recording, or 10 seconds for files longer than 30 minutes.
[*]Example filename talesofatraveller_##_irving_128kb.mp3 (all lower-case) where ## is the section number (e.g. talesofatraveller_01_irving_128kb.mp3)
[*]Example ID3 V2 tags
Artist: Washington Irving
Title: ## - [Section title]
Album: Tales of a Traveller
Transfer of files (completed recordings)
Please always post in this forum thread when you've sent a file. Also, post the length of the recording (file duration: mm:ss) together with the link.
- Upload your file with the LibriVox Uploader:https://librivox.org/login/uploader
(If you have trouble reading the image above, please message an admin) - You'll need to select the MC, which for this project is: icequeen
- When your upload is complete, you will receive a link - please post it in this thread.
- If this doesn't work, or you have questions, please check our How To Send Your Recording wiki page.
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