Type of proof-listening required (Note: please read the PL FAQ): standard
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Magic Window:
BC Admin ===========================================
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.
[list]
[*] Project Code: sXciN0aa
[*]Link to author on Wikipedia (if available): (John Buchan) : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Buchan
[*]Link to title on Wikipedia (if available):
[*]Number of sections (files) this project will have: 48
[*]Does the project have an introduction or preface [y/n]: Yes
[*]Original publication date (if known): 1923
[*]If you are a new volunteer, how would you like your name (or pseudonym) credited in the catalog? DavidReader Do you have a URL you would like associated with your name?:
============================================ [/size] Genres for the project: *Non-fiction/War & Military
Keywords that describe the book: history, military, First World War
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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 A History of the Great War (volume one). 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: "A History of the Great War (volume one), by John Buchan. [Chapter]"
For the second and all subsequent sections, you may optionally use the shortened form of this intro disclaimer:
"Chapter [number] of A History of the Great War (volume one) by John Buchan. 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]"
END of recording:
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 A History of the Great War (volume one), by John Buchan. "
There should be ~5 seconds silence at the end of the recording.
[*]Example filename historyofthegreatwarvolumeone_##_buchan_128kb.mp3 (all lower-case) where ## is the section number (e.g. historyofthegreatwarvolumeone_01_buchan_128kb.mp3)
[*]Example ID3 V2 tags
Artist: John Buchan
Title: ## - [Section title]
Album: A History of the Great War (volume one)
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.
OK, your MW is ready for you, David! We will wait here a day or two to see if we can attract a DPL for this project, unless you have someone in mind already.
Thanks! I hope we can attract a DPL who is also conversant in French, since there are quite a number of French names in the text; as I am weak on that, and much needed to be rectified.
I don't know much about French names, but I would like to offer to PL because the subject interests me, if you'll have me. It's OK to reject my offer, or I can step down if a more French adept listener arrives.
I would check forvo.com for suggestions on name pronunciation. It probably doesn't have everything but it has a lot (also, if in dire need, one can become a member and post the names they want pronounced and soon enough another member records them).
I wast just recently wondering if there are any PD books about WWI as a whole, given our cut-off date is just 6 years from the cessation of hostilities. Turns out there are (or at least is ). Have fun with it /random post.
Want to hear some PREPARATION TIPS before you press "record"? Listen to THIS and THIS
Hi Rapunzelina and Piotrek81,
I'm enthralled with the interests that this project has attracted. Rapunzelina, I think your enthusiasm and the willingness to research can compensate for your alleged "don't known much about French names" problem. Let us learn French together in this project! (Of course, we have to bear in mine the duty that we have to ensure the pronunciations to be reasonably accurate for our future listeners.) Piotrek81, this is just the first volume of a four volume work by John Buchan on WWI, and I am already quite overwhelmed with the amount of work that this single volume may involve. But I hope that this may trigger the interests of other potential readers to carry on with the work, so as to ultimately complete an entire history of WWI in Librivox in the not-too-distant future. BTW, will you also be interested in PLing for this project?
As far as the French names, if you need help, there is a thread in the Need Help forum where you can post to ask for some help. I have a long running series where I run into French names and short passages. I feel bad for butchering such a beautiful language, but I do the best I can and ask for help when I need it. So, I feel your pain!
Since we have everyone on board, we are off to Going Solo!
). Have fun with it /random post.
Section 01 is PL OK!