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Tom Swift and His Motorcycle by Victor Appleton ( - ).

This project is now complete. All audio files can be found on our catalog page here:

https://librivox.org/tom-swift-and-his-motorcycle-by-victor-appleton/

This is the very first Tom Swift adventure. Tom Swift has a newly purchased motorcycle, which he is modifying with his own inventions. He volunteers to use his bike to carry his father's new turbine design plans to Albany, testing his motorcycle enhancements at the same time. Set upon by corporate spies out to steal his dad's plans, Tom must escape from them, recover the plans, and complete his trip! (Colleen McMahon)

Listeners are forewarned that some elements and characters included in Tom Swift books portray certain ethnic groups in a very dated manner that modern readers, and listeners, may find offensive. It is Librivox policy to maintain the original language of texts.
    1. How to claim a part, and "how it all works" here To find a section to record, simply look at point 5. below at the sections. All the ones without names beside them are "up for grabs." Click "Post reply" at the top left of the screen and tell us which section you would like to read (include the section number from the left-most column in the reader list, please). Read points 6. to 8. below for what to do before, during and after your recording.
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    4. Where do I find the text? Source text (please only read from this text!): http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4230
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      Genres for the project:

      Keywords that describe the book: children, fiction, adventure, science fiction, young adult, tom swift, ya, victor appleton

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    6. BEFORE recording: Please check the Recording Notes: viewtopic.php?p=6430#p6430

      Set your recording software to:
      Channels: 1 (Mono)
      Bit Rate: 128 kbps
      Sample Rate: 44.1 kHz
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      No more than 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning of the recording!
      Make sure you add this to the beginning of your recording:
      START of recording (Intro)
      • "Chapter [number] of Tom Swift and His Motorcycle. 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]"
      • Say:
        "Tom Swift and His Motorcycle, by Victor Appleton. [Chapter]"

      END of recording
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        "End of [Chapter]"
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        "Recording by [your name], [city]"
      • At the end of the book, say (in addition):
        "End of Tom Swift and His Motorcycle, by Victor Appleton. "

      There should be ~5 seconds silence at the end of the recording.

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      tomswiftmotorcycle_##_appleton_128kb.mp3 (all lower-case) where ## is the section number (e.g. tomswiftmotorcycle_01_appleton_128kb.mp3)

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Last edited by ColleenMc on November 20th, 2020, 2:51 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Post by knotyouraveragejo »

Hi Colleen,

I'll MC for you. MW will be along shortly. :)

I shortened the suggested filenames a little. You can change it back to the full title if you disagree.
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Post by ColleenMc »

Thanks, appreciate the help!

This has a verrrry outdated stereotypical black character complete with dialect, is there a standard advisory that we include in the descriptions? I've seen something like that on some of the other books, I was wondering if there was a copy/paste text out there that we are supposed to use.

Colleen
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Post by knotyouraveragejo »

Nothing official. You can copy one from another book summary or just add something yourself.
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Post by knotyouraveragejo »

Hi Colleen. I'm moving this to Readers Wanted. You can post in Listeners Wanted for a DPL if no one volunteers before there are sections ready for PL. If you need it, the template is here:
https://wiki.librivox.org/index.php/ProofListening_Template
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Post by Kalamareader »

Hi there Colleen,

I happened to come across your correspondence with Tricia and found this. Just to keep some people from feelin' kinda funny, I will offer to take Chapter VIII, Suspicious Actions. I will get to it fairly soon. It sounds like fun (oops, should I have said that? :shock: )

Wayne
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Post by MARIA8746 »

Hello Colleen,

I would love to take Chapter 12, The Men in the Auto, but my question is do you prefer a male reader?
Yes, I'm new to LibriVox, and looking forward hearing you soon.

Best

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Post by Kalamareader »

Might I also claim chapters 10, 17, 20, 21 and 22?

Thanks,

Wayne
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MARIA8746 wrote: November 22nd, 2020, 11:09 pm Hello Colleen,

I would love to take Chapter 12, The Men in the Auto, but my question is do you prefer a male reader?
Yes, I'm new to LibriVox, and looking forward hearing you soon.

Best

Maria8746
You are welcome to take chapter 12, no preference on voices!

Thanks!

Colleen
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Post by ColleenMc »

Kalamareader wrote: November 24th, 2020, 4:43 pm Might I also claim chapters 10, 17, 20, 21 and 22?

Thanks,

Wayne
Certainly!

Colleen

PS I will update magic window with claims in the morning when I’m on my laptop instead of my tablet...
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Post by Kalamareader »

Wayne
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Post by StevenJonPeterson »

I’d like to read chapter 6.

Steve Peterson
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Post by NathanPFry »

Hi, Colleen, I'm happy to read any of the first four chapters. Just let me know what you need, thanks!
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Post by Kalamareader »

Colleen,

This may sound kind of strange, but can I give back chapter 22? I will keep all the rest, but is that possible?

Sorry,

Wayne
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Post by knotyouraveragejo »

Wayne,

Helping out here - Section 8 in in the MW ready for PL, and I've removed you from section 22 as requested. :)
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