I immediately loved LibriVox, I told myself that luckily you can access the wonders of the world. The wonder of beautiful books, the voices that read them, the volunteers who work to spread them. So I thought about whether to just marvel or to be part of it, to contribute: I decided to contribute!
So first I wrote to the team, they signed me up, and luckily I read 'Help! What if I Suck'!
In fact I tried recording my voice for the one minute test and how did I feel?
I thought I was not one but a hundred thousand (..), possessed, but in the mirror I could only see myself! thank goodness
So soon I'll send a test recording to confirm that I've set up Audacity correctly, and I assure that I'll be alone without other voices... In short, the 'I don't recognize myself' effect I tried I'm still trying it out! I need time...
I'm Italian, so I promote myself to record works in Italian. Here's where the problems start!
Be patient... For days I've been searching the web for public domain books and honestly I haven't found much in relation to my desires to see the novels I love the most.
I was fascinated by Joyce's Dubliners, now in the public domain but only in English. In Italian, no trace. There is a wonderful translation published but it has copyright, so nothing.
I thought: is there an Italian who wants to work on the Italian translation and offer it as public domain? Is it possible?
I thought about the Thousand and One Nights, those are public domain! I found them on the net but I don't even think about it by myself, while I would like to create a group to make an audiobook. Is there anyone?
I think too much and very often I get lost in my thoughts... so who wants to keep me from 'falling'?
There are so many posts in the forum, I'm getting lost.... I would need to know if there is a section of Italians to narrow down the discussion and find each other quickly.
To know whether to write in the forum in bilingual to expedite the discussion of projects, how to find each other between readers of the same language because the nicknames do not help and I do not know if I can have all the time to look for Italians and propose or to collaborate on projects already started.
Obviously first of all 'one minute of testing'!
Alright, this is my presentation in the forum.
I'm excited to be a part of it and am impatient to contribute.
But I want to wish all the enthusiasts in here a wonderful Sunday!
Davide
