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Source text (please read only from this text!): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/63074Archibald Geiki was a geologist in Scotland by profession, and a writer. Most of his writings were professional, but this is a more personal book telling some of the history of Scotland, Archibald's memories, experiences and recollections there as well as stories he was told by people he met. He has a good sense of humour which shines through. (Summary by Jmbau13)
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Prooflistening level: Standard
I will be the PL.
Note: To do justice to the language and placenames of Scotland, I ask that all readers make a good attempt to pronounce placenames and any Scottish words in the text as accurately as possible. Happy to help you with those if needed.
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Magic Window:
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Genres for the project: *Non-fiction (the template is playing up under NF so will add others later)
Keywords that describe the book: to come
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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, no more, at the beginning.
Say:
End of recording:"Chapter # of Scottish Reminiscences. 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."] "Scottish Reminiscences, by Archibald Geikie. Section Title."
Say:
If you are recording the final section of the book, add:"End of chapter #." [Optional, and if not stated in the intro: "Read by your name, city, date."]
Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end."End of Scottish Reminiscences, by Archibald Geikie."
Filename: scottishreminisces_##_geikie_128kb.mp3 where ## is the section number. (e.g. scottishreminisces_01_geikie_128kb.mp3)
Upload to the LibriVox Uploader: https://librivox.org/login/uploader
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MC to select: craigdav1
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 or reading notes.
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask! Just post in this thread. I will be Book Coordinator and will also PL all sections.
READING NOTES
In the main, please read the footnotes. If it adds absolutely nothing, you can omit it. Use the form "Open Footnote" read text and then "Close footnote".
Note: To do justice to the language and placenames of Scotland, I ask that all readers make a good attempt to pronounce placenames and any Scottish words in the text as accurately as possible. Happy to help you with those if needed. See my post below on placenames.
