Complete [Science] Botany, The Story of Plant Life, by Julia N. Wright-ag

[alg1001]

For chapter 12 I have only a couple of differences in the intro/outro to note, in case they need fixing:

~0:22, I think the "section title" would include chapter # too, since it's included in the Magic Window section titles.
~15:53, outro instructions ask for "end of chapter #", the recording has "end of section #".

Here this is again with the suggested corrections:

https://librivox.org/uploads/alg1001/botany_12_wright_128kb.mp3

Thanks for updating it, Larry!

[alg1001]

https://librivox.org/uploads/alg1001/botany_07_wright_128kb.mp3

(22:30)

Here is my file. This was my first time doing a whole chapter and figuring out all the editing stuff so be sure to let me know if or what I need to change. Thanks!

-Sandy

Hi Sandy,
That's great. Editing can be pretty fun really. At least that's what I try to convince myself of.
Thank you for this!
-Amy

[Rapunzelina]

Chapter 12 is PL OK!

Chapter 7 is great, nicely read and sound is clear. It is just a bit louder than desired. It would probably be best to de-amplify by 5dB, that's "Amplify" by "-5"

[Lukessa]

Chapter 12 is PL OK!

Chapter 7 is great, nicely read and sound is clear. It is just a bit louder than desired. It would probably be best to de-amplify by 5dB, that's "Amplify" by "-5"

Is this better?

https://librivox.org/uploads/alg1001/botany_07_wright_128kb.mp3

-Sandy

[Dreita]

Howdy! I absolutely loved this chapter the most of any I've had on librivox!! but now im so itchy to be out in the garden already lol

Here's chapter 3 (24:13)

https://librivox.org/uploads/alg1001/botany_3_wright_128kb.mp3

[alg1001]

Chapter 12 is PL OK!

Chapter 7 is great, nicely read and sound is clear. It is just a bit louder than desired. It would probably be best to de-amplify by 5dB, that's "Amplify" by "-5"

Is this better?

https://librivox.org/uploads/alg1001/botany_07_wright_128kb.mp3

-Sandy

Thank you for updating it! I marked it Ready for Spot PL.
-Amy

[alg1001]

Howdy! I absolutely loved this chapter the most of any I've had on librivox!! but now im so itchy to be out in the garden already lol

Here's chapter 3 (24:13)

https://librivox.org/uploads/alg1001/botany_3_wright_128kb.mp3

Wow! That's wonderful!
I am so ready to get into the garden, too! We will just have to enjoy planning and dreaming.
Thank you for this!
-Amy

[GrayLoess]

Hi Amy,

Below is the link to chapter 1.

https://librivox.org/uploads/alg1001/botany_01_wright_128kb.mp3

(32:31)

[alg1001]

Hi GrayLoess,
Thank you for Chapter 1!
-Amy

[alg1001]

Over to Readers Found.

[Rapunzelina]

Is this better?

https://librivox.org/uploads/alg1001/botany_07_wright_128kb.mp3

-Sandy

Hi Sandy! This falls bullseye on volume target and it's a perfect PL OK!

[Rapunzelina]

Howdy! I absolutely loved this chapter the most of any I've had on librivox!! but now im so itchy to be out in the garden already lol

Here's chapter 3 (24:13)

https://librivox.org/uploads/alg1001/botany_3_wright_128kb.mp3

A brilliant reading, just an intro and a filename note:
~0:22, I think the "section title" would include chapter # too, since it's included in the Magic Window section titles.
Filename requires two digits ##, so it would be botany_03_wright_128kb.mp3

[Rapunzelina]

Hi Amy,

Below is the link to chapter 1.

https://librivox.org/uploads/alg1001/botany_01_wright_128kb.mp3

(32:31)

Congratulations on your first Librivox recording!
A bright and cheerful reading! A few text PL notes:
~0:24, I think the "section title" would include chapter # too, since it's included in the Magic Window section titles.
4:50 title is "The Utility of Plant Life", I think I hear "unity" instead
7:56 title is "The Study of Plant Life", I think I hear "story" instead
12:02 text is "we have found that some animals lack the digestive apparatus", the word "some" was skipped; I'm mentioning this because it makes it sound as if all animals lack the digestive apparatus which would be wrong.

As a new reader, you might be interested in technical feedback - if not, just ignore the following - but I wanted to mention that it looks like your microphone records in a high volume which you then decrease by de-amplification? If your microphone records in too high a volume, this might create clipping (you can see that in Audacity if you enable "Show Clipping", from the View menu). Clipping may cause sound distortion, which is not fixed by de-amplifying. If that is indeed the case, see if you can bring down your microphone's input volume so that it records in a lower volume in the first place - just take care not to go to the other extreme and drop the volume too low.

[GrayLoess]

Rapunzelina,

Thanks for your excellent comments and insight. I'll incorporate your recommendations and resubmit.

Sincerely,

GrayLoess

[Dreita]

Hey Rapunzelina, here is my edited chapter 3 ready for spot check.
Thanks!

(24:13)
https://librivox.org/uploads/alg1001/botany_03_wright_128kb.mp3