quartertone wrote: ↑May 22nd, 2024, 12:12 am
Personally, if I were consistently mispronouncing certain words, i would want to know so i can correct it on future encounters.
That is what we have the 'CC' or 'Constructive Criticism' tag for. Not all PL-ers will feel comfortable offering "enhanced feedback" (pronunciations
do differ widely, particularly where English is a "common" but second language!), but many will point out things like this that they notice, if asked.
The CC tag does apply
only to the PL-er, as you may have surmised. Separately, if
you want to put on your forum profile (or want to mention when posting to projects) that you would like this kind of feedback from listeners, then anyone ready to offer that feedback in the way you describe will see it, and go right ahead and do so. Otherwise, they really should not.
Lastly, if you'd like to see comments on your own recording which are posted
outside of LibriVox and beyond our control, you're welcome to go looking. Your project's page on Archive.org is one place, and at least one third-party app has its own repository of comments.
quartertone wrote: ↑May 22nd, 2024, 12:12 am
For you as a regular listener, there's nothing to stop you from finding the reader's catalog profile page by clicking on their name in the Reader column of the catalog page, finding their forum profile page by searching their name, and sending them a private message.
I'm sorry if this was explained in a wishy-washy way, but
this is not a matter of opinion, unpopular or otherwise. This is a matter of LibriVox policy:
And if that policy is presumed not to apply in a given case, see the
policy on "Thanking a Reader" for clarification (emphasis added):
It is LibriVox Policy that we do not allow unasked-for negative criticism of LibriVox recordings. If you want to give feedback to a reader, please only mention the good points. This policy applies to public forum posts as well as private messages (PMs) or emails to readers.
I don't like to be so blunt, some things just need to be said forthrightly and repeatedly, for the benefit of anyone reading the thread in future:
Please do not PM readers with criticism, no matter how gently worded, unless they actually request it.
Yes, this applies when PLing also.