I'm Leo and I joined LibriVox a couple of days ago. So far I've completed the 1-minute test and contributed my very first section to a collaborative project. I look forward to being part of this community!
What drew me to LV is its friendliness towards non-English languages, including constructed ones. In the catalog there are Esperanto, Volapük and Interlingua, the latter still sitting at zero books. It seems that the language itself is simply too young for any works written in it to have entered the public domain.
There is another international auxiliary language, Interlingue (with a final -e, ISO 639-1 "ie"; originally called Occidental), which is actually just old enough (1922) to have a significant and growing amount of out-of-copyright material available. Since it's based on Western languages and tries to look as natural as possible, content in Interlingue could potentially be understood (and thus enjoyed) even by people who never actively learned it. For those interested, the Interlingue (Occidental) community maintains a modern website with more information.
I'd love to contribute the first LibriVox recording in Interlingue. Translating the LV disclaimer would be a breeze and I've already chosen a short work of prose (~3,500 words) which I think would make a good first project. Obviously, this triggers a few questions: How do I request the addition of a new language? Can I even start such a project as a newbie?
Any advice is greatly appreciated.
Leo
Than after it's added, it can be used for longer, standalone works.