This project is now complete! All audio files can be found on our catalog page: http://librivox.org/a-popular-history-of-france-from-the-earliest-times-vol-3-by-francois-guizot/
François Pierre Guillaume Guizot (October 4, 1787 -September 12, 1874) was a French historian, orator, and statesman. Guizot was a dominant figure in French politics prior to the Revolution of 1848, actively opposing as a liberal the reactionary King Charles X before his overthrow in the July Revolution of 1830, then in government service to the "citizen king" Louis Philippe, as the Minister of Education, 1832-1837, ambassador to London, Foreign Minister 1840-1847, and finally Prime Minister of France from September 19, 1847 to February 23, 1848. His "Popular History of France" is an attractive and engrossing narravative, here presented in an easily readable English translation by Robert Black, first published in 1898. (Summary from Wikipedia with additions by Karen Merline)
François Guizot
LibriVox recording of Guizot's "A Popular History of France, Vol 1
LibriVox recording of Guizot's "A Popular History of France, Vol 2
- How to claim a part:
To find a section to record, simply look at the sections in the box below. All those without names beside them are available. Click "Post reply" at the top left of the screen and tell us which section you’d like to read (include the section number from the left-most column in the reader list, please). Read points 6 to 8 below for what to do before, during and after your recording. - New to recording?
Please read our Newbie Guide to Recording! - Is there a deadline?
Target completion date of this project: Date June 26, 2010, but try to send your recordings as soon as you can. I will note the date you volunteer for a chapter, and if you haven't recorded or posted about the progress of your chapter(s) for a month at any time, I may put them back to the pool. This doesn't mean you have to record within a month of making a claim, just be sure to keep in touch to let me know how things are going. As reading progresses, after due warning, we may reassign your sections if your claim languishes! If you cannot do your section, for whatever reason, just let me know and it’ll go back to the pool. There’s no shame in this; we’re all volunteers and things happen. - Where do I find the text? http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/11953
But please read only from the individual .txt files linked to the box below. - Please claim sections (the numbers in the first column below)!
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MAGIC WINDOW:
(BC admin) - BEFORE recording:
Please check the Recording Notes:
http://librivox.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=6427#6430
Set your recording software to:
Channels: 1 (Mono)
Bit Rate: 128 kbps
Sample Rate: 44.1 kHz - DURING recording:
Please read the intro's and outro's in the individual text files.
Please leave 5 seconds silence at the end of your recording, or 10 seconds for files longer than 30 minutes!
Also, please remember to check this thread frequently for updates! - AFTER recording:
Need noise-cleaning?
Listen to your file through headphones. If you can hear some constant background noise (hiss/buzz), you may want to clean it up a bit. The new (free) version 1.3.3. of Audacity (Mac/Win) has much improved noise-cleaning. See this LibriVox wiki page for a complete guide.
Save files as
Channels: 1 (Mono)
Bit Rate: 128 kbps
Sample Rate: 44.1 kHz
titleinoneword_##_authorsurname.mp3 (all lower-case) where ## is your section number. (e.g. pophistfrance03_01_guizot.mp3)
ID3 V2 tags
(To find out more about ID3 tags, go to our wiki: http://librivox.org/wiki/moin.cgi/WhatIsID3)
Add the following tags to your .mp3 file (how you do this depends on which software you use – if you are unsure about ID3 tags, send me a message). Please mind upper and lower case!
Title: 01 - Ch 23: The Hundred Years War--Charles VI and the Dukes of Burgundy, pt 1
Title: 02 - Ch 23: The Hundred Years War--Charles VI and the Dukes of Burgundy, pt 2, etc., where the first number is the number of your reading section.
Artist: Francois Guizot
Album: A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times vol 3
Please ignore tags for Genre and Track Number - these will be filled in automatically at the cataloguing stage.
Transfer of files (completed recordings)
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Also, post the length of the recording (file duration: mm:ss) together with the link.- Upload your file with the LibriVox Uploader (when your upload is complete, you will receive a link - please post it in this thread):
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You'll need to select the MC, which for this project is: km - kmerline - If this doesn't work, or you have questions, please check our How To Send Your Recording wiki page.
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