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Alexander the Great, by Ada Russell (1879 - )
A relatively brief history of the life and conquests of Alexander the Great. (Summary by KevinS)
• This project is now complete. All audio files can be found on our catalog page: https://librivox.org/alexander-the-great-by-ada-russell/

Source text (please read only from this text!): https://archive.org/details/alexandergreat00russ/page/n9/mode/1up
Target completion date: 2023-06-01

Prooflistening level: Standard
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Genres for the project: *Non-fiction/History/Antiquity

Keywords that describe the book: war, Ancient Greece, hero, macedon, ruler

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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 at the beginning.

For the first section, say:
"Section (or Chapter) # of Alexander the Great. 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."] "Alexander the Great, by Ada Russell. Section Title."
For the second and subsequent sections, you may use the shortened intro if you wish:
"Section (or Chapter) # of Alexander the Great, by Ada Russell. This LibriVox recording is in the public domain." [Optional: "Read by your name."] "Section Title."
End of recording:
Say:
"End of section (or chapter) #." [Optional, and if not stated in the intro: "Read by your name, city, date."]
If you are recording the final section of the book, add:
"End of Alexander the Great, by Ada Russell."
Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end.

Filename: alexanderthegreat_##_russell_128kb.mp3 where ## is the section number. (e.g. alexanderthegreat_01_russell_128kb.mp3)

Upload to the LibriVox Uploader: https://librivox.org/login/uploader

MC to select: alg1001

Copy and paste the file link generated by the uploader into the relevant Listen URL field in the Section Compiler, enter the duration in the Notes field, and post in this thread to let your PL and MC know that you have uploaded a file. You may also post the file link in the thread.
Last edited by KevinS on March 13th, 2023, 11:20 pm, edited 3 times in total.
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Post by alg1001 »

Hi Kevin,
I'll MC this for you.
Cheers,
Amy
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alg1001 wrote: February 7th, 2023, 6:54 pm Hi Kevin,
I'll MC this for you.
Cheers,
Amy
Thank you!
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ej400 wrote: February 8th, 2023, 12:19 am I'd be happy to DPL for you, if you need one :thumbs:
That would be most kind of you! Thank you.
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DPL added. Over to Going Solo. :)
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Good luck with this project.

Alexander the Great was mentioned in a new LV audiobook, The Story of Geographical Discovery, as to the part he played in helping map the world. It's an interesting listen, read by Steven Seitel, and makes me appreciate Alex in a new way.
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msfry wrote: February 8th, 2023, 2:44 pm Good luck with this project.

Alexander the Great was mentioned in a new LV audiobook, The Story of Geographical Discovery, as to the part he played in helping map the world. It's an interesting listen, read by Steven Seitel, and makes me appreciate Alex in a new way.
Thank you! Certainly an interesting historical figure!
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Post by ej400 »

Hey Kevin!

Great reading! I love your voice, you read so smooth and so well, I could listen for hours! Excellent job so far!

I do just have two little PL notes

@18:53 Optional (I only put it here since I felt like it changed the meaning of the text, but it's totally up to you :thumbs: )
Text reads "The bay of Salamis" I hear "the battle of Salamis." (It was talking about a naval battle just beforehand though, so bay and battle probably do seem similar).

@22:56 Small repeat of a line. Text reads "In Maecedonia Euripides wrote his baccha." I hear "In Maecedonia Euripides wrote the wrote his bacchae."

Thank you so much!
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ej400 wrote: February 10th, 2023, 11:14 pm
Hey Kevin!

Great reading! I love your voice, you read so smooth and so well, I could listen for hours! Excellent job so far!

I do just have two little PL notes

@18:53 Optional (I only put it here since I felt like it changed the meaning of the text, but it's totally up to you :thumbs: )
Text reads "The bay of Salamis" I hear "the battle of Salamis." (It was talking about a naval battle just beforehand though, so bay and battle probably do seem similar).

@22:56 Small repeat of a line. Text reads "In Maecedonia Euripides wrote his baccha." I hear "In Maecedonia Euripides wrote the wrote his bacchae."

Thank you so much!
Thank you for the close listening!
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ej400 wrote: February 14th, 2023, 12:37 am
Chapter 2 is PL OK! Great reading, Kevin! :D
Thank you!

Chapter 3 is ready. There are some rough spots because of some pronunciations I did not know, but I hope it serves.

https://librivox.org/uploads/alg1001/alexanderthegreat_03_russell_128kb.mp3 (22:18)
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