This project is now complete. All audio files can be found on our catalog page here:
https://librivox.org/daughter-of-the-sky-the-story-of-amelia-earhart-by-paul-l-briand-jr/
Source text (please read only from this text!): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/70263This is an engaging biography of the renowned aviator Amelia Earhart. Its author, Briand, says, " Amelia Earhart was one of America’s great heroines; her life was in many ways unique. She was one of a kind, and the fabric of her life was woven of strands that are rarely produced: she had an insatiable curiosity about everything in life—ideas, books, people, places, mechanical things; she loved all kinds of sports and games, especially those “only for boys”; she fidgeted with an implacable unrest to experiment, to try new things; she teemed with a zest for living, paradoxically entwined with a gnawing and pervasive longing to be alone; and, finally, she brooded with a fatalism toward death, which she met with a tremendous will to live." (Summary by Ciufi Galeazzi)
Target completion date: 2023-11-01
Prooflistening level: Standard
Prospective PLs, please see the Guide for Proof-listeners.
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Magic Window:
BC Admin
Genres for the project: *Non-fiction/History/Modern (20th C); *Non-fiction/Biography & Autobiography
Keywords that describe the book: women's history, avaition
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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:
For the second and subsequent sections, you may use the shortened intro if you wish:"Section (or Chapter) # of Daughter of the Sky: The Story of Amelia Earhart. 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."] "Daughter of the Sky: The Story of Amelia by Paul Briand, Jr.. Section Title."
End of recording:"Section (or Chapter) # of Daughter of the Sky: The Story of Amelia Earhart, by Paul Briand, Jr.. This LibriVox recording is in the public domain." [Optional: "Read by your name."] "Section Title."
Say:
If you are recording the final section of the book, add:"End of section (or chapter) #." [Optional, and if not stated in the intro: "Read by your name, city, date."]
Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end."End of Daughter of the Sky: The Story of Amelia Earhart, by Paul Briand Jr.."
Filename: daughterofthesky_##_briand_128kb.mp3 where ## is the section number. (e.g. daughterofthesky_01_briand_128kb.mp3)
Upload to the LibriVox Uploader: https://librivox.org/login/uploader
MC to select: knotyouraveragejo
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.
