This project is now complete! All audio files can be found on our catalog page: http://legamus.eu/blog/?p=525
Magic WindowThis is a collection for short works, poetry and prose, fiction and non-fiction in any language.
How to claim a chapter?
You can choose any text that is in the public domain in life+70 countries and published in 1923 or later. (Your text is published before 1923? Please record it for Librivox.) Please stick to texts with less than 8000 words. If your text is longer, you can record it as Solo.You don't need to sign up before recording, but if you have any questions, just ask.
Text sources:
English:
http://gutenberg.net.au/
note: not everything there is pd in EU. Author/translator must be dead for 70 years.
German:
http://www.zeno.org/
http://gutenberg.spiegel.de/
http://de.wikisource.org/wiki/Hauptseite
French:
http://gallica.bnf.fr/?lang=EN
Polish
http://www.polona.pl
http://www.wolnelektury.pl (lists some texts that were made available under CC, check translators!)
Do you know sources for other languages? Please post in this topic. I will add them here.
List of chapters / MW (Google doc)
Prooflistener: Please have a look at the Google.doc above if there is a recording you can proofe.
-- Do the intro and disclaimer match the instructions in the first post of the project thread?
-- Are there any long silences or pauses that ought to be edited out? If so, note the time.
-- Are there any repeats, or serious stumbles that ought to be edited out? If so, note the words and the time.
-- Is there excessive background noise, a constant hiss or buzz that detracts from the reading?
-- Did you need to turn your volume up unusually high to listen to the recording? (Or did you find the recording too loud?)
-- Are the correct closing words used at the end of the recording, as per the first post of the project thread?
-- Are there 5 seconds of silence (10 if the recording is more than 30 minutes long) at the end of the file?
Intro, Outro and Disclaimer for CC0:
At the beginning of each file please say in English:
[Title]. This Legamus recording may be distributed and adapted freely for any purpose.
(if you wish: Read by [your name]**)
[Title by Author (translated by Translator)] (may be in the languages of your recording.)
At the end of the recording please say:
End of [title]
(if you wish: Read by [your name]** )
**Please add your name at the beginning or the end, not in both places.
About recording:
Set your recording software to:
Channels: 1 (Mono)
Bit Rate: 128 kbps
Sample Rate: 44.1 kHz
Please leave 5 seconds silence at the end of your recording, or 10 seconds for files longer than 30 minutes!
Save files as:
128 kbps MP3
mlsw001_##_language_shorttitle_yourinitials.mp3 (all lower-case). ## is for the section number. Please pick the next free section number in the Google.doc above. (e.g. mlsw001_##_siebtepille_eg.mp3)
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, please ask). Please mind upper and lower case!
Title: ## - [Title]
Artist: [Author] (Transl. [Translator]
Album: Multilingual Short Works 001
Genre: Speech
Track Number: Section Number
How to upload your file:
Use http://ge.tt - you do not need to login, anonymous mode is sufficient.
Alternatively, please read this tutorial: http://legamus.eu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=148 (note for downloaders)
When your file is uploaded, you will get a link. Please post the link here.
Please also post the title, author and the link to the online text you used.
And now?
Please check for new posts in this thread until your section has been proof-listened.
Happy recording
