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Not all volunteers read for [[LibriVox]]. If you would prefer not to lend your voice to [[LibriVox]], you could lend us your ears. Proof listeners catch mistakes we may have missed during the initial recording and editing process.
Not all volunteers read for [[LibriVox]]. If you would prefer not to lend your voice to [[LibriVox]], you could lend us your ears. Proof listeners catch mistakes we may have missed during the initial recording and editing process.


* [[Guide for Proof-listeners]]
*[http://forum.librivox.org/viewtopic.php?p=318667#p318667 Prooflistening FAQ]
* [http://forum.librivox.org/viewtopic.php?p=318667#p318667 Prooflistening FAQ]
* [https://forum.librivox.org/viewforum.php?f=21 Listeners & Editors Wanted]
* [https://forum.librivox.org/viewforum.php?f=21 Listeners & Editors Wanted]


Revision as of 19:02, 17 February 2021

LibriVox

About

LibriVox is a hope, an experiment, and a question: can the net harness a bunch of volunteers to help bring books in the public domain to life through podcasting?

LibriVox volunteers record chapters of books in the public domain, and then we release the audio files back onto the net. We are a totally volunteer, open source, free content, public domain project.

Policies

Copyright

Listen

Listening to the files

See also: How To Get LibriVox Audio Files

Finding Audiobooks

Recommendations

Searching

Lists & Indexes

Other resources for listeners

Volunteer

(In another language: Français: Comment devenir benevole)

LibriVox volunteers narrate, proof listen, and upload chapters of books and other textual works in the public domain. These projects are then made available on the Internet for everyone to enjoy, for free.

There are many, many things you can do to help, so please feel free to jump into the Forum and ask what you can do to help!

See also: How LibriVox Works

Where to Start

Most of what you need to know about LibriVox can be found on the LibriVox Forum and the FAQ. LibriVox volunteers are helpful and friendly, and if you post a question anywhere on the forum you are likely to get an answer from someone, somewhere within an hour or so. So don't be shy! Many of our volunteers have never recorded anything before LibriVox.

The roles involved in making a LibriVox recording

Types of Projects

We have three main types of projects:

  • Collaborative projects: Many volunteers contribute by reading individual chapters of a longer text.
We recommend contributing to collaborative projects before venturing out to solo projects.
  • Dramatic Readings and Plays: contributors voice the individual characters. When complete, the editor compiles them into a single recording
  • Solo projects: One experienced volunteer contributes all chapters of the project.

Listeners & Editors

Not all volunteers read for LibriVox. If you would prefer not to lend your voice to LibriVox, you could lend us your ears. Proof listeners catch mistakes we may have missed during the initial recording and editing process.

Narrator (Reader)

Phil Chenevert and Daniel (Great Plains) have made excellent instructional videos: see Instructional Videos page for full details of videos available.


One Minute Test

(In another language: Deutsch, Español, Francais, Italiano, Portugues)

Record

For an outline of the recording process, please see this section. Full Guide: Newbie Guide to Recording

(In another language: Deutsch, Español, Francais, Nederlands, Português, Tagalog, 中文)

Hardware

Software

(In another language: Deutsch, Español, Francais)

Edit

(In another language: (Montage Audio en français)
(In another language: (Effacer les erreurs dans Audacity en français).

Check

Export

Upload


Dramatic Readings and Plays

Recording Resources

Book Coordinator (BC)

A book coordinator (commonly abbreviated BC in the forum) is a volunteer who manages all the other volunteers who will record chapters for a LibriVox recording.

Metadata Coordinator (MC)

Metadata coordinators (MCs), help and advise Book Coordinators, and take over the files with the completed recordings (soloists are also Book Coordinators in this sense, as they prepare their own files for the Meta coordinators). The files are then prepared and uploaded to the LibriVox catalogue, in a lengthy and cumbersome process.

More info:

Graphic Artist

Translator

Resources and Miscellaneous

Resources

How to Edit the Librivox Wiki

NOTE: Anyone may read this Wiki, but if you wish to edit the pages, please log in, as this Wiki has been locked to avoid spam. Apologies for the inconvenience.

If you need to edit the Wiki, please request a user account, with a private mail (PM) to one of the admins: dlolso21, triciag, or knotyouraveragejo.
You will be given a username (same as your forum name) and a temporary password. Please include your email address in your PM.
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