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Copyright
Listen
Finding Audiobooks
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Searching
Lists & Indexes
- LibriVox Ghost and Horror Story Index
- LibriVox Short Science Fiction Index
- Index of short works in German - Index kurzer deutscher Aufnahmen
- 52 Books
- Great Books of the Western World
- Recordings of Books on the Ambleside List
- Recordings of Books on the Ambleside List 2
- Penguin's Great Ideas Series
- Boy Scout Novels
Listening to the files
Other resources for listeners
- LibriVox Community Podcasts
- Thank a Reader
- Beginner's Guide to Cutting Audio
- How To Split With Mp3Splt
- Slowing Down a Recording
Volunteer
How to Volunteer This guide is also available in: French / Ce guide est également disponible en Français.
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!
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.
Forum Structure
The Forum is split into three main sections:
- The Basics (info about LibriVox, including FAQ)
- The Books (where most of the volunteering happens).
- Book Suggestions (discussion about possible books)
- Readers Wanted: Short Works (a good place for newbies, especially WEEKLY POETRY)
- Readers Wanted (where you find chapters needing readers)
- Readers Found (ongoing projects with all chapters assigned)
- Going Solo (entire books by one person ; we request you record some shorter works before taking on a solo project)
- Listeners Wanted (help out by "proof-listening")
- Completed Books (a reminder of progress)
- Volunteers Wanted: Other Projects (non-reading volunteer projects)
- Comments, Discussion, News & Suggestions
- Need Help? Got Advice (ask anything here)
- Suggestions & Comments (good or bad comments welcome)
- Off-Topic (anything you like. knitting. rugby. etc.)
Types of Projects
LibriVox volunteers read and record chapters of books in the public domain (meaning out of copyright - sorry, no Harry Potter, no Lord of the Rings, and no Da Vinci Code, though we'd love to do Da Vinci's notebooks). Then we make the files available on the Internet, for free. We have several types of projects:
- collaborative projects: many volunteers contribute by reading some chapters of a long text
- solo projects: one volunteer reads an entire book (we prefer if you contribute to some collaborative projects first)
- short works (prose and poetry): read by individuals.
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. Some volunteers will post in the Listeners and Editors Wanted section and ask others to "proof listen" to their recordings. This helps us to catch mistakes we may have missed the first time around. Some volunteers choose to only record the content and ask others to edit out their mistakes.
Proof-Listening
- (In another language: (Português)
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
Record
For an outline of the recording process, please see this section. Full Guide: Newbie Guide to Recording
Hardware
Software
Edit
- (In another language: (Montage Audio en français)
- (In another language: (Effacer les erreurs dans Audacity en français).
Check
- Checker tool, for checking your audio volume
- ReplayGain, for checking volume and amplifying within Audacity
Export
Upload
Dramatic Readings and Plays
- Dramatic Readings and Plays
- Editing a Dramatic Work
- Creating a Dramatic Reading Script
- Proof-listening a Dramatic Work
- Dramatic Work Resources
Recording Resources
- LibriVox disclaimer in many languages
- Recording Troubleshooter
- Help! What if I Suck
- English Pronunciation Guides
- Foreign Words Pronunciation
- Improve Your Recording
- Make a Portable Vocal Booth
- Voice Character Performance
- Storyteller's Recording Guide
- Improving Computer Performance
- Setting Recording Input Level
- Tech Specs
- What is ID3
- Podcasting and Streaming Audio
- Guides from a Sound Engineer
- Basic Principles of Audio Recording
- Basic Principles of Audio Processing
- Removing Mains Hum
- Questions and Answers
Book Coordinating (BC)
- How To Become A Book Coordinator
- Tips for Book Coordinators
- How to Update the MW
- Kmerline's 'Shepherding' Tips
- Information on coordinating dramatic readings
- BC Readiness Quiz
- Project Template Generator
Metadata Coordinator (MC)
Librivox Content
LV content-related
Distribution
- Teachers and LibriVox
- How To Create Torrents
- How To Make M4B Files
- Donating LibriVox CDs
- LibriVoxAPI
Resources
Resources
- Project Status Table
- Book Resources
- Glossary
- Poetry FAQ
- Science Fiction Short Stories
- Short Nonfiction Suggestions
- Instructional Videos
- Misc Q&As