LibriVox’s Third Anniversary is coming up, and we’re putting together a celebratory community podcast to be released on the 7th August.
We want to hear from our listeners … what you think the best things about LibriVox are. You could say something about a special recording you’ve listened to. Maybe a book that’s meant a [...]

Listen to Librivox Community Podcast Show #84 – 24th July 2008
Duration 27:52
Your host this week is Esther “Starlite” on the forums.
Introduction with Peter Yearsly singing
Mystery singer. Can you guess who is singing the LibriVoxateers song? (Ok all you oldies already know)
Pirates of Penzance. Peter and Henry, Choral Ladies.
Interview with Cori interrupted by [...]

Christina Laun at Collegedregee.com has a list of 100 Web Tools for Learning with a Disability, including a nod to LibriVox.

I just got a great email message:
Dear Mr. McGuire,
I have recently opened a library in the virtual world of Second Life (www.secondlife.com), and I took the liberty of introducing some of your audio book files into our collection. We, The Second Life Literary Foundation, are a purely non-profit group, and all books using Librivox files [...]

Listen to Librivox Community Podcast Show #83 – 16th July 2008
Duration 17:14
Your host this week is Joe ‘Mango’ Pilsbury.
Alana sings her version of the LibriVox Song. (Not So) Annoying Twit discusses the use of software to change pitch in recorded voices — a possible route to character voice creation. [...]

Early Kings of Norway
by Thomas Carlyle
“The Icelanders, in their long winter, had a great habit of writing; and were, and still are, excellent in penmanship. It is to this fact, that any little history there is of the Norse Kings and their old tragedies, crimes and heroisms, is almost all due. The Icelanders, it seems, [...]

The newest LibriVox New Releases Podcast, with
select samples of audiobooks released in June ‘08 is
now available for download. Hosted by LV volunteer FNH,
this informative, entertaining podcast samples but a few
of the 69 outstanding new releases for June 2008! Listen now!
Podcast 009 – Total time: 18:15

This month, 10 of LV’s 69 new releases are sampled:
• Hospital [...]