Comments on: Whither Norway?

By: Rowena

Rowena — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 16:29:08 +0000

My Girl friend is Norwegian and she says not everyone there even speaks the same so translation could be an issue?

By: 激情五月

激情五月 — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:35:09 +0000

呵呵先回了在看

By: LibriVox Admin Team

LibriVox Admin Team — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:01:45 +0000

We want all of you! Come and introduce yourselves on the forum at http://librivox.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=17 and we can help you get started. :D

By: Cecilie Ulrikke T

Cecilie Ulrikke T — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:18:22 +0000

Just let me know if you need a women from Norway :)

By: per

per — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:21:07 +0000

we want norwegian audiobooks :)

By: LibriVox Admin Team

LibriVox Admin Team — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:25:00 +0000

Aage, the essential technical settings are listed here: http://wiki.librivox.org/index.php/Audacity_1-2-3#configure and in the first post of each Book Thread (and in the template for new projects.) In terms of gear, it’s just a recording device and editing software … many people use their own computer, a USB mic and Audacity to both record and edit. Some are using standalone digital recorders, headsets or really posh microphones. As long as you can be heard in the recording, that’s the key thing. :)

Lornts, your dialect might encourage other people to record a version to give “choice of voice”. *laughing* Or else, pick something from a favourite old Trøndelag author and give it the most authentic reading possible! It’d be great to hear you.

– Cori

By: Lornts Haugnes

Lornts Haugnes — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:41:44 +0000

Jeg skulle gjerne ha lest inn en del bøker på norsk, men siden jeg er trønder, og ikke akkurat har den klassiske leserstemmen, tror jeg mine innlesninger ville være mindre gode :)

I would love to record some books, but since I’m from Trøndelag (I speak a dialect that is hard to understand for other Norwegians ;)), and don’t have a directly clear and pleasant voice, I think my recordings would be less good :)

By: Aage Rendalen

Aage Rendalen — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:16:09 +0000

What are the technical requirements for producing a reading)?

I moved to Virginia from Norway 10 years ago. I teach high school and would be interested in contributing to this project. Hamsun is a good choice; his Markens Grode is a fabulous book, and reading it on this side of the Atlantic should remove the copyright problems.

By: EM

EM — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:23:45 +0000

Hello all you Norwegians … thank you thank you. I hope we do get some Norwegian books done, in translation is OK, but in Notrwegian would be better!

By: Ruth

Ruth — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 21:03:41 +0000

Unfortunately, as Hamsun died in 1952, nobody in Norway (or anywhere in Europe, for that matter) would be able to record his work until 1 Jan 2023, as Norway’s law provides for copyright for 70 years after the author’s death.

However, US readers would be able to record Markens Grøde (Growth of the Soil), as both the original and the English translation were published before 1923 and hence are in the Public Domain in the USA.