Archive for the 'Librivox Community Podcast' Category

WANTED: December Community Podcast contributions (txt/mp3)

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008

Cori writes:
Podcasts are fun. LibriVox podcasts are particularly fun. Please help me put the “Community” in “LibriVox Community Podcast” and consider contributing to one or more of the podcasts planned below.
4th December: What was your favorite book as a child? Do you have a copy of it? If you could record it for […]

Librivox Community Podcast #89

Sunday, October 5th, 2008

Listen to Librivox Community Podcast Show #89
Duration 35:07
Your host this week is Cori Samuel.
Bloopers contributed by various individuals with great senses of humour, via this thread.
sjmarky reviews the new Audio-Technica USB mic.
Ductapeguy introduces a new project using LibriVox files - the Narrative and Sound Project.
A Character Voices Special - Part […]

Librivox Community Podcast #88

Sunday, August 31st, 2008

Listen to Librivox Community Podcast Show #88 - 31st August 2008
Duration 25:00
Your host this week is Cori Samuel.
Quotes from A.P. Herbert and Dale Carnegie, read by kayray.
I quote Clay Shirky’s presentation at the Web 2.0 Expo SF 2008 — watch the excellent video, or read his transcript.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, […]

Librivox Community Podcast #87

Sunday, August 24th, 2008

Listen to Librivox Community Podcast Show #87 - 24th August 2008

Duration 23:01
Your multi-faceted host this week is Jerome.
Part Two of a Character Voices Special, featuring sjmarky (6:07) ceastman (11:30).
Stats (0:45) and a preview of recently-cataloged projects by chocoholic (1:56).
Librivox-themed Parody from chloey (5:17) and Trailer-style Promo from Jerome (14:58).
Jerome lists five favorite things […]

Librivox Community Podcast #86 - Our 3rd Anniversary!

Friday, August 8th, 2008

This week’s community podcast celebrates LibriVox’s third anniversary, and is presented by Cori Samuel. On 10th August, 2005, LibriVox was officially launched and a week later Hugh was podcasting the news to the world — excerpted at (01:05).
The first book worked on was Conrad’s The Secret Agent, and by the end of 2005, about […]

LibriVox Community Podcast #85

Friday, August 1st, 2008

Listen to LibriVox Community Podcast Show #85 - 1st August 2008
Duration 32:20
Your host this week is Cori Samuel.
A Character Voices Special - Part One … inspired by this thread. Mask O’Glass (00:49-05:55) and sjmarky (16:51-31:31) get the ball rolling with some thoughts on the subject. Mark even gives homework! :)
On […]

What do you like most about LibriVox?

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

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 […]

Librivox Community Podcast #84

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

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 […]

Librivox Community Podcast #83

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

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. […]

Librivox Community Podcast #82

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

Listen to Librivox Community Podcast Show #82 - 26th June 2008
Duration 16:09
Your host this week is Cori Samuel.
Equipment reviews: digitaltoast goes retro, while Starlite is back to the future with a new H2! Music: From Dvorak’s New World Symphony in the public domain at musopen.com.
Book promotion samples from: Our Vanishing […]