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LibriVox and Language Tools - englishhaha.net

Monday, November 13th, 2006

Qi Luo informs us of a great use for LibriVox, englishhaha.net
Audio files are sourced from your site. We processed them using our system to have audio and text hilighting played in Karaoke style. We will also add dictionary for every word. It will help to make them enjoyable by more people.
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Sundown Lounge

Monday, November 13th, 2006

Larry from the poetry podcast Sundown Lounge writes to tell us some LibriVox poems are in his latest show:

I have a section of the show called “Venue Verite” in which I occasionally visit local open mic poetry readings and record some of the poets for podsafe sharing with my global audience. This month I’m taking […]

Weekly Picks: War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells

Friday, November 3rd, 2006

Solo read by Rebecca.
Collaborative read by Stephan Möbius, Chris Goringe, Peter Yearsley, Joseph Morris, Kara Shallenberg, Mike Shapiro, Tony Gray, Kristin Luoma, Chip, Kathleen (Kathy) P. King, and Jean Crevier.
NOTE: “War of the Worlds” is under copyright until 2016 in the UK and EU. If you are in these juristictions, then downloading the LibriVox audio […]

Weekly Picks: The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams

Friday, October 27th, 2006

Read by Barbara Bear and Mama Bear.
You haven’t fully experienced the diversity of LibriVox until you have listened to some of the recordings by our younger readers. This recording is a duet by mother and daughter reading one of the classic children’s stories. These two readers bring the book to life together.
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Montreal Gazette on LibriVox

Saturday, October 14th, 2006

After more than a year of LibriVoxing and articles in lots of fancy newspapers in other countries, and interviews and stories on many radio stations, my hometown newspaper decided to do a story on LibriVox! Unfortunately, the Gazette decided not to put the article online, but the writer put it up on his own site. […]

Weekly Picks: Robinson Crusoe Written Anew for Children by James Baldwin

Friday, October 13th, 2006

Read by Denny Sayers.
Denny’s reading of “Robinson Crusoe Written Anew for Children” is a great introduction to some of our children’s literature at LibriVox. He does a great job drawing the listener into the story. This classic story has been adapted for children and Denny’s love of children comes through in how he tells the […]

Weekly Picks: Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

Friday, October 6th, 2006

Read by Kristin LeMoine (Luoma).
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad has been interperted many different ways since its publication in 1899. It has been the inspiration for T.S. Eliot’s “The Hollow Men” and Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocolypse Now. Given the varying reactions to the text, this reading by Kristin avoids the potential pitfalls of over-interpertation, […]

Weekly Picks: Call of the Wild by Jack London

Saturday, September 30th, 2006

Read by Gordon Mackenzie, Kristen McQuillin, Jean O’Sullivan, and Miette.
A considerable portion of projects in our catalog here at LibriVox are what we call collaborative works. These are completed works that have been read by multiple people, often one person to each chapter or two. If you’re unfamiliar with these collaborative works, Call of the […]

Weekly Picks: The Duplicity of Hargraves by O. Henry

Thursday, September 21st, 2006

Read by William Coon.
This week we present William Coon reading the story of the Duplicity of Hargraves by O. Henry. In this short story you’ll hear the very funny tale of Major Pendleton Talbot “of Mobile sir” in which William personifies the ante-bellum southern noble so well. William gives us a wonderful reading of a […]

Weekly Picks: The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

Friday, September 15th, 2006

Read by Mark F. Smith
In The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame presents a cast of colorful animal characters having adventures along the banks of the River. Mark Smith reads about the lives of these characters in the style of a bedside storyteller, giving each animal its own voice that clearly reflects the animal’s personality. […]