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earthcalling · Joined: 08 Apr 2006 Posts: 6492 Location: London, England

This audiobook is now complete and available to download from the catalogue page:-
http://librivox.org/multilingual-poetry-collection-002/

LibriVox Multilingual Poetry Collection 002

This collection is for poetry in any language. Feel free to choose any poem which is in the public domain.

If you're unsure what we mean by 'public domain', please read this explanation.

Each reader should not submit more than two poems in any language. It's fine if we have several readers submitting poems in the same language. It's also fine if the same reader submits poems in more than one language. It's also OK to submit readings in English (English being a language, I figure), but as there are plenty of other places to put those, let's limit them to special cases such as interesting regional dialects or accents.

Each collection will consist of twenty poems.

If you are interested to see what has been done previously, check the previous volume here: http://librivox.org/multilingual-poetry-collection-001/

Recording Information
At the beginning, read the abbreviated "librivox disclaimer":
"[Poem title], by [author], read in [language] for LibriVox.org by [your name]" or some variation on that, adding date, location, your personal url, if you wish.

At the End say: "End of poem. This recording is in the public domain."

If you are new, please check the Recording Notes thread before recording:
http://librivox.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=6427#6430
If this is your first recording, you'll also find this useful:
http://librivox.org/wiki/moin.cgi/NewbieGuideToRecording

Technical Details
Please be sure that your recording software is set to the following technical specifications:
Bit Rate: 128 kbps
Sample Rate: 44100 kHzs

Save your recording as an mp3 file using the following filename and ID3 tag format:

File name all in lowercase: [language]_[poem's title]_[author's last name]_[your initials].mp3
(e.g. chinese_chun_si_wang_drb.mp3)

ID3 tags (version 2):

Title: Language - Poem Title (e.g. Chinese - Chun Si)
Artist: Author Name (e.g. Peter Wang)
Album: LibriVox Multilingual Poetry 002
Genre: Speech
(You can put "Recorded by ...." in the Comments section if you wish)

What To Do With Your Recording
Please upload your file to my server if you possibly can, and post a link in the thread. There are two ways to upload:-

server:- librivox.earthcallingdavid.com
username:- librivox@earthcallingdavid.com
password:- v0xateer (the 0 is a zero)
project folder:- multilingual2
Example file URL:- http://librivox.earthcallingdavid.com/multilingual2/[filename]

and uploader:-
http://librivox.earthcallingdavid.com/cgi-bin/uploader/upload.cgi
password for uploads:- v0xateer (the 0 is still a zero)
NB - The uploader doesn't seem to work with Safari.

As a last resoirt, you can upload them via http://www.yousendit.com/ or www.mediafire.com and post a link to the uploaded file in a post to this thread.

When you post your link, please also include the following information:

your name as you would like it credited on the catalog page and any URL you wish your name to link to.
a link to the source of the poem (Gutenberg, Bartleby, Poets' Corner, etc.) so that I can verify it is in the public domain

Happy recording!

Here are the completed recordings:-

link
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ezwa · Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 9:58 pm Post subject:

I've got to find another poem ! Very Happy

But I have some work to do and some sleep to get first.
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rootpi · Joined: 28 Oct 2006 Posts: 188 Location: california

I was inspired by Starlite's pronunciation question to do a poem in Scots, so here is "Comin Thro' the Rye" by 'the Bard':
http://download.yousendit.com/8C6A79B57E9A1CE9

Length is 1:07, link to text is:
http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/398-Robert-Burns-Comin-Thro--The-Rye
[note that both here and at wikipedia they mention this poem as one progenitor of Salinger's book...]

I apologize in advance to all real Scots for my accent Very Happy

earthcalling · Joined: 08 Apr 2006 Posts: 6492 Location: London, England

That's perfect, Julian. Thank you!

David
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luduvico · Joined: 16 Aug 2006 Posts: 60 Location: Recife, Brazil

Hi David,

I'd like to submit the poem "Ícaro" by "Machado de Assis". The language is Brazilian Portuguese and here is the link for the audio:

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=F5E941B93FAD00F3

And the text can be found here:
http://www.dominiopublico.gov.br/download/texto/fs000159.pdf

Thanks,
Rennê

earthcalling · Joined: 08 Apr 2006 Posts: 6492 Location: London, England

Rennê,

That's wonderful as always. Thank you!

David
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earthcalling · Joined: 08 Apr 2006 Posts: 6492 Location: London, England

Lady Maria · Joined: 10 Feb 2007 Posts: 165 Location: Paris, France

Le Revenant by Charles Baudelaire

Text: http://fleursdumal.org/poem/171

Recording: http://download.yousendit.com/69BA83306891DA37

A bit of background noise, I'm afraid.

earthcalling · Joined: 08 Apr 2006 Posts: 6492 Location: London, England

Hi Maria,

and thank you for adding a lovely reading to this collection.

The volume is extremely low, however, and will need to be boosted before we catalogue the file. That will in turn make the background noise louder too.

Can you look at your audio set-up and see if you can increase the input volume? If you can find where to make the adjustment, and try recording agian, you'll probably hear a significant improvement.

If you can't find the right control panel, let me know and I'll point you to some help.

David
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Lady Maria · Joined: 10 Feb 2007 Posts: 165 Location: Paris, France

David, in my PM which I just sent you I totally forgot to mention that I have no clue where the input panel is.

I'll try find out but if you can just tell where in audacity it is located it might even be quicker.

You're dealing with one untechy newbie. Sorry.

earthcalling · Joined: 08 Apr 2006 Posts: 6492 Location: London, England

Maria,

Are you running a Mac or Windows PC?

David
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Lady Maria · Joined: 10 Feb 2007 Posts: 165 Location: Paris, France

a PC...

Lady Maria · Joined: 10 Feb 2007 Posts: 165 Location: Paris, France

It sounds better to me. Does it sound better to you?

Recording: http://download.yousendit.com/F50614472B892B2F

Same text as before. Thx for the tutorial link (cf PM) I guess the problem with my volume is either in the mike (which is built-in, I'm using a laptop) or the soundcard. It's at full blast & can't get any louder than that. I'll see if my techy friends at school can help, otherwise I'll have to make do with that -don't hesitate to kick me out of this thread if so you wish, I know I don't sound exactly like Christopher Lee & for that poem... which I love... well, Christopher Lee would have done better methinks. My sole asset is that I'm free of charge -he isn't.

ezwa · Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 9:34 pm Post subject:

David,
Die sphinx read by Mr. Duda (name in catalogue already) is in the multilingual folder here.
The e-text is here: http://gutenberg.spiegel.de/poe/skurril/sphinx.htm

The original thread is here.

There was a copyright check (translation by Hedwig Lachmann, first published in 1912).
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earthcalling · Joined: 08 Apr 2006 Posts: 6492 Location: London, England