LibrivoxBicylcemark and Tim from RadioClash have a nice discussion here about podcasting and commericalism…
We at LibriVox are happy to report that we are doggedly committed to being uncommercial, noncorporate, and putting our families into the poorhouse by spending all our time working on a totally volunteer, project, out of the love of literature and the hope that what we are doing might be a very important project for the good of the world.
And here’s Jean, with the next exciting installment of Call of the Wild.
mp3 audio file: Call of the Wild, Chapter 5-6
Written by: Jack London
Read by: Jean O’Sullivan
Bit rate: 64 kbps
File size: 29.6 MB
Call of the Wild LibriVox catalog page (for Ogg, 128kbps & a zip of the entire book)
Next up (Friday): Miette brings us the thrilling conclusion of Calll of the Wild…
Please feel free to drop us a line to let us know what you think of our recordings, and note, LibriVox is always looking for NEW VOLUNTEERS…
WiredNews.com has an article today about the dearth of women podcasters, and listeners. Only 15% of participants at the recent Portable Media Expo & Podcasting Conference were women, and some reports indicate that 97% (!) of podcast listeners are men.
Well, we’re happy to report that LibriVox has no such gender-parity problems. Although our forum member lists more males than females, we’re actually split just about evenly between men and women readers, and some of the most active volunteers (both readers and builders of the LibriVox technical infrastructure) are women. UPDATE: And, as Paula reminds below, a good number of our female librivox volunteers also have their own podcasts: here, here, here, here, here… have I missed any?
So lead on!
OK, here’s an experiment. We’ve posted a poem in the forum (by William Blake), and we’re asking everyone and anyone to record a version of it. We’ll leave the poem open for a week.
This is a good way to cut your teeth if you haven’t recorded anything yet, and want to try. It’s also an illustration of something we at LibriVox find fascinating — the different ways people can read the same text.
The poem is short, and very good, so why not visit the forum and inspire yourself with, “The Voice of the Ancient Bard.”