Librivox

Not sure if any of you have found this site - I did a search of ROR from the homepage but didn't get any hits.

Librivox is a site that posts audio books that are in the public domain. Volunteers spend time reading public literature and then uploading it to the site for anyone to listen to. There are works by Aristotle, Bacon, Mill, Locke and probably others. There are works from Homer to Dickens to Mark Twain. Of the few books I have downloaded and listened to the quality is really quite exceptional.

Here is a LINKto the Genre section.
(Edited by Tim Scobey on 8/22, 8:49pm)

Post 1

Friday, August 22, 2008 - 9:18pm

Thanks for the link.

What is the quality of the reading voices? I found the audio books available on gutenberg uniformly intolerable.

Post 2

Sunday, August 24, 2008 - 8:02pm

I have listened to Huck Fin and some of Stuart Mill and I thought both readers did a nice job. I think they aim for a quality recording but only two out of the many they have is not a good indicator really.

Post 3

Monday, August 25, 2008 - 7:57am

I've listened to a few from Librivox as well, The Frederick Douglas Autobiography, Herodutus Histories and thucydiades History of the Pelopynessian War and all had good recording quality and rarely had mistakes (even with the greek names) Although I remember one I listened to was too poor to even listen to. Overall I expect a good quality recording from each I download here. I'm eager to get to Gibben's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire!

Post 4

Saturday, September 6, 2008 - 8:33pm

I can't say that I liked any of them.

It's really too bad. There are many free podcasts made by people with very little monetary support, if any, that well surpass the quality of these recordings. The recording equipment is moderately expensive, but not out of the range for enthusiasts. Instead, Librivox recordings seem to be made by high school drama students with a passing interest and retirees looking for something to pass the time.

I really enjoy audio books. Without them, I would not have grown to know more works from Ayn Rand. I'd like to volunteer and record my own versions of public domain works someday, but I won't be doing it under the Librivox brand.

Post 5

Sunday, September 7, 2008 - 5:29am