Online Volunteers Will Read 2 U
00:22, 28 December 2005
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Wired.com has a story about a new online volunteering initiative, called LibriVox. Like Project Gutenberg, LibriVox employs volunteers from around the globe to participate in recording works. Each book is divided up into chapters, and each person records one chapter, which usually ends up being about 20 or 30 minutes of audio. Many of the volunteers don't have or need a background in audio production, nor do they have professional recording equipment. Mark Bradford, one of the team leaders that coordinates the reading of an entire book, says that while he does have high-tech audio gear, that usually doesn't matter. "The important part is the enthusiasm and what they bring to the work," he said. "If there's a buzzing in the background, we can ignore that. The essence is the words and how they're delivered by the volunteer."
