Free Culture
I've read the introduction and a few other bits of Free Culture as part of the distributed Read-A-Thon started by AKMA.
Aesop's fables
Text found at the distributed proofreading project.Title page, 24s, 264k Ogg Vorbis file. Page image.
The Dog and the Shadow, 25s, 280k Ogg Vorbis file. Page image.
The Fox and the Grapes, 18s, 212k Ogg Vorbis file.
The Hare and the Tortoise, 48s, 528k Ogg Vorbis file.
The Shepherd's Boy, 27s, 284k Ogg Vorbis file. Page image.
The Husbandman and the Stork, 36s, 392k Ogg Vorbis file.
The Wind of the Sun, 42s, 480k Ogg Vorbis file.
License: public domain.
The Boarded Window, by Ambrose Bierce
Text found at short stories at east of the web.
License: Creative Commons NonCommercial-ShareAlike.
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, by Cory Doctorow
Original at craphound.com, available under Creative Commons license.
Prologue: 1 8:14, 7.6M; 2 3:08, 3M.
I'm not completely happy with this version; it contains a number of glitches. If anyone out there would like to edit my takes, let me know and I'll send them.
License: CC Attribution-NoDerivs-NonCommercial. Spoken word version created with permission.
Equipment
Plantronics 60689-01 stereo headset. Thinkpad A22p.Format
All recordings are encoded in Ogg Vorbis format, a higher quality and completely free alternative to MP3.Last update: 12 Jan 2003
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