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Searching for a new solo
Posted: Sat 25. Jan 2014, 17:24
by J_N
Re: Searching for a new solo
Posted: Tue 28. Jan 2014, 19:19
by Hokuspokus
Schachnovelle would be great to have.
I'm not sure if you would like that, but how about Rudolf Stratz?
http://gutenberg.spiegel.de/autor/581
I quite liked Hexenkessel.
Or Bettaurer? Certainly an author worth reading.
http://gutenberg.spiegel.de/autor/50
EDIT: Oh, you have already started Die Schachnovelle, toll!
Re: Searching for a new solo
Posted: Tue 28. Jan 2014, 19:29
by J_N
Hokuspokus wrote:EDIT: Oh, you have already started Die Schachnovelle, toll!
Started - and finished
that was quite a bit quicker than I had expected... but it was an interesting read!
I will have a look at your suggestions - thanks
"Die freudlose Gasse" was very interesting... so Bettauer might be a good bet...
Re: Searching for a new solo
Posted: Wed 13. Aug 2014, 03:02
by SweetPea
I am now looking for a new project, too...
I want something short, as I am already soloing a 25 chapter book for Librivox. How do I tell how many hours the finished project will be? I like this one.
- Magic for Marigold: text link 21 chapters, which isn't too bad, but they are pretty long I would love to do this as a collaborative book, but I suppose there are not enough people here
Re: Searching for a new solo
Posted: Wed 13. Aug 2014, 17:09
by J_N
SweetPea wrote:How do I tell how many hours the finished project will be?
By counting the words
1500 words are approximately 10 minutes (depending on your individual reading speed a bit more or a bit less).
Re: Searching for a new solo
Posted: Wed 13. Aug 2014, 21:54
by Viktor
SweetPea wrote:Magic for Marigold: text link 21 chapters, which isn't too bad, but they are pretty long Image I would love to do this as a collaborative book, but I suppose there are not enough people here
That depends on how many people you want in your collaboration. A few people might be interested
I don't know how many words each chapter is.
One way is to copy/paste each chapter into a text document. If you use LibreOffice, you find the number of words in File -> Properties -> Statistics. I just tested that - (edit: the first section of) the first chapter has 1595 words.
There might be quicker ways, maybe there are Firefox or even more general plug-ins for your operating system. But I think, the work of selecting the words of each chapter will always be there. I prefer selecting with the keyboard (Shift+arrow keys) instead of using the mouse.
Re: Searching for a new solo
Posted: Wed 13. Aug 2014, 22:12
by SweetPea
Thank you.
Ah! I just found an online word count tool!
So the first chapter is 6327 words
, but it is divided into 4 sections about 1500 words each. I am not going to record a 50 min chapter, but if all the chapters are similar, that would be - 80 10-min sections. That is too huge for me
As I said, I wish I could do it as a collaborative book. Maybe in 6 years at Librivox, where there are more people
I guess I'll do Anne of Windy Poplars.
text link I think I'll start it as a group project, and start recording. That way if people want to help me out, great, and if not, it will end up being a solo
Re: Searching for a new solo
Posted: Wed 13. Aug 2014, 22:17
by J_N
I use chrome and there is a nifty little add-on called Word Count (surprise, surprise!)- highlight the text, click, word count
The book has about 93000 words all in all... so about 10 hours of finished recordings...
Re: Searching for a new solo
Posted: Sun 17. Aug 2014, 08:08
by Hokuspokus
Crowwings has a very useful wordcount tool, that gives you the approximate audio runtime and tells you when a section is too long or too short.
http://www.crowwings.com/lv/index.php?new=1
Re: Searching for a new solo
Posted: Sun 17. Aug 2014, 09:58
by Viktor
Hokuspokus wrote:Crowwings has a very useful wordcount tool
Duh! Of course! Should have mentioned that in the first place.
Re: Searching for a new solo
Posted: Wed 20. Aug 2014, 12:25
by crowwings
Re: Searching for a new solo
Posted: Sat 1. Nov 2014, 15:37
by algy pug
J_N wrote:I use chrome and there is a nifty little add-on called Word Count (surprise, surprise!)- highlight the text, click, word count
The book has about 93000 words all in all... so about 10 hours of finished recordings...
Ha - you must be a fast talker. 8000 words per hour is about my top speed. But of course we rustic folk living south of the Tropic of Capricorn do tend to drawl.......
Cheers