LibriVox facts for kids
Quick facts for kids LibriVox |
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| Established | August 2005 |
| Location | Worldwide (USA based) |
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| Size | 13,537 items (1 January 2020[update]) |
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| Members | Worldwide volunteers |
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| Budget | US$5,000 per annum (As of 2010[update]) |
| Director | N/A (community-shared) |
LibriVox is an amazing online library where you can find thousands of free audiobooks. These audiobooks are created by volunteers from all over the world. They read books that are in the public domain and record them. Then, anyone can download these recordings for free from the LibriVox website or other digital libraries.
LibriVox started in 2005. Its founder, Hugh McGuire, wanted to make books that are no longer protected by copyright available to everyone as audio. The main goal of LibriVox is to offer all public domain books as free audio on the internet.
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What is LibriVox?
LibriVox is a special project that turns old books into audio. Imagine listening to classic stories or famous speeches instead of reading them! This is what LibriVox helps you do. It's like a giant library, but instead of paper books, it has audio files.
How LibriVox Works
LibriVox relies on volunteers. These are people who love books and want to share them. They choose books that are in the public domain. This means the books are old enough that their copyright has expired. So, anyone can use them freely.
- Volunteers read chapters of these books aloud.
- They record their voices.
- Then, they upload the recordings to LibriVox.
- Other volunteers help to check the quality of the audio.
- Finally, the completed audiobooks are made available for everyone to download for free.
What You Can Find
LibriVox has a huge collection of audiobooks. In 2016, they finished their 10,000th project! Between 2009 and 2017, they were adding about 1,000 new audiobooks every year.
Most of the audiobooks are in English. However, you can also find many books in other languages. This means you can listen to stories from different cultures around the world.
LibriVox and Other Projects
LibriVox works closely with other cool online projects.
- Project Gutenberg: This project provides many of the texts that LibriVox volunteers read. Project Gutenberg is famous for making thousands of free e-books available.
- Internet Archive: This is where LibriVox stores all its audiobooks. The Internet Archive is a huge digital library that keeps copies of websites, books, and other media. It helps make sure the LibriVox audiobooks are always available.
So, LibriVox is a wonderful example of how people can work together online. They help to make classic literature and important texts available to everyone in an easy-to-use audio format.
Images for kids
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Hugh McGuire, the person who started LibriVox
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This chart shows how many hours of audio LibriVox recorded each year from 2006 to 2021.
See also
In Spanish: LibriVox para niños
