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Table of Contents

Volunteer Narrators
Pronunciation Help
Instructions
DTB Protection/Encryption
Zipping/Compressing
Cartridge Write Protection
BARD
NLS Union Catalog

Local Digital Recording

Studio Management

Local Recording Studio Collection Development Policies (MI1A)

Volunteer Narrators

Narrator Audition Explained (IA1A)
Narrator Audition Instructions (IA1A)
Audition Selections (IA1A)
Dear Volunteer (IA1A)
Is Narrating For You? (IA1A)
Studio Roles Overview (IA1A)
Volunteer Application (IA1A)
Volunteer Interest (IA1A)
Volunteer Opportunities (IA1A)
Audition Materials (FL1A)
Audition Cover Letter (MA1A)
Audition Evaluation Compilation Form (MA1A)
Letter to Prospective Auditionees (MA1A)
Monitoring (MA1A)
Narration (MA1A)
Narrator/Monitor Check List (MA1A)
NLS Narration (MA1A)
Preparation for Audition (MA1A)
Recording Program Team Member (MA1A)
Volunteer Narrator Documents (NE1A)
Recruiting Message for Audio Book Studio (NY1A)
Refusal Letter (NY1A)
Volunteer Application (OK1A)
Studio Volunteer Opportunities (OK1A)

Narration

Network-Produced Materials: Requirements and Guidelines Basic NLS Specifications
Contractor Specifications and Drawings Advanced NLS specifications
Creating an Annotation
Sample Opening and Closing Announcements Template (CA1A)
Article: Narrator January LaVoy shares her thoughts on the art of audiobook narration
The Art of Audiobook Narration - MUST WATCH presentation by Celeste Lawson, manager of NLS Studio

Pronunciation Help

DTB Creation

Instructions

Video: How to Make a Digital Talking Book
Creating a DTB using HABC
Creating a DTB using Book Wizard Producer
Creating a DTB from Wave Audio Files Using Book Wizard Producer (IA1A)
Creating a DTB using LCM
Digital Markup Using LCM
Audacity - Information about using Audacity, open source audio editing software

DTB Protection/Encryption

Installation Instructions and User Guide

Zipping/Compressing

Zipping Audiobook Files Instructions

Cartridge Write Protection

Submission to Network

BARD

NLS Union Catalog

Analog to Digital Conversion

Audio Analyze Instructions - Audio Analyze is a command line program that examines digital audio files and reports the location and duration of periods of silence (which may indicate the end or beginning of a section heading) and that of 50Hz index tones.
Network Documents - located on PICS

Contacts

Recording Studios by State
DTBHelp@loc.gov Questions about DTB production
BCS@loc.gov Questions about NLS Union/Voyager Catalog

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