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typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="232" style="width:232px;" data-durationhint="1074" data-mwtitle="Studyinscarlet_01_doyle_read_by_david_clarke.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/Studyinscarlet_01_doyle_read_by_david_clarke.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9e/Studyinscarlet_01_doyle_read_by_david_clarke.ogg/Studyinscarlet_01_doyle_read_by_david_clarke.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><track src="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php?action=timedtext&title=File%3AStudyinscarlet_01_doyle_read_by_david_clarke.ogg&lang=en&trackformat=vtt&origin=%2A" kind="subtitles" type="text/vtt" srclang="en" label="English ‪(en)‬" data-dir="ltr" /></audio></span></span></div> <div class="description">The first chapter of <i><a href="/wiki/A_Study_in_Scarlet" title="A Study in Scarlet">A Study in Scarlet</a></i>, the first novel about <a href="/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes" title="Sherlock Holmes">Sherlock Holmes</a>, by <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Conan_Doyle" title="Arthur Conan Doyle">Arthur Conan Doyle</a> read by LibriVox volunteer David Clarke.</div></div></div></div> <div class="side-box-abovebelow"><hr /><i class="selfreference">Problems playing this file? See <a href="/wiki/Help:Media" title="Help:Media">media help</a>.</i></div> </div> <p><b>LibriVox</b> is a group of worldwide volunteers who read and record <a href="/wiki/Public_domain" title="Public domain">public domain</a> texts, creating free public domain <a href="/wiki/Audiobook" title="Audiobook">audiobooks</a> for download from their website and other <a href="/wiki/Digital_library" title="Digital library">digital library</a> hosting sites on the internet. It was founded in 2005 by Hugh McGuire to provide "Acoustical liberation of books in the public domain"<sup id="cite_ref-Authorlibrivox_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Authorlibrivox-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the LibriVox objective is "To make all books in the public domain available, for free, in audio format on the internet".<sup id="cite_ref-aboutlibrivox_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aboutlibrivox-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Independent_sources" title="Wikipedia:Independent sources"><span title="This claim needs a reference to a independent, third-party source. (April 2022)">third-party source needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>On 6 August 2016, the completed projects numbered 10,000, and on 14 February 2021 there were 15,000 completed projects.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-librivoxatia-20210214_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-librivoxatia-20210214-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most releases are in the English language, but many non-English works are also available. There are multiple affiliated projects that are providing additional content. LibriVox is closely affiliated with <a href="/wiki/Project_Gutenberg" title="Project Gutenberg">Project Gutenberg</a> from where the project gets some of its texts, and the <a href="/wiki/Internet_Archive" title="Internet Archive">Internet Archive</a> that hosts their offerings.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Independent_sources" title="Wikipedia:Independent sources"><span title="This claim needs a reference to a independent, third-party source. (April 2022)">third-party source needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LibriVox&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hugh_McGuire.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Hugh_McGuire.jpg/220px-Hugh_McGuire.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Hugh_McGuire.jpg/330px-Hugh_McGuire.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Hugh_McGuire.jpg/440px-Hugh_McGuire.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1986" data-file-height="1695" /></a><figcaption>Hugh McGuire, founder of LibriVox</figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Can the net harness a bunch of volunteers to help bring books in the public domain to life through <a href="/wiki/Podcasting" class="mw-redirect" title="Podcasting">podcasting</a>?</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite>Hugh McGuire<sup id="cite_ref-librivox-hm-20050809_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-librivox-hm-20050809-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-hughmcguire-20070212_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hughmcguire-20070212-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <p>LibriVox was started in August 2005 by <a href="/wiki/Montreal" title="Montreal">Montreal</a>-based writer Hugh McGuire, who set up a <a href="/wiki/Blog" title="Blog">blog</a>, and posed the question.<sup id="cite_ref-librivox-hm-20050809_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-librivox-hm-20050809-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-hughmcguire-20070212_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hughmcguire-20070212-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first recorded book was <i><a href="/wiki/The_Secret_Agent" title="The Secret Agent">The Secret Agent</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Conrad" title="Joseph Conrad">Joseph Conrad</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The main features of the way LibriVox works have changed little since its inception, although the technology that supports it has been improved by the efforts of its volunteers with web-development skills. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology_of_LibriVox">Etymology of LibriVox</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LibriVox&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Etymology of LibriVox"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>LibriVox</i> is an invented word inspired by <a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a> words <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">liber</i></span> (book) in its <a href="/wiki/Genitive" class="mw-redirect" title="Genitive">genitive</a> form <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">libri</i></span> and <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">vox</i></span> (voice), giving the meaning <i>BookVoice</i> (or <i>voice of the book</i>). The word was also coined because of other connotations: <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">liber</i></span> also means <i>child</i> and <i>free, independent, unrestricted</i>. As the LibriVox forum says: "We like to think LibriVox might be interpreted as 'child of the voice', and 'free voice'. Finally, the other link we like is 'library' so you could imagine it to mean Library of Voice."<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There has been no decision or consensus by LibriVox founders or the community of volunteers for a single pronunciation of LibriVox. It is accepted that any pronunciation is accurate.<sup id="cite_ref-librivoxpronunciation_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-librivoxpronunciation-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Organization_and_funding">Organization and funding</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LibriVox&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Organization and funding"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>LibriVox is a volunteer-run, free content, public domain project. It has no budget or <a href="/wiki/Legal_person" title="Legal person">legal personality</a>. The development of projects is managed through an <a href="/wiki/Internet_forum" title="Internet forum">Internet forum</a>, supported by an <a href="/wiki/Forum_administrator" class="mw-redirect" title="Forum administrator">admin</a> team, who also maintain a searchable catalogue <a href="/wiki/Database" title="Database">database</a> of completed works.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Independent_sources" title="Wikipedia:Independent sources"><span title="This claim needs a reference to a independent, third-party source. (April 2022)">third-party source needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In early 2010, LibriVox ran a fundraising drive to raise $20,000 to cover hosting costs for the website of about $5,000/year and improve front- and backend usability.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The target was reached in 13 days, and so the fundraising ended and LibriVox suggested that supporters consider making donations to its affiliates and partners, <a href="/wiki/Project_Gutenberg" title="Project Gutenberg">Project Gutenberg</a><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Internet_Archive" title="Internet Archive">Internet Archive</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Independent_sources" title="Wikipedia:Independent sources"><span title="This claim needs a reference to a independent, third-party source. (April 2022)">third-party source needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Production_process">Production process</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LibriVox&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Production process"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Volunteers can choose new projects to start, either recording on their own or inviting others to join them, or they can contribute to projects that have been started by others. Once a volunteer has recorded his or her contribution, it is uploaded to the site, and proof-listened by members of the LibriVox community. </p><p>Finished audiobooks are available from the LibriVox website, and <a href="/wiki/MP3" title="MP3">MP3</a> files are hosted separately by the <a href="/wiki/Internet_Archive" title="Internet Archive">Internet Archive</a>. Recordings are also available through other means, such as <a href="/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a> and <a href="/wiki/ITunes_Store" title="ITunes Store">iTunes</a>, and, being free of copyright, they are frequently distributed independently of LibriVox on the Internet and otherwise.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Independent_sources" title="Wikipedia:Independent sources"><span title="This claim needs a reference to a independent, third-party source. (April 2022)">third-party source needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Content">Content</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LibriVox&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Content"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:LibriVox_recorded_hours_by_year_2006%E2%80%932021.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/LibriVox_recorded_hours_by_year_2006%E2%80%932021.jpg/220px-LibriVox_recorded_hours_by_year_2006%E2%80%932021.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/LibriVox_recorded_hours_by_year_2006%E2%80%932021.jpg/330px-LibriVox_recorded_hours_by_year_2006%E2%80%932021.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/LibriVox_recorded_hours_by_year_2006%E2%80%932021.jpg/440px-LibriVox_recorded_hours_by_year_2006%E2%80%932021.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1564" data-file-height="938" /></a><figcaption>LibriVox recorded hours by year 2005–2021</figcaption></figure> <p>LibriVox only records material that is in the <a href="/wiki/Public_domain" title="Public domain">public domain</a> in the United States, and all LibriVox books are released with a public domain dedication.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Because of copyright restrictions, LibriVox produces recordings of only a limited number of contemporary books. These have included, for example, the <i><a href="/wiki/9/11_Commission_Report" title="9/11 Commission Report">9/11 Commission Report</a></i>, which is a work of the US Federal Government therefore in the Public Domain.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Independent_sources" title="Wikipedia:Independent sources"><span title="This claim needs a reference to a independent, third-party source. (April 2022)">third-party source needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The LibriVox catalogue is varied. It contains popular and classic fiction, but it also includes difficult texts such as <a href="/wiki/Immanuel_Kant" title="Immanuel Kant">Immanuel Kant</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Critique_of_Pure_Reason" title="Critique of Pure Reason">Critique of Pure Reason</a></i>, and a recording of the first 500 digits of <a href="/wiki/Pi" title="Pi">pi</a>. The collection also features poetry, plays, religious texts (for example, English versions of the <a href="/wiki/Koran" class="mw-redirect" title="Koran">Koran</a> and books from various translations of the <a href="/wiki/Bible" title="Bible">Bible</a>) and non-fiction of various interests. In January 2009, the catalogue contained approximately 55 percent fiction and drama, 25 percent non-fiction and 20 percent poetry (calculated by numbers of recordings). By the end of 2023, the most viewed item (22.7M) was a reading of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Art_of_War" title="The Art of War">The Art of War</a></i> attributed to <a href="/wiki/Sun_Tzu" title="Sun Tzu">Sun Tzu</a> and read in 2006 by Moira Fogarty, followed by a 2006 collective reading of <i><a href="/wiki/Alice%27s_Adventures_in_Wonderland" title="Alice's Adventures in Wonderland">Alice's Adventures in Wonderland</a></i> with 22.4M views.<sup id="cite_ref-librivoxatia-count_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-librivoxatia-count-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Around 90 percent of the catalogue is recorded in English, but recordings exist in more than 80 languages (as of August 2023<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=LibriVox&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>). Chinese, French and German are the most popular languages other than English amongst volunteers, but recordings have also been made in languages including <a href="/wiki/Urdu" title="Urdu">Urdu</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tagalog_language" title="Tagalog language">Tagalog</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Independent_sources" title="Wikipedia:Independent sources"><span title="This claim needs a reference to a independent, third-party source. (April 2022)">third-party source needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reputation">Reputation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LibriVox&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Reputation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>LibriVox has garnered significant interest, in particular from those interested in the promotion of volunteer-led content and alternative approaches to <a href="/wiki/Copyright" title="Copyright">copyright</a> ownership on the Internet.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Independent_sources" title="Wikipedia:Independent sources"><span title="This claim needs a reference to a independent, third-party source. (April 2022)">third-party source needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>It has received support from the <a href="/wiki/Internet_Archive" title="Internet Archive">Internet Archive</a> and <a href="/wiki/Project_Gutenberg" title="Project Gutenberg">Project Gutenberg</a>. Intellectual freedom and commons proponent <a href="/wiki/Mike_Linksvayer" title="Mike Linksvayer">Mike Linksvayer</a> described it in 2008 as "perhaps the most interesting collaborative culture project this side of <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The project has also been featured in press around the world and has been recommended by the BBC's <a href="/wiki/Click_(TV_programme)" title="Click (TV programme)"><i>Click</i></a>, MSNBC's <a href="/wiki/Today_(NBC_program)" class="mw-redirect" title="Today (NBC program)"><i>The Today Show</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Reason_(magazine)" title="Reason (magazine)"><i>Reason</i></a>,<sup id="cite_ref-LibriVoxReason_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LibriVoxReason-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Wired_(magazine)" title="Wired (magazine)"><i>Wired</i></a>,<sup id="cite_ref-LibriVoxWired_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LibriVoxWired-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the US <i><a href="/wiki/PC_Magazine" class="mw-redirect" title="PC Magazine">PC Magazine</a></i> and the UK <a href="/wiki/Metro_(Associated_Metro_Limited)" class="mw-redirect" title="Metro (Associated Metro Limited)"><i>Metro</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Sunday_Times" title="The Sunday Times"><i>Sunday Times</i></a><sup id="cite_ref-NYTLibriVox_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYTLibriVox-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> newspapers. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Quality">Quality</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LibriVox&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Quality"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A frequent concern of listeners is the site's policy of allowing any recording to be published as long as it is understandable and faithful to the source text.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This means that some recordings are of lower audio fidelity; some feature background noises, non-native accents or other perceived imperfections in comparison to professionally recorded audiobooks.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While some listeners may object to those books with chapters read by multiple readers,<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> others find this to be a non-issue or even a feature,<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> though many books are narrated by a single reader. </p><p>The narrations have been called <a href="/wiki/Outsider_art" title="Outsider art">outsider art</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Adamian_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Adamian-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> John Adamian, writing in <a href="/wiki/Wired_(magazine)" title="Wired (magazine)"><i>Wired</i></a>, noted: </p> <dl><dd>Sometimes while listening I feel like I'm eavesdropping on a strange over-wrought audition, where an aspiring actor tries on and abandons accents, tweaks their voice in pitch too much, or hyperextends vowels in an effort to feel their way into the voice of a fictional New England sea captain, or a crude Yorkshire industrialist, or a displaced German Jew in London. <br /><br />Some readings are wooden, but with a kind of affectlessness that starts to seem like its own interesting artistic choice once you've settled into the performance.<sup id="cite_ref-Adamian_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Adamian-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LibriVox&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Virtual_volunteering" title="Virtual volunteering">Virtual volunteering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Voice_acting" title="Voice acting">Voice acting</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LibriVox&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-librivoxatia-count-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-librivoxatia-count_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-librivoxatia-count_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/librivoxaudio">The LibriVox Free Audiobook Collection</a>", The <a href="/wiki/Internet_Archive" title="Internet Archive">Internet Archive</a>. Retrieved 31 December 2023. (The LibriVox Free Audiobook Collection, 18,900 "audio" items)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Authorlibrivox-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Authorlibrivox_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://librivox.org/search?primary_key=0&search_category=author&search_page=1&search_form=get_results/">LibriVox Author</a>", LibriVox website. Retrieved 16 April 2015.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-aboutlibrivox-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-aboutlibrivox_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://librivox.org/pages/about-librivox/">Objective LibriVox</a>", LibriVox website. Retrieved 24 August 2011.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://librivox.org/2016/08/06/another-librivox-milestone-10000-projects/">Another LibriVox Milestone: 10,000 projects!</a>", librivox.org, 6 August 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2016.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-librivoxatia-20210214-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-librivoxatia-20210214_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://librivox.org/2021/02/14/librivox-celebrates-15000-audiobooks/">"LibriVox Celebrates 15,000 Audiobooks!"</a>. <i>LibriVox.org</i>. 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LibriVox.org<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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HughMcGuire.net<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2009-01-09</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Clarity+%28blog+entry%29&rft.pub=HughMcGuire.net&rft.date=2007-02-12&rft.aulast=McGuire&rft.aufirst=Hugh&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fhughmcguire.net%2F2007%2F02%2F12%2Ffrom-textosolvo-clarity-why-it-worked-1%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALibriVox" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://librivox.org/the-secret-agent-by-joseph-conrad/">The Secret Agent</a>", librivox.org. 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