The reader isn't bad, but why oh why doesn't Librivox put out a call for British/British accent readers for books set in Britain?! They have a lot, or they did. Americans can read books set in America or SciFi or history, science, etc. when accents aren't as important in the ambience of the story.
They do call for international volunteers. Their policy is that the reader is free to choose. When an American chooses to read a book set in Britain, then that will be the voice.
@@APlusAudiobooks I know, but with the thousands of complaints (on some of the readers) just a few basic "standards" probably wouldn't hurt. It's one thing if an American or other non British readers can DO a British accent, or vice versa. But to let Sherlock Holmes be read with a flat Midwest American voice is almost sacrilege. I guess if their goal is just to get as much written material recorded as possible they use whoever will do it. But if the goal is to get people tp LISTEN to the recorded material, some slight changes could be made. Of course as AI improves it could be a moot point.
It is read by Steven Seitel, a LibriVox volunteer. He has narrated more than 2 dozen for LibriVox. Everyone has a choice to not like a voice but please try to appreciate a volunteer's work first before any judgement.
@@dont-want-no-wrench Good points. By reading comments, we get to know a little more about our audience's preferences and do a little bit better in filtering. Hopefully, you don't have to prefer AI voices from now on.
@@dont-want-no-wrench Oh so true! I know they are volunteers and it isn't easy, but why not have SOME kind of standards, so the poor reader is not wasting their time on a reading that barely gets any listens?
Appreciate clear speaking n a good voice. Can concentrate on story.
@APlusAudiobooks thank you for putting this story out for us.
The reader isn't bad, but why oh why doesn't Librivox put out a call for British/British accent readers for books set in Britain?! They have a lot, or they did. Americans can read books set in America or SciFi or history, science, etc. when accents aren't as important in the ambience of the story.
They do call for international volunteers. Their policy is that the reader is free to choose. When an American chooses to read a book set in Britain, then that will be the voice.
@@APlusAudiobooks I know, but with the thousands of complaints (on some of the readers) just a few basic "standards" probably wouldn't hurt. It's one thing if an American or other non British readers can DO a British accent, or vice versa. But to let Sherlock Holmes be read with a flat Midwest American voice is almost sacrilege. I guess if their goal is just to get as much written material recorded as possible they use whoever will do it. But if the goal is to get people tp LISTEN to the recorded material, some slight changes could be made. Of course as AI improves it could be a moot point.
Aaaargh, AI recording. Shame Shame Shame
It is read by Steven Seitel, a LibriVox volunteer. He has narrated more than 2 dozen for LibriVox. Everyone has a choice to not like a voice but please try to appreciate a volunteer's work first before any judgement.
a- not an AI voice, and this guy is fine.
b- if you heard some librivox readers you would prefer AI
@@dont-want-no-wrench Good points. By reading comments, we get to know a little more about our audience's preferences and do a little bit better in filtering. Hopefully, you don't have to prefer AI voices from now on.
@@dont-want-no-wrench Oh so true! I know they are volunteers and it isn't easy, but why not have SOME kind of standards, so the poor reader is not wasting their time on a reading that barely gets any listens?