Always thankful Ruth, for your replies of important information and gentle admonishments. 2.23.14

Very good choice. The majority of the readers performed admirably. Librivox reader Elena stands out for me. Her young(assumption) voice is advanced in speaking, correct enunciation, clear, subtle vocal modulations to convey emotion, and an attractive voice to listen to. I am pleased to find more good north american voices as of late. Now I feel less pressed to find British readers, and can concentrate more on the types of audio I need or desire to listen too. But my gratitude to all readers, whatever accents,english as a second language, etc to give to us for whatever reason have to or want to be read to, and for free. In this artificially wrecked economy which favors the powerful few, many of us can't afford audio books, or due to disability or lack of transport, can't go to the public libraries(being a recluse and not been to the public library in a decade, I have heard second hand that much multimedia has been drastically cut back or "culled" for the yearly library "book sale"). Thank you so much librivox and internet archive.

by the way: I have heard several excellent readers but the audio quality was so poor I could not concentrate. I hope there is more helpfulness than competition at librivox. Why don't other readers or staff, try to help others who have poor audio equipment or perhaps its just contacting one another with information how to improve the recording quality on a simple computer by adjusting open or hidden audio settings. I wish I could help but I sound so "dead pan" a reader, partially deaf, and a computer dummy.

dahszil
male
usa

I do assure you that we spend a lot of time helping readers obtain the best audio quality from the equipment they have available. Unfortunately it is just a fact that some mics and computers yield much better audio quality than others.

In addition, software solutions for noise removal have improved a lot in the last few years, and so you may well find that some earlier recordings are of lower audio quality than more recent recordings.

Ruth

The mysterious Mr. Vrain is found murdered in #13, known as the Silent House. The house appears to be locked from the inside when the body is found. The police give the case up as unsolvable, however, the daughter of Mr. Vrain does not accept this. She enlists the help of a local barrister and neighbor to her father to track down the murderer.

Complications are aplenty, as Mr Vrain had been married to a much younger woman who apparently had a lover. Is Mr. Vrain a casualty of the hauntings at the Silent House? Or is someone close to him behind the murder?

The readers are mostly good, with a few rough chapters. Echo sounds are painful on the ears when replayed, and a few of the chapters have that, but overall it's pretty good. Enjoy!