[OLPC library] OLPC update

[Samuel Klein]

Aaron,

This is beautiful.  Could you add a license page and a credits page, both
linked from the startpage?  Include the photographer information for all
images used (this is something others can help with/proofread, as you
publish your progress).  I don't think that you need to change a thing about
the text or layout for a quick release.

For the future, simpler language suitable for early primary would be good:
short sentences, one paragraph per idea, short words where possible.  And
more icons/small images to denote major sections or themes would help both
localizers and low-literacy readers/teachers.

20M for the music is a good target.  A couple of entire pieces and snippets
of the rest (with a link to the complete version online) is one way to go.
However, you should first look into the gain you get from compression -
headphones will pick up the difference in quality, but the built-in XO
speakers may  not.  And with the structure in place, one can always create
both the abridged and the unabridged version.

SJ


On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 7:01 PM, Aaron Dunn <magic5227 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
> I've updated out OLPC site to include all content, images and music. The
> only question remaining is if you have any changes you would like as well as
> a mb limit for music included. The music currently uses over 100mb total. I
> dont know if there are standards of bit rates typically for media on the
> laptop but I can compress the music more, include fewer pieces or max them
> all out at 30 second samples of the whole piece.
>
> www.musopen.com/olpc
>
> Sincerely,
> Aaron
>
>
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