[OLPC library] OLPC update

[Samuel Klein]

That's lovely, thank you.

For offline use, I would zip this up as a collection file.  If you
send me a zip I can help format and post it  (see
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Collections)
Now we should see about getting this translated, at least into spanish
and french.

-- SJ


On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 8:24 PM, Aaron Dunn <magic5227 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Samuel,
> Ive updated the Musopen OLPC materials as requested, with the following
> changes:
> 1) All the music now fits within 20mb
> 2) License and credits page was added, with all photos credited
> 3) All music files now contain links to the full song on the live site
> http://www.musopen.com/olpc
> Sincerely,
> Aaron Dunn
> Musopen.com
> On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 3:06 AM, Samuel Klein <sj at laptop.org> wrote:
>>
>> 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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