Beta on offer :)

[fish_echo]

Do you need a beta on your podfic? Do you think that if you look at or listen to your podfic one more time you'll throw your computer out the window and become a corgi-herder? Let me help!

I'm up for beta'ing podfic, any length, and any level of involvement/detail that you want. This offer is open-ended, but obviously I might not be available depending on what else's on my plate. But ask away, there's no harm in that!

Things which I prefer not to listen to:
*NC-17 podfics (I feel like a voyeur and not in a sexy way :( ), but you can always give me the time-stamps to not listen in on and I can tell you about the rest of the fic.
*Hmm, there are other things I prefer not to read for enjoyment, but my brain parses beta duty differently from pleasure reading, so I'm not sure what else to put here. So how about I say that I'll tell you if I feel uncomfortable listening to it.

cross-posted to amplificathon and amplificathon and my journal

Comments

tall kingdom I surround

[jesse_the_k]

What a fabulous offer. It just so happens listening to thingswithwings' Synthesis encouraged me to make my very first podfic. (I'm still planning a massive Due South project, but hey! start small!)

Here's the text
Tall Kingdom I Surround
SGA PG-fic; Atlantis/Everyone
http://toft-froggy.livejournal.com/356107.html

I'm not very happy with the sound quality -- presumably there's some way to massage this in GB, but I'm overwhelmed with choices. I'm more confident of the reading itself, but I'm eager for suggestions -- am I acting too much? I left in some errors, should I be fixing them? I really do want concrit!

How would you like me to convey the MP3? (I also have the GB file, but that's huge.)

Re: tall kingdom I surround

[fish_echo]

Oh, that's a great story! I love it lots! I'm excited that someone is podficcing it :)

Hmm, I was going to say that I am too busy to beta right now, but it's super short so I can probably squeeze it in. I'll try to be prompt, but depending on how much feedback I end up writing up, it might take a week-ish. And if we do multiple rounds of feedback and then recording (which I'm up for if you'd like), then it may run into the beginning of the podfic feedback exchange (which starts on the 20th and critiques must be posted by the 3rd). In which case I'd have to put betaing this aside until I did that. And after that I'm likely to continue to be slow as there's a fic exchange I'm doing... So if you want feedback quicker than that I am probably not a good choice for beta. I believe general_jinjur might have a list of possible betas?

I've never recorded podfic or played about with audio files, so I am absolutely not the person to be asking for technical help (but podfic_tips might be able to help). But opinions on reading I can certainly do! :)

As far as how to get me the MP3, I'm fine with email, downloading from webspace or any of the standard fileshare clients (with the exception of box.net, which I sometimes have issues with). I'm PM'ing you my email address, if you'd like me to beta, we should probably move this conversation to PM or email (email preferred but both are acceptable).

Re: tall kingdom I surround

[jesse_the_k]

Whee -- thanks for contact info, I'll be in touch

*twirls three times & clicks her heels!*