We are big fans of Librivox and the Internet Archive - and are even bigger fans of the volunteers who read books and make it available to all. So we wanted to create an app that focused on 2 things: 1. Improve the audio on older recordings, or ones with bad sound 2. Enrich the experience to make it informative and really bring the classics to life That's what Voxelle does - check it out!
Librivox has given a gift to the world - free recordings of the world's greatest (and not greatest books). Unfortunately, sometimes the audio is less than perfect and it can make listening to these books a little challenging. Not to mention, most books have a chapter by chapter preamble of "this is a librivox recording, all librivox recordings are in the public domain, etc, etc".
Voxelle remasters the audio (you genuinely won't believe how much cleaner and RICHER it sounds - put on some headphones to fully appreciate the difference), and skips all the chapter intros - so you can get into the book quicker.
We also wanted to make the books more accessible. Older books (and many of the most important every written) can be difficult to follow - especially in the context of when they were written, what they were written in response to, etc. We're changing that. Exploring Voxelle will leave you with a better understanding of the greatest books ever written and the "Great Conversation" that they unlock. Check out the "Timeline" to get a feel for that.