Audio Archives
BBC Poetry Out Loud
| Person Describing Archive | Celyn Harding Jones (2010) ; Chelsea Obodoechina (2020) |
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| Is this primarily a poetry audio site? | Y |
| Sponsoring Person or Institution | BBC |
| Site URL | |
| Site Last Updated | 20142014/09/04 |
| Date Visited | 20202020/07/08 |
| General Description of Archive | This a collection of famous poets reading a famous poem, hosted by the BBC Poetry. There is a list of 20 poets reading (Stevie Smith, Alfred Tennyson, Seamus Heaney).
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| Description of archive history or URL | Unknown history, although this site had stopped being updated in 2004.
Update: As of September 4, 2014, this site has been archived by BBC. |
| Contact information | No direct contact, contact page with email form here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/feedback/ |
| Searchable options | No search (there are only 20 recordings) |
| Relation from the audio to the text | The poem that is read is provided in text. |
| Date/Time/Length/Context info about the audio items | When available, the date of the recording and its context is noted. Length and time are shown in the Real Player play bar. |
| Author bios and context within literary history | There is a very short bio and contextualization of each author. |
| Audio file type: streaming, download, file format, audio file compression quality (WAV, MP3, bitrate) | unknown, most likely mp3 |
| Multimedia integration (pictures, video, etc.) | There is a photo of the writer.
There is a pop-up window that appears when a poem is selected which displays the name and picture of the author, as well as the lyrics to the poem selected. |
| Audio playback setup (opens in Flash player, on new blank screen, etc.) | The recording opens in a Real Player playbar, with the photo of the writer, his/her bio and context with the text below. |
| Mobile access (i.e. accessible on smart phones, tablets, etc.) | Functions with browser settings. No app available.
In order to listen to the poems, Real Player must be installed. |
| Browsing | Browsing is simple: there is a list of 20 authors and recordings. |
| Discovery features (pre-made playlists; dynamic lists: lists of recent additions, featured items, related items, etc). | |
| Interactivity and Web 2.0 features | None. |
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