AmericanStories VOA Special English audio opensource_audio "American Stories" is a weekly radio program broadcast on the Voice of America. These are aimed at second language learners of English. However, they are still quite interesting for native English speakers, too. <b>Time</b> Each program is about 15 minutes. Total listening time is about 10 hours. <b>About the MP3 Files</b> The MP3 files have been non-destructively edited, without re-encoding the MP3, so there has been no loss in audio quality. The only editing that was done was to crop off the intro music and the exit music to keep the file size down and to save listeners some time. <b>Find Transcripts</b> You can also find the transcripts for these stories by using the following search: <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=%2B%22american+stories%22+%2B%22voa+special+english%22" rel="nofollow">www.google.com/search?q=%2B%22american+stories%22+%2B%22voa+special+english%22</a> <b>Public Domain</b> These are only the public domain stories that have been broadcast by the Voice of America. See <a href="http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/disclaim.cfm" rel="nofollow">www.voanews.com/specialenglish/disclaim.cfm</a> to find the following message. <blockquote>All text, audio and video material produced exclusively by the Voice of America is public domain. However, some images and graphics are licensed for use and covered by all applicable copyright laws.</blockquote> ESL;EFL;English study;audiobook;audio book;fiction;American fiction;short stories;short story http://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain/ 2009-11-01 09:51:27 2009-11-01 09:50:59 voapd@sogetthis.com VOA Public Domain VOA Public Domain VOA Public Domain VOA Public Domain VOA Public Domain 2009-11-01 09:52:04 2009-11-01 10:52:12 2009-11-01 11:13:50 2009-11-01 17:47:36 2009-11-03 00:43:53 2010-02-04 23:36:59 VOA Public Domain Mon Feb 22 5:31:28 UTC 2010