+Kannada audio

हरिः, ॐ! स्वागतम्!

What?

We aim to freely (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License) publish and distribute the popular and inspiring Kannada books as audio books on the internet.

  • We will target classics which are out of copyright and in the public domain.
  • For audio books uploaded prior to 2019-02-15, we had neglected to consider the copyright status - we will remove those books or keep them depending on whether we succeed at getting permissions from copyright-holders.

Quality

These files are not to be considered “official” representatives of the corresponding books - just best-effort productions for the enjoyment of those who would never otherwise have read the corresponding books. एता ध्वनिसञ्चिका ग्रन्थस्यौपचारिकाः प्रतिनिधय इति न। For some people, reading the books directly might yield much greater enjoyment.

Though there are some flaws here and there (especially when it comes to reading sanskrit shloka-s, plus rare noises), it is overall a great boon, in my experience of listening to them during my long walks. The recordings were mechanically normalized, renamed according to chapter-title, sped up 1.5x and curated at the below locations. (Files are also available at 1x speed.)

Where?

It is important to note that at any point in time, the output(in the form of audio files) of our efforts up to then will be available publicly and freely on the internet at archive.org. We will constantly publish a summary of project status online. So, connoiseurs will be able to enjoy the fruits of our labor even as the project progresses to increasingly higher levels of completion and quality.

Example archive items (If you remove the final 1.5x from the URL, you get the 1x speed version)- Some examples of books read:

  • ಭಾರತೀಯ ಹಬ್ಬ ಹರಿದಿನಗಳು by ರಂಗಪ್ರಿಯ-ಸ್ವಾಮೀ, read by ನಾಗರತ್ನಾ - 1.5x
  • ಮಹಾದರ್ಶನ by ದೇವುಡು-ನರಸಿಂಹಶಾಸ್ತ್ರೀ, read by ವಾಸುಕಿ - 1.5x
  • ಮಹಾಭ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣ by ದೇವುಡು-ನರಸಿಂಹಶಾಸ್ತ್ರೀ, read by ವಾಸುಕಿ - 1.5x
  • ಮಹಾಕ್ಷತ್ರಿಯ by ದೇವುಡು-ನರಸಿಂಹಶಾಸ್ತ್ರೀ, read by ವಾಸುಕಿ - 1.5x
  • ನಮ್ಮೂರ ರಸಿಕರು by ಗೊರೂರು ರಾಮಸ್ವಾಮಿ ಅಯ್ಯಂಗಾರ್, ವಾಸುಕಿ, read by ವಾಸುಕಿ - 1.5x
  • ಜ್ಞಾಪಕಚಿತ್ರಶಾಲೆ ವೈದಿಕ-ಧರ್ಮ-ಸಮ್ಪ್ರದಾಯಸ್ಥರು by ಡಿ ವಿ ಗುಣ್ಡಪ್ಪ, ನಾಗರತ್ನಾ, read by ನಾಗರತ್ನಾ - 1.5x
  • ಜ್ಞಾಪಕಚಿತ್ರಶಾಲೆ ಸಂಕೀರ್ಣ ಸ್ಮೃತಿ ಸಮ್ಪುಟ by ಡಿ ವಿ ಗುಣ್ಡಪ್ಪ, ನಾಗರತ್ನಾ, read by ನಾಗರತ್ನಾ - 1.5x
  • ಜ್ಞಾಪಕಚಿತ್ರಶಾಲೆ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯೋಪಾಸಕರು by ಡಿ ವಿ ಗುಣ್ಡಪ್ಪ, ನಾಗರತ್ನಾ, read by ನಾಗರತ್ನಾ - 1.5x
  • ಜ್ಞಾಪಕಚಿತ್ರಶಾಲೆ ಸಾಹಿತಿ-ಸಜ್ಜನ-ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕರು by ಡಿ ವಿ ಗುಣ್ಡಪ್ಪ, ನಾಗರತ್ನಾ, read by ನಾಗರತ್ನಾ - 1.5x
  • ಜ್ಞಾಪಕಚಿತ್ರಶಾಲೆ ಮೈಸೂರಿನ ದಿವಾನರು by ಡಿ ವಿ ಗುಣ್ಡಪ್ಪ, ನಾಗರತ್ನಾ, read by ನಾಗರತ್ನಾ - 1.5x
  • ಜ್ಞಾಪಕಚಿತ್ರಶಾಲೆ ಕಲೋಪಾಸಕರು by ಡಿ ವಿ ಗುಣ್ಡಪ್ಪ, ನಾಗರತ್ನಾ, read by ನಾಗರತ್ನಾ - 1.5x
  • ಜ್ಞಾಪಕಚಿತ್ರಶಾಲೆ ಹೃದಯಸಮ್ಪನ್ನರು by ಡಿ ವಿ ಗುಣ್ಡಪ್ಪ, ನಾಗರತ್ನಾ, read by ನಾಗರತ್ನಾ - 1.5x
  • ಜ್ಞಾಪಕಚಿತ್ರಶಾಲೆ ಹಲವಾರು-ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕರು by ಡಿ ವಿ ಗುಣ್ಡಪ್ಪ, ನಾಗರತ್ನಾ, read by ನಾಗರತ್ನಾ - 1.5x

Listen or download here:

  • Archive items where audio file contributions are primarily presented for listening are linked in this spreadsheet.
  • Podcast

Contribute!

If you would like to contribute to this effort, or if you want to suggest books of similar calibre for future reading, please let us know offline. One doesn’t need to be tech-savvy - and all one needs is some time for pleasure, discipline and a mobile phone with an internet connection for uploading (see video here). Even aged retired people have contributed recordings without any trouble.

Testimonials

  • “many thanks to Smt Nagaratna and Sri Vaasuki for reading out Devudu’s works. 🙏🏼 … I am listening to Mahabrahmana during my evening walks these days.” - shrI gautam shenoy, Apr 1 2020.