Static Whisper

Day #5: In your own space, tell us about 3 creative/fannish resources, spaces, or communities you use or enjoy.

Podfic: A Resource Index: A website that links out to all sorts of resources for creating podfic. There's stuff for how to choose something to podfic, where to host your audio files, how to edit, picking a microphone, cover art resources, music, sound effects, how to post a podfic to AO3, links to some podfic fandom events, and more.

podfichat: The permanent invite link (also listed at the above site) for a Discord server focused on podfic. There's beginner resources, a channel for equipment talk (like microphones), a channel for language help, ping-able roles to ask for help with specific editing programs (like Audacity), a channel to ask for a beta listener, a channel to share links to fandom events that accept podfic, and all sorts of channels I can't think of in detail right now. (Once you've interacted past a certain threshold, you'll gain access to the safer spaces lobby and be able to join community specific channels: aspecs-in-space, BIPOC-space, Disability-space, polyamory-polysexuality, and trans.)

It's more of a general and multi-fandom space. There's a channel for discussion for events, but the events that get talked about - like, Informal Twitter Podfic Exchange, Out of the Auditary, Podfic Bingo, Voiceteam, and so on - take place elsewhere and don't require joining this server. ITPE was still able to take place on Twitter this year, each round of Voiceteam is in its own Discord server, and there's often a Dreamwidth community or a tumblr blog for events. Example: Podfic Calendar and its tumblr version.

Podfic Turtles: A smaller Discord server, more or less as a back channel to podfichat, that was started for some people who were facing longfic and wanted to cheer each other on a bit. There's no wordcount requirement before joining, but I would like to note that it doesn't really have as much beginner stuff already there. (Not that anyone wouldn't answer a question exactly; it's just not set up to specifically answer 101 questions like podfichat.) There's a specific channel to share to-do lists, though. [I'm not sure if I can give out a permanent invite link to this server, but I think it's pinned in one of the resources channels in podfichat.]

Blanket Permission Highlighter: A browser extension that highlights creators with blanket permission to create transformative works while browsing on AO3. You can also select an option to only show works by BP creators in search results.

AO3 Enhancements [or Chrome version]: A browser extension that's not podfic specific, but I've found that it does have some beneficial aspects while browsing. I use my narrating words per minute as the "reading speed" and have the Reading Time for the work and each chapter be an estimate of how long my podfic will be. I can also hide works without using a workskin on AO3 itself, so I don't have to be logged in; I can hide works with more than a certain number of fandoms, hide certain relationship tags, and hide works from certain creators (helpful if they don't want their works podficced).