The prize winner will be judged as having a combination of the highest quality recording meaning no background noise or music (75%), and a good voice (25%). Don't worry about your accent, just say it with style.

Pro tip: Make consecutively louder recordings (raise your microphone gain each time) until you hear digital distortion (will sound scratchy and bad) when speaking or an annoying audible background noise. Then lower your gain so that you have maximized your "headroom" without clipping the digital signal.

Your main goal here is to MAXIMIZE the audio signal to background noise ratio without clipping the signal

Bonus upvote rewards will be given for those who help others in this process, and for submissions in different languages. You can check out the original post for translations that you can dictate into your microphone:

https://steemit.com/steemjet/@dimimp/steemjet-captain-contest

Each contest entry must have a VOICE RECORDING saying:

"Welcome aboard steemjet. This is your captain speaking. Fasten your seatbelts and prepare for takeoff. STEEMJET - on the wings of superstars, we are words and steem"

And that's it. You are entered in the competition with the grand prize of $2000

OK, we really need to concentrate on this audio competition because our graphic design department is completely staffed and we have no need for new graphic artists.

We DO, however, need a steemjet captain, and a NARRATOR for our audiobook "Olivia and the Superstar" (contest to be announced soon)

I am listing all sumbitted entries for the steemjet captain competition. If your link does not play, then it might have been removed. I hear that D-Tube works for steemit. I will be upvoting anyone who can help others learn how to post audio or video content.

If your submission is not included here, then please let me know.

This contest will last until June 30, and the winner receives $2000 in upvotes

@leoumesh - great signal to noise ratio

https://soundcloud.com/umesh-neupane/sounds-from-monday-evening

https://soundcloud.com/umesh-neupane/sounds-from-monday-evening-1

@yatri - great signal to noise ratio

https://soundcloud.com/user-438068766/captain

https://soundcloud.com/user-438068766/kaptan

@kekegist nice signal to noise and nice voice

https://soundcloud.com/rollet-junior/my-pilot-recording-for

@kristenantai best voice, improve the signal to noise ratio and do one in english, and this is the best entry

https://soundcloud.com/user-908855674/my-record-for-steemjet

@banymaracara - beautiful voice, improve the signal to noise ratio and this entry is tough to beat, plus tri-lingual bonus

https://soundcloud.com/user-308796975/steemjet-captain-contest-spanish-version-by-bany-maracara

https://soundcloud.com/user-308796975/steemjet-captain-contest-english-version-by-bany-maracara

https://soundcloud.com/user-308796975/steemjet-captain-contest-portuguese-version-by-bany-maracara

@kilatunzii - great voice and signal to noise ratio, improve signal to noise for bigger prize

https://soundcloud.com/tunzii-tech/steemjet-1

@cheryldavis fantastic voice, improve the signal to noise ratio and we have a contender

https://soundcloud.com/olaniran-funke-faith/steemjet-yoruba-translation

@hemlal great signal to noise

https://soundcloud.com/user-498606023/steemjet-captian-hemlal

@ubongj low signal to noise

https://soundcloud.com/ubong-ephraim-282277934/captain-ubongjs-steemjet

@lordjames - nice voice but noise in signal

https://soundcloud.com/user-44131031/steemjet-captain-entry-english

https://soundcloud.com/user-44131031/steemjet-captain-entry-ibibio

@soufiani - some background noise

https://soundcloud.com/team-sweet-127983477/steemjet

@profchydon - remove the background music, and let us see what that signal to noise ratio sounds like

https://soundcloud.com/chidi-nkwocha-57820865/steemjet

@shuta - low signal to noise ratio

https://soundcloud.com/user-270559717/steemjet-hausa-translation-1

@shrazi - low signal to noise

https://soundcloud.com/user-107146178/steejet-takoff-annoucement/s-wsa14

@sistem - remove the background music, and let us see what that signal to noise ratio sounds like and we might have a serious entry, your voice is grand!

https://soundcloud.com/user-977710100/steemjet-pilot

@gacorniel low signal to noise ratio

https://soundcloud.com/gabriel-corniel/steemjet-captain-contest-2

https://soundcloud.com/gabriel-corniel/steemjet-captain-contest-3

@dongentle2 very low signal to noise ratio

https://soundcloud.com/user929847471/steemjet-entry

@omowumi has made many versions but I can't get the links to work. It is a shame that I have not had time to even listen to most of these submissions because the 3 art contests kicked off soon after we posted this contest and of course the kids book detour. Now our major focus is back on this audio competition, and I want to catalogue the entries. This is somewhat new to me technically, but I will keep you posted on the progress, and know that this audio competition will always be posted prominently until it completes.

@ninoh11 - link

https://soundcloud.com/user-908877674/my-record-for-steemjet-in-english

https://soundcloud.com/user-908877821/my-record-for-steemjet-in-french

@jesse12 - link

https://dsound.audio/#!/@jesse12/20180314t024158028z-steemjet-captain-contest-in-my-local-languagepidgin

@meher04 - bad link

https://dsound.audio/#!/@meher04/20180314t081415587z-urdu-translation-for-steemjet

@mhizsophie - bad link

https://dsound.audio/#!/@mhizsophie/20180314t202036600z-steemjet-captain-contest-translation-in-hausa

@xerox-bru S/N (signal to noise)

https://soundcloud.com/softwagle-blitz/steemjet

https://soundcloud.com/softwagle-blitz/steem-jet-nepali

@ninoh22 S/N

https://www.speakpipe.com/voice-recorder/msg/lody5scfqbni1yjy

https://www.speakpipe.com/voice-recorder/msg/t1bie9ofwt3k8wc4

@dhayor S/N and voice inflection improvement necessary

https://soundcloud.com/idowu-dhebbie-hardedayo/steemjet-captain

@abdulmanan - bad link

https://steemit.com/dsound/@abdulmanan/20180407t133317929z-steemjet--captain-competition

https://steemit.com/dsound/@abdulmanan/20180407t133858009z-steemjeturdu

@mrrpiusz - bad link

https://dsound.audio/#!/@mrrpiusz/20180415t082706591z-steemjet

respect to mbj:

Many links don't work because maybe they were free posting links? It has been over a month since uploading and maybe the host site took them down. I am sorry I was not able to get the link to work, but I will be focusing more on audio going forward. And tips are appreciated.

I am seeking to download audio files in highest quality audio format, and need to learn how to do this next (audio ripper download apps etc). I will keep you posted on my progress, again, any assistance is appreciated.

Once I have the files downloaded, then I can compare the signal to noise ratios digitally to help qualtify the leader board. I know how to do this already, it is the downloading in top audio quality format that I will need to learn now.

If i did not comment on your entry it is becasue I could not get the link to work. I am dim, so most likely the problem is on my end.