[Wikipedia-l] policy suggestion: SAMPA

[Jaap van Ganswijk]

At 2002-08-05 17:03 +0100, tarquin wrote:
>Paper encyclopedias expect their readers to learn the order of the letters of the alphabet. Learning SAMPA is relatively simple. While the table on [[SAMPA]] is increasingly complex, there is a shorter version on a sub-page which a link like [[pronounced]] should direct readers to.
>It's a small effort to learn, for a large gain afterwards.

Unlike what is possible in a paper encyclopedium,
why not add a small wav file of someone
pronouncing the word correctly?

Some weeks ago I tought my mother how to add
the pronunciation of some of the words to her
Esperanto course (which is in Dutch):
http://www.xs4all.nl/~wvganswk/les1.htm

Greetings,
Jaap