Pronunciation samples in Wiktonary, or even tools to ease creating them are a frequently requested subject on feedback pages [1].
There have been considerations about IPA -> voice solutions but I believe that audio recording and uploading through crowd sourcing has several benefits: Dialects can be recorded and the recording user is not required having knowledge about the IPA. Additionally, a voice-recording tool may be used for other purposes in future as well, for example spoken Wikipedia, provided that necessary free audio compression tools are developed.
Now that UploadWizard[2], which a MediaWiki extension prototype[3] depends on, needs a lot of refactoring, I proposed developing a gadget with close community involvement. Future extension development will benefit from that by means of feedback, metrics collected and implementation.
The goal is producing something that is actually working, intuitive to use and easy to deploy for Wiktionary administrators.
Please share your opinion on https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Finish_Pronunciation_Recording#Di...
-- Rainer Rillke https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Rillke
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Finish_Pronunciation_Recording#Wi... [2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:UploadWizard [3] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:PronunciationRecording