[Wikimedia-l] "Voice Intro Project"

[Gerard Meijssen]

Hoi,
There are several tools that allow you to record pronunciations. I have
done many many in the past and, I am not the only on
Thanks,
     GerardM


On 8 February 2013 16:06, Sarah Stierch <sarah.stierch at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yeah, it'd be cool to have a tool that allows the subject to record and
> then make their file an ogg, or record it to ogg in a super fast way.
>
> it's a small, but time consuming thing to record yourself, upload it (or
> whatever) to your computer, and then figure out how to make it into an open
> license.
>
> -Sarah
>
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> On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 7:03 AM, Federico Leva (Nemo) <nemowiki at gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > Andy Mabbett, 08/02/2013 14:57:
> >
> >> I'd like to ask your support the project I started:
> >>
> >>     <http://pigsonthewing.org.uk/**open-licensed-format-**
> >> recordings-voices-wikipedia-**wikimedia-commons/<
> http://pigsonthewing.org.uk/open-licensed-format-recordings-voices-wikipedia-wikimedia-commons/
> >
> >> >
> >>
> >> asking the subjects of Wikipedia articles to record a 10-second sample
> >> of their speaking voice, for use on those articles.
> >>
> >> An example script is "Hello, my name is [name]. I was born in [place]
> >> and I have been [job or position] since [year]".
> >>
> >> So far, the participants:
> >>
> >>     <http://commons.wikimedia.org/**wiki/Category:Voice_intro_**project
> <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Voice_intro_project>
> >> >
> >>
> >> include Sue Black, Cory Doctorow, Bill Thompson and Dave Winer; and
> >> we've just had our first recording in French - but we need many more.
> >>
> >> Do you know anyone who has an article about them? Do you know of tools
> >> that would simplify the process of making ogg files, open licensing
> >> them, and uploading them to Commons? How can we include more speakers
> >> of other languages?
> >>
> >
> > I think we really need such a tool, for instance it's a shame that
> > Wiktionary doesn't have pronounciation recordings on most of its entries.
> > Of course it's better if the speaker is authoritative (like the subject
> in
> > person for a biography or a professional for Wiktionary), but tools would
> > help everyone.
> >
> > Nemo
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