Andy - have you thought about putting a project page on Wikipedia and not just hosting it on your blog ?
It might bring more traffic. I saw your Tweet about doing this, I just..well..haven't sat down and done it yet. And I hate my recorded voice. O_o -Sarah On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 5:57 AM, Andy Mabbett <a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk>wrote: > I'd like to ask your support the project I started: > > < > 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> > > 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? > > -- > Andy Mabbett > @pigsonthewing > http://pigsonthewing.org.uk > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > -- -- *Sarah Stierch* *Museumist, open culture advocate, and Wikimedia* *www.sarahstierch.com* _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
