Hi Rupal and thanks for the info. You mention Welsh. In Wales we have mainly focused on Mozilla Common Voice rather than LinguaLibre, a dataset of voice recordings in many languages, crowd‑sourced, open and free: excellent for speech-to-text, voice recognition, LLM's etc. Could be mass-uploaded onto Commons.
LinguaLibre is more of a library of individual words: a linguistic media library if you like, focused on Wiki projects such as Wiktionary. Jason has done some work on this. Also thousands of placenames audio files were uploaded by WikiMon and by NLW straight to Commons and used on Wikipedia; in theory, they could also be added to LinguaLibre, but that would be chasing after your own tail. Cofion cynnes Robin > On 06/10/2025 10:27 BST Rupal Karia <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello everyone, > > I hope you are well. This month's mini wiki focuses on languages and adding > structured data to the thousands of images submitted for this year's Wiki > Loves Monuments Competition. > > Shwmae Sumae Day (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shwmae_Sumae_Day)on 15th > October is a day marked each year in Wales to celebrate and promote the Welsh > language.UNESCO declared 2022-2032 theInternational Decade of Indigenous > Languages (https://www.unesco.org/en/decades/indigenous-languages), and one > of Wikimedia UK’s strategic aims is to support the development ofindigenous > and other underrepresented languageson Wikimedia projects to ensure > indigenous languages continue to exist and thrive online. > > > There are just a handful of recorded examples of Welsh on Lingua Libre. So > why not record bite size audio recordings onLingua Libre > (https://lingualibre.org/wiki/LinguaLibre:Main_Page)to help build an > openly-licensed resource in Welsh - or any other indigenous and > underrepresented language? > It’s simple to start using. It will present you with a word to read aloud, > before moving on to the next. The recordings are automatically uploaded onto > Wikimedia Commons, and can then be used on Wiktionary, or to illustrate > proper nouns on Wikipedia articles. They can also be used as pronunciation > guides for language students. You just need your Wikimedia Commons login to > get started. > Adding Structured Data to Wiki Loves Monuments Images > Nearly 10,000 images were shared by participants in this year’s Wiki Loves > Monuments competition in the UK! All of these images are shared on an open > license and can be used to illustrate content on Wikipedia and make articles > more instructive and engaging for the reader. > > Addingstructured datato these images helps to improve data quality, usability > and increases the possibility of discovering these images. You can add > structured data to the images shared usingthis new tool > (https://isa.toolforge.org/campaigns/416). > > We’d love to hear from you on your experience of using Mini Wiki. If you have > an idea for a task that you would like the UK community’s help with that is > quick and simple, then [email protected]. > > Best wishes, > -- > > Rupal Karia (she/her) > Outreach and Community Coordinator > My pronouns are she/her and my name is pronounced like this > (https://namedrop.io/rupalkaria) > > Working hours - Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays 9-5pm > > https://wikimedia.org.uk/donate/ > > Wikimedia UK (https://wikimedia.org.uk/)is the national chapter for the > global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. > Follow us onTwitter (https://twitter.com/wikimediauk),Facebook > (https://www.facebook.com/WikimediaUK),LinkedIn > (https://www.linkedin.com/company/496119), andInstagram > (https://www.instagram.com/wikimediauk/). > Wikimedia UK is a registered charity in England and Wales No.1144513 > andScotland No. SC048644.Company Limited by Guarantee, Registration No. > 6741827. > Registered OfficeC/O Wikimedia UK,Level 4,Room 46018,96 Euston > Road,London,NW1 2DB > > > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: > https://wikimedia.org.uk _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
