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Welcome to WikiProject Spoken Wikipedia
WikiProject Spoken Wikipedia aims to produce recordings of Wikipedia articles being read aloud. See the spoken articles for articles that have already been recorded, and the requests for instructions on how to request a recording of a particular article.
Why should you participate?Here are just some reasons why it is worthwhile creating spoken recordings of articles.
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Learn how you can help!
For people wishing to listen to articles that don't yet have a spoken version:
- Software that converts text to voice is readily available and can be easily used to read out Wikipedia pages on-the-fly. See screen reader.
- The web-based Pediaphon service uses speech synthesis to generate MP3 audio files and podcasts of Wikipedia articles in different languages. Note that it is highly discouraged to use this software for creating recordings for others as nothing can replace the user's voice and it may also miss words. If this is used, you will not be awarded any credits for the project.
This project has its very own official barnstar, the Spoken Barnstar. According to Wikipedia:Awards by WikiProject
“ | The Spoken Barnstar may be awarded to an editor who makes outstanding contributions in the form of spoken articles for Wikipedia. Outstanding contributions may include: recording ten good articles, recording three featured articles, or doing an incredibly good job of recording one long, complex, excellent, featured article despite all odds. Awarded by WikiProject Spoken Wikipedia. | ” |
This award was introduced on June 28, 2005, by Chameleon. To award a contributor with the Spoken Barnstar, use: {{subst:Spoken Barnstar|1=Put your message here. ~~~~}}
The Audio Barnstar is more general and may be awarded to editors who make a significant contribution to the wiki by creating and/or adding original or rare audio files, historical recordings, self-made music, self-made examples of sound effects or musical styles, natural sounds, etc.
To award a contributor with the Audio Barnstar, use: {{subst:Audio Barnstar|1=Put your message here. ~~~~}}
Advertising
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- Help:Creation and usage of media files#Audio, policies for handling sounds, and information for handling sound files.
- Wikisound, a project proposed by User:Angela to provide spoken versions of pages from Wikipedia and its sister projects. Now inactive.
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Spoken Wikipedia/Indic Languages, the Spoken Wikipedia for the Indian languages.