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The WikiProject Spoken Wikipedia aims to produce recordings of Wikipedia articles being read out loud. See Spoken articles.

You can read any article you like (or even just a section, but complete articles are obviously preferred), but we'd like to start with these:

You should consider the stability of articles before producing a spoken version — an article involved in a dispute or undergoing major revision may be a poor candidate.

Guidelines

A full guide to making great recordings is here: Wikipedia:WikiProject Spoken Wikipedia/Recording guidelines.

Uploading

On the upload page, paste the following template, and fill in the appropriate information (don't forget to add the {{gfdl}} copyright tag at the end): 

{{Spoken article entry|
file_name= 
|title= 
|time= 
|file_size= 
|user_name= 
|date= 
|accent=
|}}

A sample of what this will display is:

Template:Spoken article entry
  • File_name should be of the form: name_of_file.ogg
  • Title refers to the title of the actual article.
  • Time is the length of time in minutes and seconds of the article, for example: 12:34
  • File_size is the size of the file, for example: 12.6 MB
  • User_name is the name of the user who read/uploaded the file, for example: Willmcw
  • Date should be a link to the revision that was read, for example: 2005-04-18
  • Accent is the regional accent of the reader. See Regional accents of English speakers for the possibilities.

List your article at Wikipedia:Spoken articles under the proper heading. Use for reference the entries at Wikipedia:Featured articles. The article link should be of the format [[:Image:FileName.ogg|ArticleName]] at Wikipedia:Spoken articles.


Templates for articles

 
Icon of loudspeaker
This audio file was created from the revision dated 1970-01-01, and does not reflect subsequent edits to the article. (audio help)
Listen to this article (2 parts)
 
Icon of loudspeaker
This audio file was created from the revision dated 1970-01-01, and does not reflect subsequent edits to the article. (audio help)
  • For featured articles, place {{spoken}} in front of the article name at Wikipedia:Featured articles.
  • For the tops of articles, add the following template:
    {{Spoken Wikipedia|FileName.ogg|YYYY-MM-DD}}
    • Remember to update the date when uploading a newer version.
    • If the reading is broken up into parts, use {{Spoken Wikipedia-n|YYYY-MM-DD|FileName (part 1).ogg|FileName (part 2).ogg|...}}. Templates are provided for up to 5 parts. Although there's no specific limit for file size, 10 MB, or about 20 minutes, might be a place to think about a break.
  • For the top of the article's talk page, add the following template:
    {{Talk Spoken Wikipedia|FileName.ogg}}
     Spoken Wikipedia
     This page is within the scope of WikiProject Spoken Wikipedia, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of articles that are spoken on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Spoken WikipediaWikipedia:WikiProject Spoken WikipediaTemplate:WikiProject Spoken WikipediaSpoken Wikipedia

Active participants

Place your current project after your name. Consider putting a list of your audio contributions somewhere too.

IINAG Finishing off the Russian History recording that I did, and I am also working on recording for all the articles in [French phrases category]

Recording assistance

Sample configurations

  • Alkivar – Dell PC, Sony's Sound Forge, RØDE NT1 ($499).
  • Andrevan – Custom-built PC, Windows XP, Pentium 4 2.4 GHz, 512 MB RAM, SoundBlaster Live! Value, generic Dell microphone, Audacity.
  • blankfaze – eMachines PC, Windows XP, 1.3 GHz, 256 MB RAM, some old microphone I've had since about 1997, Audacity.
  • brian0918 – Custom-built PC, Windows XP, Audacity, Logitech USB microphone
  • Chameleon — Custom-built PC, Windows XP Pro, Audacity, €3·90 microphone/headphones combo.
  • Demi – Dell Latitude laptop, $11 microphone, OpenBSD. Using sox and oggenc.
  • DO'Neil – PC running Windows XP, Audacity, recordings done with a cheap Verbatim headset microphone.
  • Fuzheado – Apple iBook G4 1 GHz, MacOS 10.3.8, Audacity, built-in microphone
  • Luigi30 – PC running Windows XP. Recording with GoldWave to either high or low bitrate Ogg Vorbis depending on length, and using a headset microphone.
  • silsor – home-built Athlon PC with cheap ES1371 sound card, Audacity/ALSA/Debian (all free software), $3 microphone. If I can do it so can you!
  • Timwi – Toshiba Satellite laptop, Audacity, headset microphone. Apparently my files are vastly larger than everyone else's, but so far nobody could tell me how to fix that.
  • Troythompson – home-built Athlon PC, Windows XP, Audacity, Plantronics series headset (about $40 USD).
  • Trevor Caira – Dell Dimension T500 with an emu10k1, Slackware Linux 10.1.0 ALSA, ecasound, oggenc, LADSPA, Shure SM57, Behringer Eurorack
  • MykReeve – Apple PowerBook G4 1.33 GHz, MacOS 10.3.9, Audacity, built-in microphone
  • User:Cluth – Apple PowerBook G4 1.67 GHz, MacOS 10.3.9, Audacity and Logic, Shure SM58, ART Tube MP Studio preamp, working on getting a pro audio interface (I'm a student radio producer)
  • Linuxbeak – home-built Pentium 4 based PC running Gentoo Linux. Audacity, ALSA, Soundblaster Audigy card with a generic microphone.
  • SatCam – Dell PC running Windows 2000 Pro. Using Audacity with a Shure SM7B ($350) (Behringer mixer for preamp)

See also

  • Meta:Wikisound: a project proposed by Angela to provide spoken versions of pages from Wikipedia and its sister projects.
  • Wikipedia:Sound: policies for handling sounds, and information for handling sound files
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