Paul2520

Inspired by contributing to the Mozilla Common Voice project, I've been working on uploading audio recordings (US English; I have a Midwest accent) from Category:Requests for audio pronunciation in English entries and other entries that don't have any yet. I try and make sure upcoming words in the Word of the Day queue have recordings.

I know some Spanish and Kiswahili, and have aspirations to learn French.

Let me know if you have any feedback; I'm happy to fix or re-record any of mine (or others).

My procedure:

0. Have a glass of water or cuppa on-hand.

1. ensure I know how to pronounce the word.
   • Dictionary.com and merriam-webster.com have audio pronunciations for many words. Searching <word> pronunciation on YouTube (or finding videos about the subject) is another option. I've even had success asking ChatGPT.
2. record pronunciation in a quiet room using Audacity
3. once I have a recording I like, I cut the recording & reduce background noise
4. save as .oga (since it's a free, preferred format)
5. upload via the Commons:Special:UploadWizard & copy/paste the following:
   • Caption: pronunciation of "word" in American English
   • Description: Audio pronunciation of the word "word" in U.S. English (Midwestern accent).
   • Category: U.S. English pronunciation
6. update the Wiktionary entry with the following:

===Pronunciation===

* {{audio|en|En-us-complicity.oga|Audio (US)}}

Bookmarks

• Wiktionary:Word of the day/2024/May 23

todo list

• recordings for wait for Godot, tabor, saponification, remarried, takhi/horse name,
• song quote like "and tears bedim your loving eyes"
• profanation, floweret: quotes from Turandot?