Commons:Pronunciation files requests
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The page contains information on pronunciation files used in Wiktionaries and Wikipedias.
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File format and the storehouse[edit]
Files need to be in ogg format (see Commons:Media help). Commons is the only place to store the files (do not store them on local Wiktionaries).
Recordings[edit]
Where necessary, some inflected forms should be recorded too (Baum, Bäume; man, men; człowiek, ludzie; etc). Ideally the word should be repeated twice; by a man and a woman.
Naming the files, and the language code[edit]
xx-word.ogg, where xx is the ISO 639 code for the language.(For English, the code is "en") For languages that don't have two-letter codes, use the assigned three-letter code. If there are words that are spelt the same way, but pronounced differently, we add a number after "word" and include the explanation on the file description page.
Category[edit]
Every pronunciation file should be put to a proper language category. For example, English pronunciation files should be under Category:English pronunciation category. So, please write like this: [[Category:English pronunciation|word]]
Additionally, please add "how-to-read" in the parameter. For example, the file en-man.ogg should be appeared under a letter "m". Write as follows. Note that writing |Man will put the file under "M" letter, which is completely different!
[[Category:English pronunciation|man]]
Discussion[edit]
If you have questions or suggestions, please use the Talk-page for the discussion.
Help playing/recording *.ogg[edit]
- Shtooka recorder, free software under GPL developed by the Shtooka project
- Wikipedia:Creation and usage of media files
- m:Multimedia/Help:Listening to sounds
- see also meta:Multimedia#Software_features
For encoding Ogg Vorbis files, use quality 3.
How do I use the files in my Wiktionary or Wikipedia?[edit]
You don't need to re-upload any files - they will be fetched from Commons. The syntax is [[Media:LNG-word.ogg|word]] (local example - example from pl.wiktionary - example from it.wiktionary - example from nl.wiktionary).
Alternatively, you may create a template "Audio" containing "<span class="audiolink">[[Media:{{{1}}}|listen]]</span>" (or something more complex) which will create links like this: {{audio|pl-niemiecki.ogg}} ( Result: listen ). The audiolink class must be included in your wiki's Mediawiki:Common.css by an administrator.
