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| Hashimi Senior Member Oman Joined 6257 days ago 362 posts - 529 votes  Speaks: Arabic (Written)* Studies: English, Japanese | Message 1 of 34 30 March 2010 at 1:07am | IP Logged | ||
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RhinoSpike: Foreign Language Audio on Demand! "RhinoSpike is an online language learning community tool that lets users around the globe exchange foreign language audio files. Get any foreign language text read aloud for you by a native speaker. Our system is simple. You submit some text that you want read aloud by a native speaker. A native speaker records it for you and sends you the audio file. You use that audio file to help yourself learn your target language. Embed it into your flashcards in your favorite Spaced Repetition System (SRS) program, download it to your mp3 player, or listen on your computer. To encourage users to help each other out, we have a queue system in place. When you submit an Audio Request, it is inserted into the queue for that language. Native speakers of your target language can then find your Audio Request and make a recording for it. To get faster results you can record your voice for users learning your language. Doing so will move your Audio Requests forward in the queue. Give and you shall receive!" Summary: - Submit some text that you want read aloud in a foreign language. Your submission becomes an Audio Request and will be sent to native speakers. - Record your voice for an Audio Request in your native language. Recording for other users bumps your submissions ahead in the queue. - Download the audio file for your submission. Learn the language through real, native input! Load it onto your ipod or add it to your favorite SRS/Flashcard program. http://rhinospike.com/about/ Edited by Hashimi on 30 March 2010 at 1:08am 4 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| kerateo Triglot Senior Member Mexico Joined 5644 days ago 112 posts - 180 votes Speaks: Spanish*, English, French Studies: Italian | Message 2 of 34 30 March 2010 at 1:11am | IP Logged | ||
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good, now i'll be able to have the cortina audio for free :)
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| The Blaz Senior Member Canada theblazblog.blogspotRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5598 days ago 120 posts - 176 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Swahili, French, Sign Language, Esperanto | Message 3 of 34 30 March 2010 at 1:17am | IP Logged | ||
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Does recorded audio get stored in an audio library?
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| Quabazaa Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 5607 days ago 414 posts - 543 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, German, French Studies: Japanese, Korean, Maori, Scottish Gaelic, Arabic (Levantine), Arabic (Egyptian), Arabic (Written) | Message 4 of 34 30 March 2010 at 1:28am | IP Logged | ||
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Is there a limit to how long the texts can be?
It sounds like a wonderful idea, but it's a bit annoying that you have to sign up to preview - eg no way to see if there is audio available in your target language or native speakers already signed up. I am also interested to know if there is an audio library everyone can access. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Hashimi Senior Member Oman Joined 6257 days ago 362 posts - 529 votes Speaks: Arabic (Written)* Studies: English, Japanese | Message 5 of 34 30 March 2010 at 3:16am | IP Logged | ||
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Yes, the audio is stored so everyone can access and download it. You can get many recordings for one request. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| sik0fewl Newbie Canada Joined 5492 days ago 31 posts - 43 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 6 of 34 30 March 2010 at 4:22am | IP Logged | ||
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I can't find where to download other people's recordings... does one have to contribute first before getting access to them?
[Edit: Nevermind. Going to the "record" page for any of the sentences allows you to play back any of the recordings for that sentence.] Edited by sik0fewl on 30 March 2010 at 4:30am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Cainntear Pentaglot Senior Member Scotland linguafrankly.blogsp Joined 6009 days ago 4399 posts - 7687 votes Speaks: Lowland Scots, English*, French, Spanish, Scottish Gaelic Studies: Catalan, Italian, German, Irish, Welsh | Message 7 of 34 30 March 2010 at 12:15pm | IP Logged | ||
Caution:
(my emphasis) Most website Ts&Cs state that they can use the material for "delivery and promotion" of the website's main function. RhinoSpike, on the other hand, say "we'll do anything at all we want with it, ever". They can make their own commercial courses using your voice, and never pay you a penny. Heck, they could even use it to trick you into recording a testimonial for a product or an advertising slogan! (Imagine if you'd been asked to record "I'm lovin' it" ten years ago -- you'd never have realised!) Caveat emptor.... 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
 Iversen Super Polyglot Moderator Denmark berejst.dk Joined 6701 days ago 9078 posts - 16473 votes Speaks: Danish*, French, English, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Esperanto, Romanian, Catalan Studies: Afrikaans, Greek, Norwegian, Russian, Serbian, Icelandic, Latin, Irish, Lowland Scots, Indonesian, Polish, Croatian Personal Language Map | Message 8 of 34 30 March 2010 at 2:46pm | IP Logged | ||
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You grant the same rights to HTLAL
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