Worst come to worst, we can use Google Docs as a repository- it will "soon
be possible" to upload any kind of file, which I would assume includes .mp3
files. However we decide to do it, though, we'll need to put it's web link
into the Gdoc list.
On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 12:42 PM, Sara Brand <seran...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I had offered to help with this project, but it turns out that I really
> don't have the time for it. Sorry guys.
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 10:52 AM, Jon "Top Hat" Jones <eyeo...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 5:12 AM, Oren <get.o...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> hey, the status of my mp3s is "on the way." Chinese new year is upon us.
>>>
>>>
>>> I'll also think very hard about solving the mp3 repository thing... Is
>>> there some way to export or import mp3s with smart.fm?
>>>
>>
>> As far as I know, the only way to import .mp3 files to Smart.fm is to
>> attach them to a lesson item, and there is no way to export them short of
>> playing one while you have something recording what comes out your speakers.
>>
>> I agree that their backend makes mp3 management a chore (maybe it's
>>> just in china that it's very slow and can't list more than several dozen
>>> items per page), but I almost feel like if there isn't a convenient way to
>>> port data or manage data... why get our stuff stuck there? It only needs to
>>> be done once, but it's also a good idea to sniff out other options.
>>>
>>
>> Nope, I'm in the U.S., and it's just as slow for me, including the 20
>> items per page thing. And I agree that the lack of good data management is a
>> low blow. The funny thing is, they *used* to have that stuff- before the
>> recent interface changes, it *was* possible to make an entire lesson by
>> importing, for instance, a text document. According to their news blog,
>> they'll be bringing that back at some point, once they've finished making
>> the site work well enough to stop getting complaints again.
>>
>> As far as the getting stuck bit- that's part of the reason why I want an
>> online repository for the audio. Thanks to the Google Doc you made,
>> everything *but* the audio already has a single place online to go, and
>> I'm certain that, once all the simplified definitions are finished, it would
>> be a relatively simple matter to add the items as a lesson in any of the
>> other web-based language learning sites in extent. And if someone happened
>> to come across a learning site that supported Lojban pronunciation, we
>> wouldn't even need the audio for it.
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 05:31, Jon "Top Hat" Jones <eyeo...@gmail.com
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have come to the conclusion that it would be beneficial to this
>>>> project if there was some sort of central online repository for the lojban
>>>> audio re: the Smart.fm lessons, the reason being that it would be a simple
>>>> matter for those of us who are putting the entries in the lessons would be
>>>> able to download the audio for the entry from said repository.
>>>>
>>>> Obviously this means that the audio must be *done* first, and so far
>>>> the only audio I am aware of is that which I have recorded myself, with one
>>>> exception, which unfortunately was not used for reasons that do not need to
>>>> be mentioned.
>>>>
>>>> Speaking of which, I know that at least 3 people offered to record
>>>> audio, what is the status of their recordings?
>>>>
>>>> In any case, I am wondering if anyone has a suggestion for such a
>>>> repository. Something free and easily accessible would be best. I know
>>>> there
>>>> is a site which is used for spoken audio, the name of which currently
>>>> escapes me, but I am discouraged from using it as the site's purpose, IIRC,
>>>> is for conversational spoken Lojban, and the audio for the Smart.fm lessons
>>>> is merely gismu and the occasional {lo}, {se}, {te}, {ve}, and {xe}.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> mu'o mi'e .aionys.
>>>>
>>>> .i.a'o.e'e ko klama le bende pe denpa bu
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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>> mu'o mi'e .aionys.
>>
>> .i.a'o.e'e ko klama le bende pe denpa bu
>>
>>
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