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11# Contribute audio for Tatoeba
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3If you want to record, you must have a good microphone because sound quality is important.
3If you want to record, you must have a good microphone because sound quality is important. You should only record audio in your strongest (native) language.
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55## Audio recorder tools
66There are two audio recorder tools specialized for recording audio for Tatoeba: **Shtooka Recorder** and **swac-recorder**. Both were written by the same developer, zmoo. If you will be recording on Windows, use Shtooka, which has been verified as running on at least the following platforms: Windows XP and Windows 7, and for which we have both instructions and videos. We do not as yet have instructions or videos for swac-recorder.
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88For information about installing and using Shtooka, see [Using Shtooka Recorder](shtooka). For information about installing swac-recorder, see [Using swac-recorder](swac-recorder).
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1010## Sending us your sample recordings
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1212* Pick a few random sentences (just two or three), record them, and send us the samples at team@tatoeba.org, with the title "Audio for Tatoeba in *language_name*". This way we can evaluate whether the sound quality is good enough.
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1414* If we tell you that the quality of your audio is good enough, you can go ahead and record audio for more sentences. Verify that all the sentences sound natural to you. If a sentence doesn't sound natural, post a comment on it.
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1616## Contact for additional help
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1818If you want to record for the project and need additional help, please contact [CK via a private message](http://tatoeba.org/eng/private_messages/write/CK), and he will try to help you.
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2020Related link: http://blog.tatoeba.org/2010/04/audio-for-tatoeba-sentences-in.html
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# Contribute audio for Tatoeba

If you want to record, you must have a good microphone because sound quality is important.

## Audio recorder tools
There are two audio recorder tools specialized for recording audio for Tatoeba: **Shtooka Recorder** and **swac-recorder**. Both were written by the same developer, zmoo. If you will be recording on Windows, use Shtooka, which has been verified as running on at least the following platforms: Windows XP and Windows 7, and for which we have both instructions and videos. We do not as yet have instructions or videos for swac-recorder.

For information about installing and using Shtooka, see [Using Shtooka Recorder](shtooka). For information about installing swac-recorder, see [Using swac-recorder](swac-recorder).

## Sending us your sample recordings

* Pick a few random sentences (just two or three), record them, and send us the samples at team@tatoeba.org, with the title "Audio for Tatoeba in *language_name*". This way we can evaluate whether the sound quality is good enough.

* If we tell you that the quality of your audio is good enough, you can go ahead and record audio for more sentences. Verify that all the sentences sound natural to you. If a sentence doesn't sound natural, post a comment on it.

## Contact for additional help

If you want to record for the project and need additional help, please contact [CK via a private message](http://tatoeba.org/eng/private_messages/write/CK), and he will try to help you.

Related link: http://blog.tatoeba.org/2010/04/audio-for-tatoeba-sentences-in.html

version at: 27/01/2015, 22:34

# Contribute audio for Tatoeba

If you want to record, you must have a good microphone because sound quality is important. You should only record audio in your strongest (native) language.

## Audio recorder tools
There are two audio recorder tools specialized for recording audio for Tatoeba: **Shtooka Recorder** and **swac-recorder**. Both were written by the same developer, zmoo. If you will be recording on Windows, use Shtooka, which has been verified as running on at least the following platforms: Windows XP and Windows 7, and for which we have both instructions and videos. We do not as yet have instructions or videos for swac-recorder.

For information about installing and using Shtooka, see [Using Shtooka Recorder](shtooka). For information about installing swac-recorder, see [Using swac-recorder](swac-recorder).

## Sending us your sample recordings

* Pick a few random sentences (just two or three), record them, and send us the samples at team@tatoeba.org, with the title "Audio for Tatoeba in *language_name*". This way we can evaluate whether the sound quality is good enough.

* If we tell you that the quality of your audio is good enough, you can go ahead and record audio for more sentences. Verify that all the sentences sound natural to you. If a sentence doesn't sound natural, post a comment on it.

## Contact for additional help

If you want to record for the project and need additional help, please contact [CK via a private message](http://tatoeba.org/eng/private_messages/write/CK), and he will try to help you.

Related link: http://blog.tatoeba.org/2010/04/audio-for-tatoeba-sentences-in.html

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