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# 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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# Tatoeba audio

## Audio files are contributed by volunteers

* If a sentence doesn't yet have audio, it's because nobody has recorded one for us.
* If you would like to help by recording audio, please read the instructions below.


## How to contribute audio

### Requirements

* You must have a good microphone because sound quality is important.
* You should only record audio in your strongest (native) language.
* You agree that your audio may reused in other projects than Tatoeba.

### Send us samples

1. Pick a few random sentences (just two or three), record them, and send us the samples at **team@tatoeba.org**. This way we can evaluate whether the sound quality is good enough.
2. Use the following subject for your email: **Audio for Tatoeba in [language_name]**.
3. We will contact you back as soon as possible to let you know if you can continue recording.
4. If your audio is good enough, we will send you a list of sentences to record.

### Check the sentences you are recording

* In the list that we sent you, verify that the sentences sound natural to you and do not have any mistake.
* If a sentence doesn't sound natural or has a mistake, remove it from the list. Do **NOT** record audio for a sentence that has a mistake.
* We would appreciate that you also post a comment on the sentence on Tatoeba so that the sentence can be corrected.

### Record audio

* If you are a Windows user, we recommend that you use **Shtooka Recorder**. It will allow you to get things done more quickly. You can read [CK's Shtooka Recorder page](http://a4esl.com/temporary/tatoeba/shtooka/) for more instructions.
* If you are a Linux user, you can use [swac-recorder](swac-recorder), but we do not have detailed instructions for it.
* Save your files preferably as **MP3**. You can use another format if you wish, but we will eventually convert them to MP3.
* Your audio must be named after the sentence number. For example if you record the audio for the sentence #123, you would name your file `123.mp3`.

### Upload audio

* Tatoeba doesn't provide a way for audio contributors to upload directly their audio to the website. You will have to upload your audio somewhere else (for instance Dropbox, or Google Drive).
* Send us the link to download your audio. We will then upload them to the website as soon as possible.

## Need help?

If you 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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