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Latest revision as of 09:04, 24 July 2011

Thousands of people use Marble on the Nokia N900 to find their way and explore the world. Become their voice! Record your voice speaking a handful of turn instructions like Bear left! and send them to us. All contributions will be made available for download.

Requirements

Please note that certain prerequisites must be fulfilled by all contributions. In particular

You need hardware equipment like a microphone to record voice samples
You must be the copyright holder of all audio files (voice samples) you send in
You must license all audio files (voice samples) CC BY-SA 3.0

Timeline

The table below lists important dates during the contest.

Date	Description
2011-06-15	The voice contest starts.
2011-07-20	Upload deadline (extended).
2011-07-25	Winner announcement.
2011-07-27	Marble 1.2 ships with the winning voice.

Participation

Interested in participating? Please follow these steps:

Choose one or more languages you want to record audio files in. Prepare translations of the commands for languages other than english. See Translations for details.
Record all 64 voice samples and store them as .ogg files. See Recording for details.
Upload your voice. See Upload for details.

Note

Found a problem? Need some help? Don't be shy, give us a call. Write a mail to [email protected] or talk to us in IRC (#marble in freenode).

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+Thousands of people use Marble on the Nokia N900 to find their way and explore the world. Become their voice! Record your voice speaking a handful of turn instructions like ''Bear left!'' and send them to us. All contributions will be made available for [http://edu.kde.org/marble/speakers.php download].
-Thousands of people use Marble on the Nokia N900 to find their way and explore the world. Become their voice! Record your voice speaking a handful of turn instructions like ''Bear left!'' and send them to us. With a bit of luck you're chosen to be the voice of Marble: Your voice becomes the default speaker in Marble's next version 1.2.
 == Requirements ==
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 * You need hardware equipment like a microphone to record voice samples
 * You must be the copyright holder of all audio files (voice samples) you send in
-* You must license all audio files (voice samples) [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ CC BY-SA]
+* You must license all audio files (voice samples) [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ CC BY-SA 3.0]
 == Timeline ==
 [[Image:Voice-of-marble.png|right]]
-The table below lists important dates during the contest. It's best to prepare your contribution early to avoid any time problems towards the deadline -- quality recordings take their time.
+The table below lists important dates during the contest.
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 | 2011-06-15 || The voice contest starts.
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-| 2011-07-15 || '''Firm upload deadline.'''
+| 2011-07-20 || '''Upload deadline (extended).'''
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-| 2011-07-18 || Winner announcement.
+| 2011-07-25 || Winner announcement.
 |-
 | 2011-07-27 || Marble 1.2 ships with the winning voice.
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 Interested in participating? Please follow these steps:
 # Choose one or more languages you want to record audio files in. Prepare translations of the commands for languages other than english. See [[Marble/VoiceOfMarble/Translations|Translations]] for details.
-# Record all voice samples and store them as .ogg files. See [[Marble/VoiceOfMarble/Recording|Recording]] for details.
+# Record all 64 voice samples and store them as .ogg files. See [[Marble/VoiceOfMarble/Recording|Recording]] for details.
-# Upload your voice in time for the upload deadline (cf. timeline above). See [[Marble/VoiceOfMarble/Upload|Upload]] for details.
+# Upload your voice. See [[Marble/VoiceOfMarble/Upload|Upload]] for details.
+{{note|Found a problem? Need some help? Don't be shy, give us a call. Write a mail to [email protected] or talk to us in IRC (#marble in freenode).}}