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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. 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. | 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 == | |||
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) [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ CC BY-SA] | |||
== Timeline == | == Timeline == | ||
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The table below lists important dates during the contest. It's best to prepare your contribution early to avoid any | 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. | ||
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| 2011-07-27 || Marble 1.2 ships with the winning voice. | | 2011-07-27 || Marble 1.2 ships with the winning voice. | ||
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== 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 [[Marble/VoiceOfMarble/Translations|Translations]] for details. | |||
# Record all 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. | |||
Revision as of 19:45, 9 June 2011
UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
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
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
Timeline
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.
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2011-06-15 | The voice contest starts. |
| 2011-07-15 | Firm upload deadline. |
| 2011-07-18 | 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 voice samples and store them as .ogg files. See Recording for details.
- Upload your voice in time for the upload deadline (cf. timeline above). See Upload for details.