Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spoken Wikipedia

Are weird accents okay?

Hey, I have a funny accent - it's a mixture between Irish and Australian. I don't think my speech is difficult to understand, but I just think it might be a little confusing to English learners, because it'll sound inconsistent to them. Like, generally when you're learning a language you'll stick to one version/dialect of it, you know? Thanks. Watermelon-lemon (talk) 03:59, 29 October 2019 (UTC)

Watermelon-lemon, If you can speak fluent English, it doesn't matter! Spoken Wikipedia isn't just for language learners, its also for the visually impaired, and many other folks who prefer to hear things. Accents don't matter to them, so we're glad to have ya recording! And plus for learners, good to hear from a range of accents, as in the real world you don't just hear one accent. Captain Eek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 04:01, 29 October 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick response! Watermelon-lemon (talk) 04:04, 29 October 2019 (UTC)

Watermelon-lemon - but do let us know when you've recorded something, I feel like I want to hear your interesting (definitely not weird!) accent now! :) 09:10, 29 October 2019 (UTC)

Voice-overs on videos

Of interest to this WikiProject may be the relatively new WP:WikiProject Videowiki. Videos can be edited together on-wiki (example script) and will be automatically converted to a video. By default, the speech is machine-generated, but can be replaced by human voice-over. Such voice-overs might be something that members of this project are pretty experienced at! Relevant discussion is usually at WT:WikiProject Videowiki and WT:WikiProject Medicine. T.Shafee(Evo&Evo)^talk 03:54, 29 January 2020 (UTC)

Agreed, but a human would then have to edit the video with the humans recording, unless I understand VideoWiki wrong. JAZHAZHANDZWIKI (talk) 15:30, 29 February 2020 (UTC)

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Need to confirm Im doing things correctly... where to begin?

I wish to upload just one sample paragraph, from a requested article, that Ive recorded. Can I do this? Is someone willing to listen? *shrug* Do I follow same upload instructions? How & where do I give note that Ive uploaded for whomever is willing and qualified to let me know if Im on the right track? Yes I need some hand holding but I am confident I can do this, that I have all that is needed to do very, very good spoken articles; but need some hand holding to get through the technincal/etc stuff the first time. If I have done anything incorrectly here just let me know and I will fix it in future. Thanks for your time, whoever reads this! :) Thistle0Sifter (talk) 00:16, 17 April 2020 (UTC)

Removing references

Hi, is there any tool to mass remove references and all that sort of stuff? I'm making a transcript and am getting tired of doing it manually. — Yours, Berrely • ^Talk∕_Contribs 12:48, 22 April 2020 (UTC)

I'm a newbie and not entirely sure about script editing etiquette, how much should I change?

Okay well I'll preface this by saying my first foray into recording a spoken article is not a modest undertaking; I've chosen to narrate the article English language. I've begun preparing a script and made a few tweaks to improve the flow of certain sentences, but I am unsure about a few things.

1. Should I include tables? If not (which seems sensible) how can I convey the example provided?

2. Should I read the text under Images?

3. Can/Should I incorporate the sound files in the article into the recording (They are examples of dialects)?

Any advice is much appreciated.