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Wikipedia:Voice intro project

{{Short description|Project to record the speaking voices of notable people}}

{{Shortcut|WP:YOURVOICE|WP:WikiVIP|WP:VoiceIntro}}

The Voice intro project makes and solicits audio recordings in which Wikipedia subjects speak their name and introduce themselves, in response to a blog post, "[http://pigsonthewing.org.uk/open-licensed-format-recordings-voices-wikipedia-wikimedia-commons/ Requesting open-licensed, open-format recordings of the voices of Wikipedia subjects for Wikimedia Commons]", by Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing). We do this so that we know what notable people sound like; and how they pronounce their own names.

Examples

See the infoboxes on:

For a complete list please see the Commons categories.

How to record

For more details of how to make and upload a recording, examples, and a suggested script, please see Commons:Voice intro project.

Adding voice files to Wikipedia articles

  • Use :en:Template:Listen (copyable example below)
  • Embed that in an infobox if possible. See an [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mark_Williams-Thomas&diff=586217763&oldid=586179297 example of embedding]

You may copy:

{{Listen| filename = XXXXX |title = XXXXX's voice |type = speech |description = recorded XXDATEXX }}

or, for embedding in infoboxes:

| module = {{Listen|pos=center|embed=yes|filename = XXXXX |title = XXXXX's voice |type = speech |description = recorded in XXDATEXX }}

See also

{{Commons cat|Voice intro project}}

{{Wikidata property|P990}}

Category:Wikipedia Voice intro project