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Decide what will be included with each sound file. Some communities include only the sound associated with the character (example), and others choose to include more information such as detail about the character itself, or example words using the sound (example). You are encouraged to make whatever decision is most suitable for your project and your community's teaching practices.
/wiki/spaces/FIR1/pages/17662754 of a speaker producing the character sound and any other information that you decided to include.
Follow these instructions for managing and editing your audio files.
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DO NOT alter the column headers in the template. Take great care to avoid typos. Any errors you make in the content of this spreadsheet will be reflected when the FirstVoices team uploads your alphabet and may interfere with our ability to upload your alphabet entirely. If a column is not applicable to your alphabet, you can leave it blank, 'hide' it, or delete it. If you add any additional columns, our system will ignore them and the content will not be uploaded. |
Steps:
Download the alphabet submission template | alphabet submission template
Enter the information you gathered in the spreadsheet columns. Column definitions:
CHAR: The character in your writing system (If your writing system uses lower case, enter lower case. If your writing system does not use lower case, enter upper case here)
CHAR_UPPER_CASE: The upper-case variation of the character in your writing system (If your writing system does not use upper case, leave this column blank)
LATIN: The equivalent character in English, approximate characters that are commonly used by learners, or alternate spellings (this is necessary for successful use of the 'approximate search' feature)
ORDER: The numerical order in which this character appears (for alphabetical sorting)
AUDIO_FILENAME: The exact filename of the corresponding audio file, including the file extension (e.g. alphabet_a.wav)
AUDIO_SOURCE: The name of the speaker on the recording
AUDIO_RECORDER: The name of the person who made the recording
Save your spreadsheet in CSV UTF-8 (Comma delimited) (.csv) file format following the same rules for file naming as used for media files. (ONLY use lowercase letters, numbers, hyphens, or underscores, NO SPACES. The only special character should be the period before the file type)
Send your spreadsheet and folder of media files to FirstVoices as an email attachment to <batch@fpcc.ca>. It is ok to zip your media files for easier attachment.
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Download submission template
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View and download our template spreadsheet for alphabet submission here:
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Example
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alphabet spreadsheets
Check out these helpful sample spreadsheets, demonstrating how to enter
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a writing system that uses uppercase characters, lowercase characters, or both.
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Example with Upper Case and Lower Case
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Managing your alphabet
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Only Language Administrators can edit the site alphabet! Check with your FirstVoices team regarding what role and permissions you have on the site. |
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