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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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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.
Alphabet template and examples
View and download our template spreadsheet for alphabet submission here:
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Example use: Check out these helpful sample spreadsheets, demonstrating how to enter orthographies with either/both upper and lower case characters:
Example with Upper Case and Lower Case Only
Example with Upper Lower Case Only
Example with Upper Case and Lower CaseOnly
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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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The FirstVoices development team will provide a spreadsheet template.
Language team members will map the existing entries to entries using the new alphabet (words, phrases, and audio titles).
The FirstVoices development team will run a script to edit words, phrases, and audio titles.
The FirstVoices development team will upload the new alphabet.
Language team members will check entries for errors by going through the word and phrase list view on FirstVoices.
Language team will manually update story and song entries to use the new alphabet.
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