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About FirstVoices
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FirstVoices.com is an online space for communities to share and promote their language, oral culture and linguistic history. Communities create secure, interactive language sites online by uploading audio recordings, words, phrases, songs and stories to be shared with others. Operating since 2003, FirstVoices is an initiative of the First Peoples' Cultural Council.
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The FirstVoices team works with experienced language educators, band councils and language communities to plan revitalization programs. Using digital recording many of these Elders' voices are preserved and accessed online by computer, tablet, or mobile phone. Younger, tech-savvy community members become engaged through training in professional audio recording and archiving techniques. We can also help with physical archives, such as audio cassettes, photos, and written sources which can be digitally archived through Federal and Provincial grant programs.
Projects
FirstVoices website – web-based platform where communities can create, edit, host, and maintain content on their own interactive "language site," featuring a suite of online tools such as dictionary, custom search, games, Kids Portal and more.
FirstVoices apps – interactive dictionary apps for Android and iOS, pulling content from FirstVoices language sites. The apps contain text, audio, image and video content and are available as free downloads from the iTunes and Google Play stores.
FirstVoices keyboards – keyboard software designed in partnership between language communities and the Keyman keyboard
development teamdevelopment team, downloadable on Mac and PC computers
FirstVoices keyboard app – contains keyboard software for all FirstVoices keyboards within one easy to use app. Once the FirstVoices keyboard app is installed on a mobile device, any one of the 100+ custom keyboards can be activated. Users then are able to select their keyboard(s) of choice within their email, social media, word processing or other apps.
Contact us
We have resources and people to help you start your own language site, or connect with one of our existing language sites. Contact support@fpcc.ca for more information.
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