Voices of a.org

[adz]

This may sound a tad insane, however, I'm not the first to suggest it. Recently, there was some discussion regarding different accents from around the world. Judging by pics, locality and general conversation, I've formed my own opinions as to what some of you may sound like, not sure if anybody else does that, but I do. I doubt any of these are remotely accurate and the likelihood of meeting many of you is near invisible so my proposal is to build a web archive of peoples voices saying the same line. The line shall be the following:

"Hi, this is from Amiga.org saying hello world."

I've set up a gmail account to recieve the sound files:

voices.a.org@gmail.com

I don't really care what format you send me, so long as its nothing too obscure. They will all be converted to MP3 as I've only got a limited amount of webspace. Depending on how many responses I get, I'll begin the process of building the web archive, please note, I learnt web development on notepad and I've not progressed much further, so don't expect anything fancy :-D Anyways, I look forward to hearing from you all ;-)

[adz]

PMC wrote:
Actually, I don't speak with an accent, unless you call middle class English an accent (although I don't sound my 't's).  

Thats why its called voices of a.org. accent or not, we want to hear you :-)

[adz]

iamaboringperson wrote:
Do you want iama's voice in stereo?

You can go quadraphonic if you wish, but it'll end up being converted to mono all the same.

[adz]

Looks like my idea may actually take off, I've got two so far and I'm still waiting on Karlos and Whabang, I'm pretty sure X-ray was going to send something, but time will tell. I've recorded my own, so that makes a total of three. Come on peoples, the world must hear you!

Thanks to Wilse and mick_aka for their contribution :-)

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@Wilse

Your voice is exactly as I imagined it would be like :-)


@X-ray

Thats no excuse!!! Sout Efrikan or not, we will hear your voice sooner or later ;-)

@rest

Get a wriggle on will you, I won't quit until I have a good percentage of your voices :lol: If push comes to shove I'll have to employ the mighty power of our resident spambot, you'll be bombarded until you submit :-D

[adz]

@motorollin

Cheers!!!

[adz]

Karlos wrote:

Sent :-D

Hehe, second one had me rolling for a while :roflmao:

[adz]

@adz:

Erm, well, I guess I am quite predictable.

Well, TBH, I thought your accent would have been heavier, but as far as Scotsman go, you are easily understandable. As for the Scotsman that lives across the road...I cannae undoorstand ay woord ey sez :-D

[adz]

whabang wrote:
It's in the mail!

So, where's the site? :-)

Will be up this weekend :-)

[adz]

Its crude, but it works:

Voices of Amiga.org

Unfortunately the server doesn't support PHP, so it is what it is, enjoy :-)

[adz]

@Speel & Cecilia

I got both of yours, they will be added tonight.


@all

So did my voice sound anything like you expected?

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cecilia wrote:
wow! it actually worked?? i'll be damned! (and I mean me sending a voice message via phone)

The email was a tad dodgy, but I found what I needed. You and Speel are now up.

nice job, adz. :pancake:

Cheers, I do try and make a difference :-D

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@Cecilia

What is there is what I got, if you want to resend, please do, it only takes a minute to change. I recieved a WAV file, perhaps there is a limit on the file size?

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Speelgoedmannetje wrote:

Well, you and ADZ have *quite* a smooth English accent  8-)

By crickey, I'm glad I don't sound like a fair dinkum slackjaw bogan :lol:

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X-ray wrote:
They doesn't play proper for me, innit.
Only Karlos's one works, all others are blank in the middle.

Bugger, what are you using to play them?