| Wiktionary:Beer parlour Apr 26th 2012, 00:08 AWB Access for Pronunciations: | ← Older revision | Revision as of 00:08, 26 April 2012 | | Line 3,112: | Line 3,112: | | | :::AWB doesn't let me fetch a list without logging in, so I'll need it even for item 1 (though DPL can get me most of the way there). As for the templates, I like that [[Template:audio-IPA]] attaches the audio directly to the transcription, which makes attaching audio to words with multiple pronunciations clearer to the reader. Cf. [[paratransit]]. I'm actively working to make the presentation even cleaner and add a few features, but I think [[Template:audio-IPA]] is already a big improvement over [[Template:audio]] in many circumstances. --[[User:GabrielSjoberg|Gabriel Sjöberg]] ([[User talk:GabrielSjoberg|talk]]) 18:33, 25 April 2012 (UTC) | | :::AWB doesn't let me fetch a list without logging in, so I'll need it even for item 1 (though DPL can get me most of the way there). As for the templates, I like that [[Template:audio-IPA]] attaches the audio directly to the transcription, which makes attaching audio to words with multiple pronunciations clearer to the reader. Cf. [[paratransit]]. I'm actively working to make the presentation even cleaner and add a few features, but I think [[Template:audio-IPA]] is already a big improvement over [[Template:audio]] in many circumstances. --[[User:GabrielSjoberg|Gabriel Sjöberg]] ([[User talk:GabrielSjoberg|talk]]) 18:33, 25 April 2012 (UTC) | | | ::::I think msh210 is asking you to say why it's "big improvement". I'm not against to per se, I just have no reason to support it. [[User:Mglovesfun|Mglovesfun]] ([[User talk:Mglovesfun|talk]]) 21:45, 25 April 2012 (UTC) | | ::::I think msh210 is asking you to say why it's "big improvement". I'm not against to per se, I just have no reason to support it. [[User:Mglovesfun|Mglovesfun]] ([[User talk:Mglovesfun|talk]]) 21:45, 25 April 2012 (UTC) | | | + | :::::Here are the advantages I see right now: | | | + | :::::# The biggest advantage is that [[Template:audio-IPA]] connects the IPA transcription to the actual audio file. This can be really handy for people who don't know how to read IPA and can't correctly associate two independent lists of pronunciations. | | | + | :::::#The new template also adds hidden categories based on optional, named parameters. This metadata can indicate the language, dialect, and sex of the speaker. This isn't information that anyone is using now, but it could come in handy at some point in the future. Additionally, the hidden categories can be used to determine which terms do not have audio with certain characteristics (e.g., you could make a DPL that gives all pages that do not have a British audio pronunciation). | | | + | :::::In the future, I'd like to come up with a way to connect more than one recording to a transcription, but I just don't have a really clear way of presenting that on the page right now. | | |
