Comments on: Sound off: EXMARaLDA http://www.sinoglot.com/bjs/2009/06/sound-off-exmaralda/ Beijing sounds, mostly language, through foreign ears. Fri, 13 Aug 2010 06:59:57 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: syz http://www.sinoglot.com/bjs/2009/06/sound-off-exmaralda/comment-page-1/#comment-24184 syz Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:42:05 +0000 http://www.bjshengr.com/bjs/?p=703#comment-24184 Klortho, yeah the possibilities for even the basic use of synchronized audio with text are enormous. You would think (or at least I thought before I started on this mission) that there would be at least 17 free tools on the Internet for synchronizing text and audio. After all, the idea is pretty basic. But the only ones I was able to uncover were expensive, complicated tools whose documentation did not make it entirely clear, at least to me, that I would be able to do what I wanted to do. And of course the additional sexiness of EXMARaLDA is that the synchronized text w/ audio is just a fringe benefit of the deep XML structure that the tool helps you create. Klortho, yeah the possibilities for even the basic use of synchronized audio with text are enormous. You would think (or at least I thought before I started on this mission) that there would be at least 17 free tools on the Internet for synchronizing text and audio. After all, the idea is pretty basic. But the only ones I was able to uncover were expensive, complicated tools whose documentation did not make it entirely clear, at least to me, that I would be able to do what I wanted to do.

And of course the additional sexiness of EXMARaLDA is that the synchronized text w/ audio is just a fringe benefit of the deep XML structure that the tool helps you create.

]]> By: Albert http://www.sinoglot.com/bjs/2009/06/sound-off-exmaralda/comment-page-1/#comment-24125 Albert Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:49:40 +0000 http://www.bjshengr.com/bjs/?p=703#comment-24125 No problems whatsoever in FireFox. A very awesome tool. It might even convince me to start using sound files more. No problems whatsoever in FireFox. A very awesome tool. It might even convince me to start using sound files more.

]]> By: Klortho http://www.sinoglot.com/bjs/2009/06/sound-off-exmaralda/comment-page-1/#comment-24087 Klortho Wed, 10 Jun 2009 04:02:53 +0000 http://www.bjshengr.com/bjs/?p=703#comment-24087 Oh, oh, oh ... and what about song lyrics? Oh, oh, oh … and what about song lyrics?

]]> By: Klortho http://www.sinoglot.com/bjs/2009/06/sound-off-exmaralda/comment-page-1/#comment-24085 Klortho Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:19:27 +0000 http://www.bjshengr.com/bjs/?p=703#comment-24085 Oh, and I meant to add, it seems to me it could be a really useful tool not only for the really high-end geeky language analysis you do (which I love, BTW) but also for producing study materials at all levels. Oh, and I meant to add, it seems to me it could be a really useful tool not only for the really high-end geeky language analysis you do (which I love, BTW) but also for producing study materials at all levels.

]]> By: Klortho http://www.sinoglot.com/bjs/2009/06/sound-off-exmaralda/comment-page-1/#comment-24084 Klortho Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:17:18 +0000 http://www.bjshengr.com/bjs/?p=703#comment-24084 Sweeeet! It worked for me in Firefox right off the bat. Back when I first started learning Chinese I did a few transcriptions like this. I found <a href='http://web.archive.org/web/20030601201751/chrismaloney.com/Chinese/Dialog/Text.html' rel="nofollow">this</a> on the wayback machine. Unfortunately, the wayback didn't archive the .wav files (or even my little image icons), and my current website is a shambles. I remember that it was a lot of work! I think I did about three or four of these altogether. I also tried to start developing a kind of an XML format for them, but never got very far. It's really cool to see this so polished. Sweeeet! It worked for me in Firefox right off the bat.

Back when I first started learning Chinese I did a few transcriptions like this. I found this on the wayback machine. Unfortunately, the wayback didn’t archive the .wav files (or even my little image icons), and my current website is a shambles.

I remember that it was a lot of work! I think I did about three or four of these altogether. I also tried to start developing a kind of an XML format for them, but never got very far. It’s really cool to see this so polished.

]]> By: syz http://www.sinoglot.com/bjs/2009/06/sound-off-exmaralda/comment-page-1/#comment-24031 syz Tue, 09 Jun 2009 09:28:27 +0000 http://www.bjshengr.com/bjs/?p=703#comment-24031 it was my phone, but not what I was using to record. yeah, there's some sort of universality about electronic sounds these days it was my phone, but not what I was using to record. yeah, there’s some sort of universality about electronic sounds these days

]]> By: Kellen http://www.sinoglot.com/bjs/2009/06/sound-off-exmaralda/comment-page-1/#comment-24025 Kellen Tue, 09 Jun 2009 07:55:45 +0000 http://www.bjshengr.com/bjs/?p=703#comment-24025 er, second<em>s</em>. er, seconds.

]]> By: Kellen http://www.sinoglot.com/bjs/2009/06/sound-off-exmaralda/comment-page-1/#comment-24024 Kellen Tue, 09 Jun 2009 07:55:18 +0000 http://www.bjshengr.com/bjs/?p=703#comment-24024 I'm impressed. Downloading it for myself now. I hear a beep at around 50 second. That wouldn't happen to be your phone that you're using to record would it? Sounds exactly like mine. I’m impressed. Downloading it for myself now.

I hear a beep at around 50 second. That wouldn’t happen to be your phone that you’re using to record would it? Sounds exactly like mine.

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