I am interested in learning some basic Pali and it has occurred to me that it
would be very helpful to me, and probably countless others who have no access
to a local source, if there was an internet audio source available to guide
beginners in the proper pronunciation of the language. I have found written
documents on the internet suggesting how to pronounce the different sounds
and letter combinations but these are no match for actually 'hearing' the
language spoken by someone familiar with the language.

If this idea is something that the Pali Community might like to support, then
I would be happy to offer my time, equipment and talents to seeing this idea
to completion and producing .WAV and/or .MP3 files and an accompany .PDF file
of the spoken text. What I would require of the other person(s) is the
written text of the words/sounds that are being pronounced and a tape
recording, of reasonable quality, of the spoken words/sounds.

My only other requirement, which I am certain would be supported by anyone
choosing to participate, would be that the resultant computer files that are
produced are free of copyright and are offered free of charge to any internet
site wishing to host the files at no charge to the internet community - a
kind of dhamma gift.

If it is of any help to you in arriving at a decision, I am a computer
programmer with additional proficiencies in PC audio engineering and internet
site design sufficient to see this project through to final realization.

May all beings be free from suffering,
Steve



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