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A wonderful project Steve, I hope it can be arranged. I think there
are some recordings that the PTS has that were based on the Warder
book (a tape cassete) this would be good to put on the web fro a
start, if permission can be gained.
best wishes
robert
In Pali@..., "McClain, Steven" <steven.mcclain@...> wrote:

> 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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