Dear Steve,
I came across this site today which has CD's of a monk chanting in
pali. http://www.buddhist-book.com/prod05.htm

""A unique feature of SBMC is the production of Audio CDs of
Buddhist chants. The pali text is chanted by Venarabal Wergoda
Sarada Maha Thero ""
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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