We are also looking for spaces to use these computers. Like I say below, there will be multiple language groups working separately. I have some flyers made up. I just have to talk with some one over at the church to expand the potluck to 3 hours and to make it monthly. ---the contents of the flyer--- The Collective Sage is organizing the creation of audio CD's that teach language and culture through the use of fables. Storytellers, Musicians, and Translators of all languages are invited to The Language CD Potluck Breakfast every 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month 11am to 2pm at the Walker Church 3104 16th Avenue South in Minneapolis. (down stairs in the dining room) For more information call Christopher @ 612-874-7005 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Howard" <seehow at bitstream.net> To: <demudi-user at demudi.org> Sent: Friday, 22 February, 2002 05:19 Subject: [Demudi-user] Demudi Programers in the Twin Cities We are looking for programmers in the Twin Cities area who would like to help set up computers to do audio editing. The computers will be donated, so they may all be different. (know any one who will donate?) The idea is to create a set of audio CD's that teach a language with the use of fables, for each language in the Twin Cities. The whole process will also help build friendships across cultural boundaries. The CD set would start off with something like greetings and counting from 1 to 10, then cut out into a few minutes of fable. Then more words and phrases, then fable again, back and forth and so on. After an English-as-a-first-language person listens a dozen times the fables start to make sense. I'd like the fables to be really good audio drama, with sound affects and ethnic music, exposing the listener to a culture, not just teaching a language. We are currently organizing potlucks over at the Walker Church (Saturday March 9th and 23rd 11:30am to 1:30pm {maybe it should be an hour longer, the second and fourth Saturdays of every month}), to gather the people together to make it happen. The CD's will be published under the OpenMusic License so they can be copied and redistributed by any one. Every library in the area will get a set or two of each. Using Free Software is much preferable in this project because there will be multiple language groups working in parallel and it will be very much publicized. We don't want any bad scenes happening over commercial software, plus it just fits in with the idea. Also we would like to know the minimum amount of computer to ask for while seeking donations. The machines will be dedicated to the task of working on a two or four CD set, and they may have to be shared by a few language groups (more than one set at a time). I figure 200mhz with 64mb, a Linux compatible sound card, a CD burner, and at least an 8GB hard drive (can we put more than one sound card in one machine?). We'll need a good mike for each. We are also looking for people who have experience in creating radio drama. It will be a fun project, and it may last a couple years. Anyone interested? _______________________________________________ Demudi-user mailing list Demudi-user at demudi.org http://iuamtg.upf.es/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/demudi-user