Ease adding audio for contributors

[jiru]

As shown in UX test 4, the entry barrier is quite high to contribute audio, the instructions are in English only.

In addition, the process is very dependant on CK.

How easy should we make it (and how) is yet to be determined, I’m just gathering information related to this issue.

• Audio contribution instructions on the wiki.
• It’s now possible to download lists for the Shtooka recorder thanks to Allow downloading lists as txt and for the Shtooka recorder #2257.
• More details about how CK creates audio
• Proof of concept of recording from inside the browser

[cajunesque]

I concur. My implementation suggestions as a programmer who has done this before :
a boolean field in the account database would be set for all accounts whose initial audio test was vetted by CK for accuracy and quality.
based on this value, a microphone icon would display block next to the existing loudspeaker icon.
a click would then use his browsers audio recording capability to record the sound and then automatically associate that to the sentence / language combination.
(As proof that this has been done successfully before, I offer https://online-voice-recorder.com/#. I used this one myself to submit my initial audios to you, and the quality passed the "test")

Cost of not implementing this:
When I was vetted with my intial recordings I honestly was expecting the user experience to be as I described above . Having to do this externally through audacity or otherwise is an unnecessary extra step and the inconvenience certainly (since I speak for myself -- a power-user of audacity) is deterring free uploads from otherwise enthusiastic and able contributors.