The famous online encyclopedia is now heavily loaded with voice recording, at
least for some of its records.
No offense to his detractors, the Wikipedia is now one of the world's most
popular services. Each month, it receives more than half a billion unique
visitors and currently occupies the sixth place on the podium at Alexa,
accelerated by a short head by Baidu, Yahoo, YouTube, Facebook and Google.
Needless to say it is the latter which is in first place.
n recent months, the encyclopedia has worked extensively on his publisher
simplifying the interface and by a new special mode allowing contributors to
back up their items as drafts . Now she tackles records of the greatest
personalities of the world, forms it has every intention to enrich based on a
new program: Wikipedia Voice Intro Project or Wikipedia VIP for intimate.
Developed by Andy Mabbett, it simply aims to integrate the plug
some figures ... a sample of their voice. Amazing, that's for sure, but the
project is far more ambitious than it seems at first, since these samples are
recorded directly from the people involved.
At least in most cases. Wikipedia actually decided to partner with the BBC to
recover extracts from interviews of the most difficult to contact individuals,
including those who have disappeared from the face of the planet. If
contributors wish, they may well join the movement and to meet persons of
their choice to make their contribution to the building.
At the moment, only the English version of the encyclopedia is concerned by
this new. You can also visit the page of Stephen John Fry or Tim Berners-Lee
to see how it looks.
Oh, and an index, though: the media player is down and to the right.
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