mattcreager/polyglot

Contacts

If you have questions or need help getting setup, please don't hesitate to contact us:

• Matt Creager: creager@heroku.com
• Peter Cho: pc@heroku.com

Dependencies

• The internet (preferably fast & dependable)
• Audacity
• USB headset and/or a microphone + headphones (ear-buds are evil)
• A quiet corner
• Opinions

Before we record

• Download & configure Audacity (see the instructions below)
• Find a quiet place to record
• Record a 30 second sample, and send it to Creager & Peter
• Upload the recording to dropbox or something, and send us a link

Configuring Audacity

Audacity is really simple to use, here are a few tips that will improve the quality of the recording:

1. Choose the appropriate recording device and record in (Mono)

2. 'Click to Start Monitoring', speak at a normal level - green is good

3. Export .aiff