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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Collecting "hi" voices
From:       Daniel Engelschalt <Daniel.Engelschalt () gmx ! net>
Date:       2003-12-16 9:07:34
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> On Sonntag, 14. Dezember 2003 21:37, Adriaan de Groot wrote:
> > [This sprung to mind as a cute timewaster / data hog, but one that
> > might underscore the sheer variety of KDE development once more.]
> >
> > We (as in KDE) managed to get KTuberling translated. I think that's a
> > pretty impressive achievement, finding kids in 50-odd language to say
> > things like "ear". Wouldn't it be neat to collect "welcome to KDE" or
> > something like that as well, from a bunch of developers in different
> > languages? Then you could conceivably find out what coolo sounds like,
> > or how to welcome someone (to KDE) in Mandarin Chinese.
>
> I might be wrong, but IMO the easiest way to get this done could be
> adding such a greeting voice to the main KDE splash screen appearing
> upon start of KDE.
>
> This greeting voice could be heared instead of the normal sound theme
> we get when KDE has nearly completed starting.
>
> If this feature is accepted (perhaps it should be de-activable) then
> the tranlators surely would have fun translating this voice into their
> own languages...
>
> :-)
> Karl-Heinz
I'd vote for a warm, female voice: "Welcome to KDE"... :)

Bye,
Daniel

 
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