SWAC Metatags

SWAC Metatags is a fields naming scheme which enables to store the information used by audio collections of words and sentences. These collections can be useful for pedagogic and can illustrate electronic dictionaries. These fields are defined in the following document:

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These data can be encapsulated in Ogg or Flac audio files as Vorbis Comment tags, what enables the creation of audio databases.

Online Consultation

You can consult online SWAC audio collections which are hosting on our server by using our web interface

Here is the list of all packages that are distributed in our server (http://packs.shtooka.net)

For interoperability we provide an index of packages in two different formats:

» XML Format
» Text Format

Software that use SWAC

Swac Tools

Swac Tools is a set of programs for GNU/Linux that allows to get the most of words audio collections (SWAC). At the moment, there are two programs:

• swac-get which enables the loading into a SQLite3 database of audio collections.
• swac-explore which allows the browsing of the database and listen audio files.

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Shtooka Explorer

Shtooka Explorer is a program that enables the browsing of audio collections of words (SWAC). These collections of words can be on your own computer but you can also get sound files directly from the Internet. There are currently more than 75 000 words in our server (fra, eng, dut, deu, chi, swe, rus, bel, ukr).

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Shtooka Recorder

Shtooka Recorder is a program for Microsoft Windows which allows automated recording of the pronunciation of many words, expressions, and/or sentences from a list. (One can record an average of 500 words in 20 minutes). It can save audio files in the following formats: .wav .ogg .flac (including Vorbis Comment tag).

This program is distributed and licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL).

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Yazik Recorder

Yazik Recorder, like Shtooka Recorder, is a program that enables the recording of listings of words and expressios. This program, originally written for Linux in Language Python is portable for other Operating Systems.

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Shtooka Repeat

Shtooka Repeat is a program for Windows (2000, XP...) that enables the creation of little audio dictionaries using SWAC audio collections. This can help you to learn vocabulary.

This program is distributed and licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL).

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Shtooka Scanner

Shtooka Scanner (shtooka-scan) is a simple command line program that enables the extracting of information encapsulated in Vorbis Comment tags of all audio files Flac and Ogg contained in one or several directories. It enables the easy generation of text index for SWAC audio collections.

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