नव राजानः

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काचित् कथा अस्ति। यस्याम् नव राजानः अभवन्। ते कथम्-चित् मुद्रायाः एकस्याः वशम् गताः। ततः जीवन्तः अपि मृत-सदृशाः संजाताः। तस्याम् पुनः मुद्रायाम् आ-सक्ताः ताम् एव मार्गन्ति अहः-निशम्।

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u/tkrpt — 7 days ago
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Looking for play-testers for a Sanskrit-learning game.

This is a Sanskrit-learning game. Here is the link- 1007.in/7.

The game contains a list of statements that are either right or wrong. Press '?' to hear or repeat the statement. Press 'o' to answer "right" and 'x' to answer "wrong". The numbers above the dashed line show the numbers of questions in various levels of completion. The number below the dashed line, with '#' in front of it shows the score. The goal is to move the numbers downward and maximize the score.

I am using an articulatory speech synthesizer to pronounce the statements. I expect that the players will initially try to memorize the answers. But as the list of statements increases in size, it will be harder to memorize, and the players will try to find patterns. And that is what language learning is all about. Finding patterns in speech. So I would be grateful to you if you could try playing the game and give feedback. Thank you.

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u/tkrpt — 2 months ago

Sanskrit Picture Dictionary

A sight-and-sound dictionary - 1007.in/5. Click or tap on the pictures to hear their Sanskrit names. It is still under development. Please excuse the pronounciation errors. Any feedback is welcome.

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u/tkrpt — 4 months ago

Collaborators for Sanskrit Art Project

This is a follow-up to the speech synthesizer intelligibility test. I found out that at least one person could correctly transcribe the audio. Now, I would like to know if anyone would like to collaborate on an art project in which the no-AI, 100 KB speech synthesizer is utilized for retrieving Sanskrit-language messages from the computer. The exact form of the project will depend on the interests of the collaborator(s). Here, I list down some ideas.

  • 3-D game. See this link for a very basic prototype. In it, you can click on objects to hear their descriptions in Sanskrit. We can design the game such that in-game progress is dependent on language comprehension.
  • 2-D platformer game. Possibly with 8-bit retro graphics.
  • Web-comic, with audio-bubbles in place of text-bubbles. We can also consider using photographs in place of drawings.
  • Artistic documentary film about wildlife, culture, science or technology.

If you have any other ideas, feel free to share. If some of your skills lie in the domain of the topics listed above, and you would like to collaborate, you can comment here or message me. Alternatively, you can send an e-mail to the address given in the 3-D game prototype.

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u/tkrpt — 5 months ago

Speech synthesizer intelligibility test

I had made a rule-based articulatory speech synthesizer. I want to know if there are any people, other than me, to whom the generated audio is intelligible. I would be grateful if you can try transcribing the audio in this.

Link.

This is a verse in Sanskrit. It should be more intelligible if you use headphones.

Even if you can do a partial transcription, please post it in the comments.

u/tkrpt — 5 months ago