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Chichewa / Chinyanja

PostPosted: December 3rd, 2009, 6:25 am
by gallowayd
Hello,

Just wondering if anyone has been able to locate the audio files for FSI Chinyanja?

Thank you,
dg

Re: Chichewa / Chinyanja

PostPosted: December 8th, 2009, 7:43 am
by VagabondPilgrim
While the tapes have been located at the Milwaukee Public Library (non-residents can pay $100 for a 1 year library card), no one has checked them out to digitize them yet.

-VP

Re: Chichewa / Chinyanja

PostPosted: December 19th, 2009, 8:10 am
by gallowayd
Hi,

Thanks for your reply. I hope to be getting the mp3 audio files soon and will contribute them if I do.

Thanks!
dg

Re: Chichewa / Chinyanja

PostPosted: December 29th, 2009, 7:43 pm
by gallowayd
Hi!

I have the Audio for this course now, please advise how to upload it.

Thanks!
dg

Re: Chichewa / Chinyanja

PostPosted: January 4th, 2010, 9:20 pm
by VagabondPilgrim
Please check the announcement posted here. If you're still interested in contributing, please feel free to PM me.

Thanks,
-VP

Re: Chichewa / Chinyanja

PostPosted: January 29th, 2010, 3:59 am
by Talairan
Hi,

I was wondering if there was any progress in having the audio uploaded to the site? Or having it available via ifile.it or megaupload?

Many thanks.

Tal.

Re: Chichewa / Chinyanja

PostPosted: February 1st, 2010, 9:49 am
by VagabondPilgrim
Nothing has been submitted as of this posting.

Re: Chichewa / Chinyanja

PostPosted: February 2nd, 2010, 2:49 pm
by sawasawaya
I went back to the library yesterday to pick up the rest of the FSI Yoruba tapes that I'm digitizing and it turns out they have an *almost complete* set of genuine govt-issued FSI Chinyanja, too. Unfortunately, they're missing the first cassette. Tape 2 begins with Unit 11, but the sound quality is good.

Just for the heck of it I phoned NTIS this morning to ask if it was possible to order a single cassette as a replacement, but the lady said no, they only sell complete sets.

Was gallowayd able to establish whether his Chinyanja audio met the public domain requirements? If not, I'll start digitizing Chinyanja when I finish with Yoruba, probably in about a week.

I also noticed the same library had an entry in the catalog for FSI Hausa, but I haven't yet laid eyes on the tapes to know if they're government-issued or Audio Forum. I know we still lack the audio for units 11-30, so that'll be the next thing for me to look into.

Re: Chichewa / Chinyanja

PostPosted: February 23rd, 2010, 5:40 pm
by UserInsignificant
Any progress in this area?

Re: Chichewa / Chinyanja

PostPosted: February 28th, 2010, 8:11 pm
by VagabondPilgrim
I'm told that the first part of it is "in the mail"... ;)