Author: DavidChameleon
Description:
Wikiproject Spoken Wikipedia is just taking off. We hope to have audio
recordings of all featured articles soon.
A problem arises when we try to tag articles as having an audio version. We
currently put a template at the bottom of the page that gives details of the
recording and allows it to be downloaded. However, by that time, people have
read the article, and it's too late!
It is difficult for us to put such a template at the top because all featured
articles have some sort of image, taxobox, etc in the top right-hand corner
already. There is no way to put a link to the audio version without screwing up
the display.
One of us came up with the idea of putting the link directly to the right of the
article title. See image:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/63/Spokenprop.JPG. This would
elegantly allow the audio content to be first thing you see in the article, but
it would require a change in the software.
I believe that Spoken Wikipedia is one of our most important projects. We want
it to be routine to listen to articles instead of reading them. This is
especially useful for the blind. It would be great if this change could be
implemented.
Version: unspecified
Severity: enhancement
URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spoken_Wikipedia