by Primus Aurelius Timavus on Fri May 19, 2006 3:33 pm
Salve Mari,
Good. Since it's possible, let's continue to discuss whether it would be worth doing.
I've never been a webmaster, but it seems to me that we can resolve the two issues that you raise. First, listening to all the sounds could be voluntary rather than automatic. E.g., "Click here to listen to our greeting". Second, we could keep all of the sound files in a separate section of the web site, call it "audio resources", so they don't slow down page downloading. Links to the individual sound files could then be placed wherever we want to place them without worrying about slowing things down.
I see the creation of sound files as an opportunity for a flowering of creativity in SVR. And, after interacting with you all for so long, it would be nice to hear your voices! I would love, for example, to hear Draco lead us through the pronounciation of difficult Latin phrases, Piscinus recite an invocation of Ceres, and you bark out some Legionary drill commands. Plus we could throw in the reading of Classical and original poetry, some songs, and the aforementioned greetings (I'd essay ones for the Spanish and Italian versions of the site).
What about it?
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Primus Aurelius Timavus
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