Commons:Lingua Libre
Welcome !
[edit]A deep reorganisation of LinguaLibre.org is ongoing. Since our wiki is entering end of life, we would like Commons:Lingua Libre to become the top wiki page for the wiki-based interactions and information, resources, tutorials and editable local lists. LinguaLibre.org will then continue to serve as a branding site and an host for the recording studio. This wiki page would be used to share major announcements in coming weeks. You are encouraged to spread the word. :)
Announcement (1): new recording Studio pre-release !
[edit]- Try out the pre-release: https://lingua-libre.toolforge.org (testing ground).
- Found a bug? Please report it here: Commons talk:Lingua Libre#Reporting bugs.
Context
[edit]Over the past decade, Lingua Libre has helped 315 linguistic communities around the world record their voices — over 1.4 million recordings so far! –, and to share those records through Wikimedia projects.
But as our project grew, the old tool became too hard to maintain and improve. It was time for a big revamp.
For the last two years, a team of volunteers and freelancers — supported by Wikimedia France, the French Ministry of Culture’s Department for French Languages (fr:DGLFLF), and others — have been working hard on a brand-new version of Lingua Libre, nicknamed Lingua Libre Django.
This new version is built on a modern, easier-to-maintain stack (VueJS, Django, and MariaDB). This stack allows us to fix, add, and expand faster. We also took the opportunity to refresh the design and improve mobile support. All open source on Wikimedia France's Gitlab.
The New Recording Studio: Lingua Libre Django
[edit]We’ve rebuilt nearly all the old features — and added some great new ones!
- NEW! Step 1: Pick among 10,000+ languages & dialects ! You can now work on rare languages as soon as you login.
- NEW! Step 4: Share your list! You can now share a link with a predefined language and word list. Your friends can jump straight in — no setup needed.
- NEW! Step 6: Play all recordings! Listen to all your recordings in one go and uncheck the ones you’re not happy with.
- NEW! Step 6: Instant SDC support! This helps your recordings get reused automatically across Wikimedia projects.
- NEW! App-wide: Keyboard accessible! You can now navigate using the keyboard alone — making Lingua Libre easier to use for everyone.
- NEW! App-wide: Well known Django / Vuejs code ! So your community can jump in and add that sweet feature you need.
Now that the codebase is simpler and cleaner, we can move faster — fixing bugs, adding new features, and finding even more ways to highlight your recordings. These updates will roll out in future development cycles.
After a short 15-day testing period, the new app will move to its permanent home at Lingualibre.org.
Thanks
[edit]The work is still ongoing, but we want to give a big thank-you to everyone who’s been part of this journey — especially User:Poslovitch, User:Pushkar7077, User:Yug, Aditya, and SaltyKheera — for tackling hundreds of technical challenges and building up the new codebase from ground up !
We’re also very grateful for the support and funding from Wikimedia France, the French Ministry of Culture’s Department for French Languages (DGLFLF), the French Ministry of Higher Education (through a Wikiresidence in Toulouse), the Google Summer of Code 2024, and the Wikimedia Foundation.
Stay tuned — more updates and good news are coming soon! 🎉
See also
[edit]- Translating:Lingua_Libre – to translate Lingua Libre into your languages.
- New Studio Uploads