From 7d066c1eeba4678f87976fffb65c6b1ec326a14e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Stefan=20Vukovi=C4=87?= Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2024 23:24:06 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] update audio docs (#74) --- docs/advanced.md | 12 +++++++----- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/advanced.md b/docs/advanced.md index 5c71333..1e056b0 100644 --- a/docs/advanced.md +++ b/docs/advanced.md @@ -63,13 +63,13 @@ The default audio sources for Japanese are: #### Other languages -The default audio sources for other languages are from Wikimedia Commons: +The default audio sources for other languages are: - Lingua Libre - Wiktionary - LanguagePod101 -While Commons has audio for many languages, some of them have limited coverage, and you may want to add additional sources, as described below. +Depending on the language you need, audio coverage with the default sources may be limited, and you may want to add additional sources, as described below. ### Configuration @@ -85,11 +85,13 @@ To enable this, just add a new playback source with the `Text-to-speech` type an #### Custom URL -You can add a custom URL from which audio will be fetched. One use case for this is fetching audio from Forvo: +You can add a custom URL from which audio will be fetched. One use case for this is getting audio from [Forvo](https://forvo.com/), currently the largest online pronunciation database. -#### Yomichan Forvo Server +* **Local Audio Server for Yomichan**: This is the most reliable way to get Forvo audio in Yomitan. To read the pros and cons and set it up, see the [instructions](https://github.com/yomidevs/local-audio-yomichan). -[Forvo](https://forvo.com/) is currently the largest online pronunciation database, with native pronunciation audio for various languages. One way to get Forvo audio in Yomitan is via the [Yomichan Forvo Server](https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/580654285) Anki add-on. It fetches from Forvo, at the cost of a slight delay. After installing it in Anki, add a `Custom URL (JSON)` audio source with the URL `http://localhost:8770?term={term}&reading={reading}&language=en` (replacing `en` with the desired language's ISO code). +* **Yomichan Forvo Server**: + - 🚨 Not working currently + - Fetches from Forvo, at the cost of a slight delay. After installing it in Anki, add a `Custom URL (JSON)` audio source with the URL `http://localhost:8770?term={term}&reading={reading}&language=en` (replacing `en` with the desired language's ISO code). ---