Hi all,
does someone know whether there a "language laboratory"-kind of software exists for Linux?
What I mean by that term is a piece of software that:
(a) can play a sound file (usually a pre-recorded language tape) while
(b) simultaneously record your voice (which repeats the spoken terms), in order to
(c) combine and save both into a new sound file, which can be listened to afterwards.
Since most language tapes don't necessary leave pauses for repeating phrases, the software should probably also have
(d) a simple button to pause the sound file mentioned in (a).
If such an application doesn't exist, does someone have a good idea how to realize this using existing applications?
And/or how I could advertise this idea so that an interested, highly talented developer would pick it up?
Perhaps some of you have used a real language lab in school or at university. The concept is very simple, but the huge benefit is that it allows you to compare your own pronunciation easily to a 'professional' i.e. native pronunciation in order to correct mistakes etc.