Global Voices

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Global Voices Online

Global Voices Online 04/14/2005 07:05 AM
Global Voices Online
http://cyber.law.har vard.edu/globalvoices/

Global Voices is an international effort to diversify the conversation taking place online by involving speakers from around the world, and developing tools, institutions and relationships to help make these voices heard. The world is talking. Are you ready to listen? This will be added to my presentation Bots, Blogs and News Aggregators.

Season's Greetings and Global Voices

Season's Greetings and Global Voices 12/25/2004 04:50 PM

It's 6AM Christmas morning in Japan right now. Today I'm reflecting on the past year and thinking about the future and I'm thinking about Global Voices. Hopefully most of you are with your family with some time to relax, think about priorities and reflect. I'm sure there are a lot of TV shows about "Peace on earth, goodwill to men," and you've probably sent and received a lot of UNICEF Christmas cards. You should be in the perfect mood to think about Global Voices. In the past, we had to rely on TV shows to try to feel empathy for people in other countries and organizations such as UNICEF to try to give our support to humanitarian efforts. These were and are noble efforts. However, at our fingertips, we have the ability to reach out and speak to, build bridges with and interact with those people we have been "wishing well" to in the abstract for all of these years. We have a long way to go before we are able to hear the voices of everyone on earth, but I believe that providing voices and building bridges is essential for the World Peace we all wish for.

We have changed the "Global Voices Manifesto" to "Global Voices Covenant 0.2". We have edited it for awhile on the wiki, but this version is frozen.

I'm not normally a very religious person, but I feel pretty religious about this.

Global Voices Covenant 0.2

We believe in free speech: in protecting the right to speak -- and the right to listen. We believe in universal access to the tools of speech.

To that end, we want to enable everyone who wants to speak to have the means to speak -- and everyone who wants to hear that speech, the means to listen to it.

Thanks to new tools, speech need no longer be controlled by those who own the means of publishing and distribution, or by governments that would restrict thought and communication. Now, anyone can wield the power of the press. Everyone can tell their stories to the world.

We want to build bridges across the gulfs of culture and language that divide people, so as to understand each other more fully. We want to work together more effectively, and act more powerfully.

We believe in the power of direct connection. The bond between individuals from different worlds is personal, political and powerful. We believe conversation across boundaries is essential to a future that is free, fair, prosperous and sustainable - for all citizens of this planet.

While we continue to work and speak as individuals, we also want to identify and promote our shared interests and goals. We pledge to respect, assist, teach, learn from, and listen to one other.

We are Global Voices.

We're trying to translated it into other languages. If you have some time over the holidays and feel like helping out, please jump in. You can come to the #globalvoices IRC channel on Freenode or just go to the wiki and add a translation there. Any of language links in red have not been done yet. You can also edit one that has been translated if you find any errors or to go the "talk" section of that wiki page to talk about the translation.

Please take a look at the Global Voices blog. We're looking for additional people and projects to hook up with so let us know if you can contribute to Global Voices or have a project that could tie in with Global Voices.

PS I'm not sending any Christmas or New Years cards this year because I don't want to kill any more trees (and I'm lazy). I'm not sending email greetings because mass mailings are becoming indistinguishable from spam. Instead, I offer this blog entry. For the more personal touch, I'm relying on my birthday reminder to remind me to say hi to my friends in a way that distributes the work across the year.

UPDATE: Says _sj_ our translation expert. "Translate a few lines or a paragraph or put up a bad translation and leave a note above it saying it is incomplete."

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Global Voices Manifesto

Global Voices Manifesto 12/25/2004 05:35 PM
Like Joi, I also feel pretty strongly about the freedom to say what you want. So I contributed a quick-and-rough Finnish translation to the Global Voices Wiki.

(In other news: it feels pretty strange (and one would think that I'm used to darkness) that the sun does not come up at all during the day. Oh well. Luckily I have a beautiful, caring, wonderful and diarrhet ic lady here to keep me company. And a bunch of kids. :)

Global Voices: Live from Kyrgyzstan

Global Voices: Live from Kyrgyzstan 04/02/2005 10:55 AM
Global Voices has published a remarkable first-person account of the overthrow of the Kyrgysztan government. It's by Elina Karakulova, a 21-year old Kyrgyz student who gives an excellent picture — personal and ambivalent — of what's going on and how it feels. [Technorati tags: kyrgyzstan globalvoices]...

Joi Ito's Web: Season's Greetings and
Global Voices

Joi Ito's Web: Season's Greetings and
Global Voices 12/25/2004 05:00 PM
Nice Christmas morning message from Joi .. perfect Christmas greeting .. Joi Ito is linking

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Global Voices manifesto draft

Global Voices manifesto draft 12/19/2004 03:06 PM

There is now a draft of the Global Voices manifesto on Hoder's wiki. It will eventually be moved, but we're working on it there for now. Here is the current draft.

We believe in free speech, both in protecting the right to speak and extending access to the tools of speech. We define speech broadly to include many media that facilitate expression.

The broadest right of free speech has always extended primarily to those who owned technology for publishing and distribution, beginning with the printing press. It is now possible for anyone to publish and have access to a distribution channel via the Internet. It is our goal that everyone who wants to speak can be heard.

We believe in the power of direct connection and the freedom to connect. The bond between individuals from different worlds is personal, political and powerful.

We seek to create bridges that cross the gulfs that have traditionally divided us. When we cross these gulfs, we understand each other more fully, work together more effectively, and act more powerfully. With these bridges, we can do together what we could only dream of doing alone.

Direct connection is its own reward. However, in a world full of challenges, it is also the best path to building a future that is freer, fairer, more sustainable and more prosperous.

While we’re all committed to our own work as individuals, we also recognize our common interest and goals. We each speak for ourselves, but we’re all in this together. We pledge to respect, listen to, assist, and learn from one other. We are Global Voices.

What do you think? You can also comment on Ethan's post on the Global Voices blog about this draft.

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Global Voices Infrastructure of
Democracy

Global Voices Infrastructure of
Democracy 03/14/2005 06:21 PM
I've written about these guys before, but I haven't made my mind up yet: are these people just self-absorbed do-gooders who speak beautiful words and nod their heads in unison, or are they actually going to make a serious impact. At least they have a bunch of good people there. I just hope governments are listening.

Anyway, there's now a conference going on (with David Weinberger providing blog coverage) in Madrid (titled "Madrid conference on democracy, security and terrorism"), and they are drafting the first "Infrastructures of Democracy" -paper on the Global Voices Wiki.

Drowned voices Digital divide summit
'needs to listen to the voices of the
poor'

Drowned voices Digital divide summit
'needs to listen to the voices of the
poor' 12/09/2003 05:03 AM
BBC Dec 9 2003 4:01AM ET

Global Voices Online»Blog Archive
» Bloggers in Malaysia Warn of
Earthquake

Global Voices Online»Blog Archive
» Bloggers in Malaysia Warn of
Earthquake 03/29/2005 06:54 AM
Bloggers in Malaysia are covering the earthquake .. Bloggers reportando el terremoto en Malaysia .. links

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Many voices over IP

Many voices over IP 05/17/2004 10:22 AM
USA Today May 17 2004 2:07PM GMT

Global Sources: Creating and
Facilitating Global Trade

Global Sources: Creating and
Facilitating Global Trade 08/31/2004 06:26 AM
Global Sources: Creating and Facilitating Global Trade
http://www.globalsources.com/

Global Sources offers product and trade information for volume buyers including product search, supplier search and country search. Also available are product alerts, my catalog, sourcing magazines and market intelligence reports. This will be added to International Trade Resources 2004-05 Internet MiniGuide.

We can help you hear the voices.

We can help you hear the voices. 12/24/2003 06:34 AM
My goal is simple: I'd like to bring anyone who's willing to participate into the videoconference I'm holding with the world. It's a live performance; y'all are invited.

Mountain Voices

Mountain Voices 04/10/2005 02:56 PM
Mountain Voices. 'This website presents interviews with over 300 people who live in mountain and highland regions round the world. Their testimonies offer a personal perspective on change and development.'

all the voices blur

all the voices blur 05/17/2004 01:17 PM
Thanks to WWdN reader Greg, I just found out that The Good Things is airing on The Sundance Channel this Friday, May 21st.

The Good Things, like Neverland and Jane White is one of the very few movies I've done in the last ten years that I can enthusiastically encourage everyone to go out and watch.

Tiny Voices

Tiny Voices 03/13/2003 10:26 AM
I honestly hate it when I IM the wrong person. I don't know what it is with me, I did...

Hearing New Voices

Hearing New Voices 10/28/2003 11:08 PM
Though there's a lot of talk about newspapers and politicians and celebrities having weblogs, we are continually reminded that the...

Recent new voices

Recent new voices 05/06/2004 04:08 PM
We don't yet know what the steady state of the blogosphere is going to look like. As has been snarkily reported, lots of blogs die on the vine. Of course plenty don't, and there's also a steady influx of new voices. Here are three that have enriched my daily trawl for ideas and perspectives. ...

Voices from Naropa

Voices from Naropa 06/22/2004 02:41 AM
The Internet Archive just got beat. William Burroughs on wishing. Mystical audio by Harry Smith. Amiri Baraka (formerly LeRoi Jones) on "jism and jazz". Ginsberg reads "Howl." The most historically significant archive of Beat and post-Beat recordings is now free for the downloading. Lossless or lo-fi, saved or streamed -- the tape vault of Naropa Institute is unlocked on archive.org as the Creative Commons grows.

Cepstral Voices for Mac OS X

Cepstral Voices for Mac OS X 03/22/2005 04:24 PM

I love text-to-speech. I love it even more when it sounds clear. As such, I wrote Text Reader to save some documents as audio to my iPod. However, I realized later, Mac OS X's default voices .. well ... suck. Then I came across these gems. While the engine that takes words and creates phonemes is the same (it's Mac OS X) the end result from those phonemes is much clearer. Finally, after ten years of TTS on the Mac, someone releases a third-party voice for it.

Cepstral TTS Demo

Go on, get it. It's awesome.

Voices from the past

Voices from the past 07/26/2004 09:12 PM
Getting back into the groove : In the corner of a California university laboratory, two men are battling against time to perfect a machine that will read old recordings - using special microscopes to scan the grooves - and software that can convert those shapes into sound. Their work could bring history to life.

Voices from the Days of Slavery

Voices from the Days of Slavery 01/23/2004 02:26 PM
a truly extraordinary audio collection

Voices of the past at a click

Voices of the past at a click 05/06/2004 09:41 PM
Chicago Tribune May 7 2004 2:21AM GMT

Macs get their voices back

Macs get their voices back 04/19/2004 04:09 AM
Apple is to include speech technology into new versions of its Mac operating system which will help visually impaired users

voices ring the halls

voices ring the halls 06/17/2005 04:28 PM
There is a Reuters story in Wired News today about the settlement reached between SAG actors and video game producers.SAN...

Notes and Tips: Better Voices

Notes and Tips: Better Voices 04/06/2005 12:19 PM
Steven Weintraut touts better "voices" for Mac speech synthesis.

Right Voices » What Liberal
Media???

Right Voices » What Liberal
Media??? 09/04/2004 12:04 PM
she did not hear any boos either .. What Liberal Media??? .. firsthand report

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Clinton voices concern for Lewinsky

Clinton voices concern for Lewinsky 06/23/2004 10:59 AM

Voices of the Dead Echo Across Algeria

Voices of the Dead Echo Across Algeria 04/17/2004 01:54 PM
The country is mending from a decade-long civil war, but its ghosts of the dead, and especially of the missing, continue to haunt the government and military.

'05: Think hot zones, hybrids and voices
over the Internet

'05: Think hot zones, hybrids and voices
over the Internet 12/29/2004 10:14 PM
MENAFN Dec 30 2004 2:54AM GMT

Clinton Voices Concern for Lewinsky (AP)

Clinton Voices Concern for Lewinsky (AP) 06/23/2004 07:46 AM
AP - Former President Bill Clinton says he was "pretty wigged out" with stress when he and Monica Lewinsky had an affair and said he thought he'd lose the office if he acknowledged it publicly in a timely fashion.

A Small Victory - Voices 2004

A Small Victory - Voices 2004 08/21/2004 10:39 AM
How does your emotional view of 9/11 differ now from three years ago? Do you find yourself more hopeful than you were then .. Michele is going to continue her Voices

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"The Future of Music - Voices in Your
Head"

"The Future of Music - Voices in Your
Head" 04/03/2005 10:12 PM

Enhanced HRToolbox Helps Companies
Administer Rising Number of Short-Term
Global Assignments. Product Streamlines
Complexity of Global Workforce
Management

Enhanced HRToolbox Helps Companies
Administer Rising Number of Short-Term
Global Assignments. Product Streamlines
Complexity of Global Workforce
Management 04/08/2005 04:55 AM
In response to the growing trend of short-term global assignments, HRToolbox, Inc., has unveiled a newly-enhanced version of its namesake solution that streamlines the entry of common information tracked for short-term assignments. [PRWEB Apr 8, 2005]

IT voices drowned in corporate
governance rush

IT voices drowned in corporate
governance rush 04/22/2004 05:16 AM
Ignore the techies at your peril

Voices at the Crash Site Say the
Frontrunner Was Never Ahead

Voices at the Crash Site Say the
Frontrunner Was Never Ahead 02/10/2004 02:50 AM
The Howard Dean crash site has been visited a lot already. Writers on the Net are starting to struggle over their interpretations, including the role of the Net in Dean's crash. But the press suffered a crash too. Where do we locate that site?

Bush Voices Confidence; Will Lay Out
Agenda for a 2nd Term

Bush Voices Confidence; Will Lay Out
Agenda for a 2nd Term 07/21/2004 06:02 PM
Hours before he was to lay out his 2nd-term agenda, the president laughed at the suggestion there might not be a second term.

tall buildings shake voices escape

tall buildings shake voices escape 03/14/2005 05:42 PM
Around 8:57 last night, I had a brief flash of panic: What if they cut my part down? I'm going...

Food, Owners' Voices Coax Skittish Dog
(AP)

Food, Owners' Voices Coax Skittish Dog
(AP) 04/27/2004 08:47 AM
AP - Volunteers armed with Vienna sausages and a tape recording of Tom and Betty Kuffel's voice managed to coax the family's skittish dog back into safety.

Fourteen New Voices: A Reply to
Halley's Comment

Fourteen New Voices: A Reply to
Halley's Comment 03/31/2005 11:13 PM
In deciding how to respond to a public challenge from blogger, writer and big league conferencer Halley Suitt ("Ten New Voices," March 7) I had to identify my options. I figured I could...
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