Level 0 · Voice collection
Give your voice
Speak in Kodava Takk — a story, a song, a proverb, a blessing, or an answer to a simple prompt. Your recording is described, stored under community guardianship, and counted on the public dial the moment it arrives. Speakers, okkas, and villages are credited, never anonymous “users”.
1 · Record, or upload a file
Press record and speak in Kodava Takk — a story, a song, a proverb, a blessing, or one of the prompts below.
or (webm, mp3, m4a, wav · up to 50 MB)
Need something to say? Open the prompts
- Introduce yourself: your name, your okka, and your village.
- Describe your morning, from waking up to your first coffee.
- Give directions from the main road to your ainmane.
- Describe how your family celebrates Puthari.
- Tell us about the monsoon in your village.
- What did your grandmother's kitchen smell like? Describe it.
- Explain how to make a good cup of coffee.
- Describe your favourite place in Kodagu, as if to someone who has never seen it.
- Say a blessing you have heard at a wedding.
- Tell the story of how your village got its name.
2 · Who is speaking
Optional — clans and villages are credited in the archive.
Optional — only so the team can follow up. Never published.
Learners are welcome — learner speech helps the models help learners.
3 · What did you record?
4 · Your consent
Your recording stays under community guardianship — it is never sold, and commercial use needs the language council's approval. Choose what you allow:
Recording well, in one breath
- Find a quiet room; hold the phone about a hand's width away.
- Speak the way you speak at home — natural Thakk beats careful Thakk.
- Recording an elder? Sit close, let them finish, and capture the long version. That is the treasure.
- One clip, one thing: a single story, a single song. Upload as many clips as you like.