A rare textbook of Shanghai dialect by Reverend F. L. H. Pott, an American missionary and educator who lived in China for more than 50 years. ( XIAOYAN ARROWSMITH)
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No more than 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning of the recording! START of recording (Intro):
"Chapter [number] of Lessons in the Shanghai Dialect. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information, or to volunteer, please visit: librivox DOT org"
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Say: "Lessons in the Shanghai Dialect, by Francis Lister Hawks Pott. [Chapter]"
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"Chapter [number] of Lessons in the Shanghai Dialect by Francis Lister Hawks Pott. This LibriVox recording is in the Public Domain."
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Example filename lessonsintheshanghaidialect_##_pott_128kb.mp3 (all lower-case) where ## is the section number (e.g. lessonsintheshanghaidialect_01_pott_128kb.mp3)
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Terrific! Thank you! Do we need to find a PL who can speak both English and Shanghai dialect or who is into English only will do, giving myself being a Shanghaiese native? Xiaoyan
TriciaG wrote: ↑November 16th, 2020, 1:05 pm
Hi! I can MC this, but I have NO knowledge of Chinese at all. I assume that will be okay?
You can probably shorten the file name to shanghaidialect for the first part - your choice.
That would be your choice, I think. With Standard PL, there's no commenting on pronunciation anyway, so if you trust yourself, someone who is English only should be fine.
TriciaG wrote: ↑November 17th, 2020, 6:37 am
That would be your choice, I think. With Standard PL, there's no commenting on pronunciation anyway, so if you trust yourself, someone who is English only should be fine.
Belated new year greetings to you all. I shall get on with this in a couple of weeks. Once started, it should be quick to finish the reading. Everything is as planned just waiting for the laptop to get repaired and returned back to me. Best regards
Xiaoyan
I have already uploaded three chapters quietly . KevinS is also working on my another project...
I shall notify him tomorrow.
I am using a different laptop. The repair is done but they couldn't deliver it to me due to the Covid lock down here in the UK - all stores are closed.
TriciaG wrote: ↑March 4th, 2021, 4:57 pm
Any updates on this? Is your computer repaired yet?
K, hope you got upper hand over the whether these days. I have started this book and uploaded three chapters so far, ready for PL. I have done the checker and maintained inbetween 88-90dBs so will omit giving out details. Thank you.
Xiaoyan 
. KevinS is also working on my another project... 
take care.