LARA content

Most of the examples shown here have been reposted on the C-LARA content page.

  • "LARA from public domain audiobooks" project
    • Charles Baudelaire, Recueillement (litteratureaudio)
      Created by Manny Rayner 
       
    • Arthur Rimbaud, Les poètes de sept ans (litteratureaudio)
      Created by Manny Rayner 
       
    • Guy de Maupassant, La Parure (litteratureaudio)
      Created by Manny Rayner 
       
    • Hilaire Belloc, Cautionary Tales for Children (librivox)
      Created by Manny Rayner 
       
    • Grimms Märchen, Aschenputtel (librivox)
      Created by Manny Rayner 
       
    • Gustave Flaubert, Un cœur simple. (litteratureaudio)
      Created by Manny Rayner 
       
    • Marcel Proust, Combray. (litteratureaudio)
      Created by Manny Rayner 
       
    • Marcel Proust, Un amour de Swann. (litteratureaudio)
      Created by Manny Rayner 
       
    • Marcel Proust, Noms de pays: le nom. (litteratureaudio)
      Created by Manny Rayner 
       
    • Marcel Proust, A l'ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs. (litteratureaudio)
      Created by Manny Rayner 
       
  • "LARA picturebooks and phonetic texts" project
    • A Ukrainian ABC
      Created by Marta Mykhats 
       
    • كتاب الحروف العربية (Arabic alphabet book)
      Created by Catherine Orian Weiss 
       
    • A Farsi alphabet book
      Created by Elham Akhlaghi 
       
    • Slovenská obrázková abeceda so skrytými písmenami (Slovak alphabet book with hidden letters)
      Created by Ivana Horváthová 
       
    • A Hebrew alphabet book
      Created by Rina Zviel-Girshin 
       
    • Íslenska stafrófið með myndum (Icelandic ABC with pictures)
      Created by Branislav Bédi 
       
    • Abécédaire le petit prince
      Created by Manny Rayner  -  Christèle Maizonniaux
       
    • Icelandic Sign Language pocket lexicon
      Created by The Communication Centre for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Iceland
       
    • Icelandic Sign Language handshape poster
      Created by The Communication Centre for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Iceland
       
    • Hieroglyphics example
      Karim Aboelela  -  Belinda Chiera  -  Manny Rayner  -  Catherine Weiss
       
    • Two annotated cartoons
      Created by Manny Rayner
       

    • Sample verses from the 1280 Völuspá manuscript
      Created by  Branislav Bedi - Haraldur Berharðsson - Ingibjörg Þórisdóttir - Manny Rayner

    • The Chaos (1920 pronunciation poem by Charivarius)
      Created by Manny Rayner
       
  • "Little Prince" project
    • Le petit prince (French)
      Created by  Hossein Khooshideh - Manny Rayner - Hanieh Habibi 
      [ReadSpeaker TTS version]
       
    • The Little Prince (English)
      Created by Avril - Manny Rayner - Christèle Maizonniaux 
      [ReadSpeaker TTS version]
       
    • Il piccolo principe (Italian)
      Created by Matilde - Catia Cucchiarini - Ivana Horváthová - Manny Rayner  
      [ReadSpeaker TTS version]
       
    • Litli prinsinn (Icelandic: in progress, ReadSpeaker TTS version)
      Created by Branislav Bedi
       
    • Mały Książę (Polish: in progress, incomplete crowdsourced version)
      Created by Anna Bączkowska and students
       
    • شازده کوچولو (Farsi: crowdsourced version)
      Created by Elham Akhlaghi - students - Chadi Raheb
      [ReadSpeaker TTS version]
       
    • 小王子 (Mandarin: so far only first chapter)
      Created by Yao Chunlin
       
  • "LARA/Drama" project

    • Anouilh's Antigone
      Created by Rosa Ritchie - Robert Glasser - Gwyn Glasser - Yann Davies - Marta - Kirsten Anker - Cathy Chua - Manny Rayner

    • Huis clos
      Created by Eric Dejeu - Marta Mykhats - Chadi Raheb - Gwyn Glasser - Manny Rayner

    • No Exit
      Created by Robert Glasser - Marta - Kirsten Anker - Gwyn Glasser - Manny Rayner

  • "An Scéalai" project (LARA versions of traditional stories in Irish Gaelic)

    • Mar a baisteadh Fionn (How Fionn got his name)
      Created by  Neasa Ní Chiaráin - Harald Berthelsen

    • Fairceallach Fhinn Mhic Chumhaill (Fionn's Burly Friend)
      Created by  Neasa Ní Chiaráin - Harald Berthelsen

      More Irish LARA texts are posted on the ABAIR site.

  • "Edda" project (Old Norse poetry in LARA)

    • Völuspá
      Created by  Branislav Bedi - Haraldur Berharðsson - Ingibjörg Þórisdóttir - Manny Rayner

    • Hávamál
      Created by Birgitta Björg Guðmarsdóttir - Brynjarr Eyjólfsson

    • Vafþrúðnismál
      Created by Ingibjörg Iða Auðunardóttir - Brynjarr Eyjólfsson

    • Grímnismál
      Created by Ingibjörg Iða Auðunardóttir - Brynjarr Eyjólfsson

    • Skírnismál
      Created by Ingibjörg Iða Auðunardóttir - Brynjarr Eyjólfsson

    • Hárbarðsljóð
      Created by Ingibjörg Iða Auðunardóttir - Brynjarr Eyjólfsson

    • Hymiskviða
      Created by Ingibjörg Iða Auðunardóttir - Brynjarr Eyjólfsson

    • Lokasenna
      Created by Ingibjörg Iða Auðunardóttir - Brynjarr Eyjólfsson

    • Þrymskviða
      Created by Ingibjörg Iða Auðunardóttir - Brynjarr Eyjólfsson

    • Alvíssmál
      Created by Ingibjörg Iða Auðunardóttir - Brynjarr Eyjólfsson

    • The ten poems above as a single cross-referenced document (English glosses)

    • The ten poems above as a single cross-referenced document (Icelandic glosses)

  • "BarngarLARA" project (LARA resources for the revived Australian Aboriginal language Barngarla)

    • Barngarlidhi Manoo (Speaking Barngarla Together - Ghil'ad's voice)
      Barngarlidhi Manoo (Speaking Barngarla Together - Barngarla people's voices)
      Created by Ghil'ad Zuckermann

    • 50 words: Barngarla
      Created by Jenna Richards - Ghil'ad Zuckermann

    • Mangiri, Yarda (version 1) (Wellbeing, Country)
      Created by Ghil'ad Zuckermann

    • Mangiri, Yarda (version 2) (Wellbeing, Country)
      Created by Ghil'ad Zuckermann and Emma Richards

    • Welcome to Country with picture dictionary
      Created by Ghil'ad Zuckermann

  • English

    • Peter Rabbit with French as L1
      Created by  Manny Rayner - Cathy Chua - Hanieh Habibi
      [ReadSpeaker TTS version]

    • Peter Rabbit with Russian as L1
      Created by  Manny Rayner - Cathy Chua - Ruth Martinez-Lopez

    • Alice in Wonderland
      Created by  Manny Rayner - Cathy Chua
      [ReadSpeaker TTS version]

    • The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
      Created by Manny Rayner
      [ReadSpeaker TTS version]

    • Animal Farm
      Created by Manny Rayner - Cathy Chua
      [ReadSpeaker TTS version]

    • Why Read?
      Created by Manny Rayner - Cathy Chua - Katia Serdioux

    • Tickertape of Misery, an extract from Scotland Before the Bomb.
      Created by M.J. Nicholls - Manny Rayner
      [ReadSpeaker TTS version]

    • Sonnet CXXXVIII, William Shakespeare
      Created by Kirsten Anker - Manny Rayner

    • Daughter's Doll
      Created by Manny Rayner
      [ReadSpeaker TTS version]

    • Enoch Soames
      Created by Kirsten Anker - Manny Rayner
      [ReadSpeaker TTS version]

  • French

    • Tex's French Grammar
      Created by  Cathy Chua

    • Le bonheur
      Created by  Chadi Raheb - Manny Rayner
      [ReadSpeaker TTS version]

    • Le petit prince, Le bonheur and Huis clos as one document

  • Icelandic

    • Tína fer í frí (Tina Goes on Vacation)
      Created by  Branislav Bedi - Svavar
      [ReadSpeaker TTS version]

  • ÍTM (Icelandic sign language)

    • Tína fer í frí (Tina Goes on Vacation) Icelandic with ÍTM annotation
      Created by Sigurður Vigfússon - Branislav Bedi

  • Danish

    • Kejserens nye klæder (The Emperor's New Clothes)
      Created by  Pernille Hvalsøe - Manny Rayner
      [ReadSpeaker TTS version]

    • Den lille pige med svovlstikkerne (The Little Match Girl)
      Created by  Pernille Hvalsøe - Manny Rayner

    • Prinsessen på ærten (The Princess and the Pea)
      Created by  Pernille Hvalsøe - Manny Rayner

    • Kejserens nye klæder, Den lille pige med svovlstikkerne and Prinsessen på ærten as one document

  • Farsi

    • چوپان دروغ‌گو (The Boy Who Cried Wolf)
      Created By Elham Akhlaghi - Hanieh Habibi

    • بزبزقندی (The Three Little Kids and the Wolf)
      Created By Elham Akhlaghi - Hanieh Habibi

    • ابن‌سینا و مرد بیمار (Ibn Sina and the Sick Man)
      Created By Elham Akhlaghi - Hanieh Habibi

    • آرش کمانگیر (Arash)
      Created By Elham Akhlaghi - Hanieh Habibi

  • Swedish

    • Karlsson på taket, chapter 1 (Karlsson on the Roof) 
      Created by  Manny Rayner

    • Hur gick det sen? (What happened next?)
      Created by  Manny Rayner

    • Kallocain [Readspeaker TTS version]
      Created by  Manny Rayner

  • Japanese

    • 100万回生きたねこ (The Cat Who Lived a Million Times)
      Created by Junta Ikeda

  • Mandarin

    • 熊和兔子的故事 (The Story of the Bear and the Rabbits)
      Created by Yao Chunlin - Manny Rayner
      [Google TTS version]

  • Italian 

    • Dante Alighieri (Three extracts from Dante's Inferno)
      Created by Sabina Sestigiani

  • Spanish

    • El Cuento de Pedrito Conejo
      Created By Rebeca López - Roy Lotz - Manny Rayner
      [ReadSpeaker TTS version]

  • German

    • poems by Wilhelm Busch
      Created by Matthias Butterweck

    • Der Flüchtling
      Created by Matthias Butterweck

  • Middle High German

    • DER NIBELUNGE NÔT
      Created by Matthias Butterweck

  • Israeli (Reclaimed Hebrew)

    • Revivalistics : Extract from Revivalistics, Cross-Fertilization and Wellbeing: Awakening Hebrew and Other Sleeping Beauty Languages (forthcoming book by Oxford University Press)
      Created by Ghil'ad Zuckermann

    • הלשון השוֶדית  (The Swedish Tongue) with English as L1
      Created by Ghil'ad Zuckermann

    • הלשון השוֶדית  (Det svenska språket) with Swedish as L1
      Created by Ghil'ad Zuckermann - Harald Berthelsen

  • Russian

    • Кролик Питер (Peter Rabbit)
      Created by Ruth Martinez-Lopez

  • Latin

    • Lorem ipsum
      Created By Monica Depasquale - Cathy Chua - Manny Rayner

We would like to thank ReadSpeaker for making their software available to us for research purposes and gratefully acknowledge their contributions to the LARA project.