Jalup Expert Audio Pre-Order (Round 2)
***Update***
Thank you so much to everyone that contributed!
The first 1,000 audio files for Jalup Expert have now been completed, and sent out to the people who made the pre-order and own Jalup Expert. A bunch of Expert content has been updated as well, and the structure of the cards now resembles the other deck updates. Refer to this post on how to update your Jalup Expert deck without losing progress. Please send me an e-mail if you did not receive it. Remember, you need to have actually purchased Expert in the past to receive the audio update.
I will also start taking pre-orders for the second thousand cards (1001-2000). The process will be exactly the same, with the order count and deadline listed at the bottom of this post.
Recently on the Jalup Anki Ultimate Version update post, a discussion started about whether Jalup Expert audio was ever coming. I responded that there were no plans for it. I completely understand that good Japanese learning audio is gold, and the more there is the better. However, high quality audio is expensive, and Jalup Expert isn’t exactly small. On top of that, any advanced learner material has a much smaller user base, so it becomes even harder to produce.
After a number of requests, I’ve decided to try for Jalup Expert audio what we did here for Jalup Expert itself. For those of you who weren’t around at the time, Jalup Expert was solely created based on request, and a pre-order system. People placed pre-orders for each Jalup Expert stage, and if a certain number of people made the pre-orders, I created the next stage.
How this will work
The way we create audio here is not as simple as just reading a sentence and you are done. Each sentence is read many times to get the best version. Then it is edited for interfering background sounds or non-intended voice sounds (like breathing). After they are all recorded, I check over every sentence comparing the audio with the source. Mistakes or problems lead to many re-edits.
Because of the size of this, I need to split the audio up into 2 pre-orders, each one covering 1,000 cards.
This is the order of events for part 2:
1. Twelve purchases of Jalup Expert Audio pre-orders need to be made
2. This number needs to be met by May 6th, 2018. If it is not, everyone will get a full refund, and it will be cancelled.
3. Production will start once there are 12 purchases, and will take 2-4 weeks to complete from the start date.
4. Multiple purchases by one person are allowed. If you really are dying for the audio, and there isn’t enough support, you can give double support, counting towards the total number.
5. Assuming everything is successfully completed, you will be required to forward a receipt of your Jalup Expert deck purchase (whether package, or individual items). A previous purchase of Jalup Expert is required to receive the audio.
6. You will receive Jalup Expert Stages 5-8 (1,000 cards) with the finished 1,000 audio files included. If you just want the files themselves, you can just copy and paste them from your media folder.
Anki or NEXT?
Right now, this is for Jalup Anki only. I can still provide you the audio files (in .mp3 format) for your use even if you are using Jalup NEXT. But you won’t be able to access them on Jalup NEXT directly.
People who want the audio later but don’t make a pre-order now
It will be available at the same price below, sometime after it is released to all the people who pre-order it. However, if you want this to have a chance of success, please don’t wait.
Pre-order now
Jalup Expert Audio – Part 2 (1,000 files) – $49.99
Current Pre-Orders for the Second Round: 12 of 12
Part 2 Pre-orders have been met. Thank you! Work will begin shortly on producing the audio.
Founder of Jalup. iOS Software Engineer. Former attorney, translator, and interpreter. Still watching 月曜から夜ふかし weekly since 2013.
I remember when Jalup expert first came out, those were good times in my learning journey. I definitely recommend this for those of you on the come up for expert.
Also, Adam do you have any recommendations for books? I’ve been needing a new read and I’m open to any suggestion.
I’m current reading this book right now:
頭に来てもアホとは戦うな! (http://amzn.to/2tk5j5c)
I also recently finished this and enjoyed it:
読むだけで心がラクになる22の言葉(http://amzn.to/2I8Z2wu)
Thanks man, I’ll check those out!
I’m preordering. Didn’t get an email confirmation though so if it didn’t go through Adam let me know and I’ll submit again.
Thanks Greg. I don’t think it went through though. I didn’t receive any purchase e-mail either.
My preorder is in. I really hope we can make this happen.
Thanks as always Jesper!
My preorder is in, even though I don’t use Anki anymore lol
Is there an expected time frame for when Next will have the remaining expert cards uploaded and audio added (if this little kick starter for the audio is successful)?
Thanks Juan!
Unfortunately there is no expected time frame yet. What killed the progress was the lack of support for the expert decks on NEXT (almost no one has purchased them outside of the max package). It takes several months to link them, and I just couldn’t justify all that time.
There is the possibility where I may do a fundraiser for Jalup Next Expert stages, but since there has been no real request for them, I haven’t thought that much about it.
Ah no worries, it will take me a while to catch up to where NEXT is up to so I’ll keep crossing my fingers as I plod along.
Probably goes without saying that I’ll chip in for the NEXT expert fundraiser if that becomes a thing :)
FWIW, I plan to buy the expert stages on NEXT, I just haven’t done it yet because I haven’t finished going through the previous decks. I’d gladly participate in a NEXT preorder / fundraiser though, if that’s what it takes. I’ve found the linking aspect of NEXT to be invaluable, and it would be great to be able to keep learning using the same platform too.
Same. Bring NEXT on ;)
My preorder is in too.
Thanks Wei!
Are we supposed to buy decks 1 – 4 before we get all of the audio or is buying 1 deck and one preorder enough?
So technically you don’t need to have any of the decks to make the pre-order purchase. But in order to receive the audio if/when it’s finished, you need to have purchased stages 1-4. You can do this at a later date if you want.
Hi everyone, I just pre-ordered the Jalup Expert Audio. Really hope we can make this happen together. Thanks in advance to everyone supporting this!
Thanks Lorenzo. Almost there :)
Do you know (Adam, or anyone else here): is there any easy(ish) way to attach the audio files to my existing Jalup Expert cards? Like, if I just move the audio files into my deck’s media folder, do you know if it will associate them correctly, or will there be some kajiggering involved?
Edit: Looks like kajiggering is indeed required — there’s a [sound] field that would need to be added for each file. Might not be too tough with some Anki DB hacks, though… maybe just import the deck, mark dupes, and write a little script that copies over the [sound] bit or something? Hmmm :D
There is a way to do this. I’m not 100% familiar with it though, but I will see if I can do some research and write up a guide to accomplish this.
Unless someone out there already knows the easy solution and wants to let me know so I can put it up as a post :)
Done!
I love what you are doing here, happy to help.
Thanks so much!
This is great news!
Thanks to everyone who contributed to making the Jalup Expert Audio possible!
Awesome, looking forward to this!
Man missed the preorder but very excited!
If possible, can a folder with just the audio be included in the download when bought? I will be buying this but I can’t retroactively add the readings to my cards so I’d rather just use them for immersion practice.
Yes, I can definitely do that.
It was great to see that we made this happen for part 1. Let’s make it happen for part 2 as well – I’m in of course!
Keeping the dream alive, my round 2 order is in!
I have no idea if this is the correct place to ask this question, but here it goes :x
I’ve got most of Jalup’s regular deck series on anki (only missing expert 8 now, waiting until I can get it), and I don’t feel like doing all those steps to update the decks with the new audio without losing my progress if I decide to purchase the audio versions in a near future. Most of the time I actually prefer not to have audio on my decks because I do a lot of reviews at work and public places. Do we get the mp3 files when we purchase the versions with the audio? Because that would be amazing for me, as I’m concerning myself with pronunciation more and more by this point.
Toshi, if you make a new profile in Anki and import a deck with audio there, you can go to the “collection.media” folder of the new profile, and copy out the MP3 audio files to another folder of your choice.
Oh nice to know that! That was very helpful, thank you :)
Will Round 1 and 2 (with audio) eventually be added to the store? And if so, will there be an option to buy the full Expert deck with audio? How will that all work? Thanks in advance.
The audio will be added to the expert decks for regular purchase in the store. So if you buy a brand new Jalup Expert package it will include the audio.
If you already had Jalup Expert, then you will have to purchase an upgrade (which I will also offer).
Just got Part 2 – thanks again everyone!
Can you flip the cards and test your listening only? Similar to situations. I wonder if it’s even a good thing to do.
Yes, you can. You just need to rearrange the fields. Have the front field be the audio, and the back field everything else.
For extra listening practice experience it could definitely help. But just remember that if you solely did this you would miss out on the important reading practice.