Want to be timely? Want to be heard? Ask your male or female voice over actor to make it conversational. A recent voice industry trend report says the most sought after type of narration read now and for the foreseeable future is flawed, imperfect, and sounds a lot like your best friend. It’s … [Read more...] about Join the Conversational Read: 2017 and Beyond
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Narrating for the Options Industry Council
Narrating for the Options Industry Council A great question came up while I was coaching an eLearning voiceover workshop yesterday: Should your narrator read the script before recording? My answer? It depends. This fall, I recorded the narration for the “Quick Guide” of fourteen videos … [Read more...] about Narrating for the Options Industry Council
Narrating Off-the-Shelf
When I was contracted to do an eLearning voice over for an off-the-shelf Online course by content development company Taimma Communications (now known as Ebix), I didn’t quite get all the hullabaloo. Off the shelf—that’s like off-the-rack, right? Yes! It was right at the point when … [Read more...] about Narrating Off-the-Shelf
Voice Narration: Humans vs. Computers
Jumbo shrimp. Climb down. Constant variable. Pick your favorite oxymoron…I just lived another…a four and a half minute online video on the Effective Use of Audio in eLearning featuring narration by a computer! Central to the AI’s discourse was a resounding, albeit mechanized, “Yes” … [Read more...] about Voice Narration: Humans vs. Computers