Tuesday, Apple will be making some big announcements. There will be some new iPhone models, a new iOS, maybe a smartwatch to be revealed. Then Tim Cook will offer at least one or two surprises, although it's getting harder and harder to keep secrets in the land of geek. I've been with iPhone...
One of the main reasons I wrote the book "More Than Just a Voice" is to put the spotlight on the more hidden skills you have to develop to be a successful freelance voice-actor. People think they can get there on great pipes and a USB mic. What they fail to see is the need for coaching,...
New smartphone and tablet devices are getting churned out at a dizzying pace. Apple and Samsung lead the pack, but the new Nokia/Microsoft merge promises some surprises, while HTC and LG continue to innovate. Because of that, 3rd-party device manufacturers are having a...
Android devices have a lot of catching up to do when it comes to quality audio recording. For the better part of two years, hardware and app designers have been coming up with elegant solutions for passable voice recordings on iOS devices (iPhone, iPad). I've written about many of them here,...
Until recently, iOS devices (iPhone and iPad) enjoyed a monopoly on mobile recording software and hardware solutions for voice-actors. I've written numerous times on the latest gizmos to come down the pike, and the apps that attend to them. However, with a rise in the strength of the Android...
Luci Live is an app for iOS, Mac, Windows, and Android. Don't ask me where they got the name, but here's what it does, according to the website: "...LUCI LIVE transforms your PC or Smartphone into a high-quality, live internet broadcasting source. With the availability of mobile or fixed-line...
Now that Android OS phones are dominating the smartphone market, and Android OS tablets are becoming a regular fixture, it only follows that voice actors will be hoping to find ways to do a decent recording on those devices (the endless search for the perfect portable recording setup!). A number...
Yesterday, Stephanie Cicarelli of VOICES.com asked a question on her FaceBook group "THE VOICE ACTING HUB" about reading copy in the studio. "Do you read voice-over scripts on screens or do you prefer printing them?" she asked. Honestly I was floored to find that many still print, read, and mark...
Tablets are a game changer. Sure, your iPad is handy for swiping through copy as you read...easy to catch up on email while waiting at the doctor's office...but tablet computers are about to explode on the scene in ways you didn't expect, and the jury's still out on how that effects the business...
One of THE most visible online voice over subscription services is about to launch its own smartphone app. Voices.com's David Ciccarelli is known for his business and technology acumen, and VO industry watchers had long suspected the P2P service would launch an app soon. The mobile phone -- or...