Software

Software for voice over artists.

Learn 2 Wav

Learn 2 Wav

Word2Wav is an innovative software product designed to record voice over projects that require an output of many many separate soundfiles....usually an E-Learning production, but not always. Word2Wav imports your document, recognizess the portions into segments, presents you with the copy, records...

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7 Simple CRM Solutions

7 Simple CRM Solutions

CRM: Customer Relationship Management Not that your customers or your relationships need "managing"...it's just a term that applies to any number of available software systems that help you track, communicate with, and...well...manage your contacts, clients, friends, potential customers, and...

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The Google Groove

The Google Groove

Google's star is reaching solar flare status. Among the handful of true corporate dynasties that sprang from the last twenty years of internet/dot-com/computer/social media ascendance, Google continues break ground faster and farther than most of the others (possible exception:  Apple -- and even...

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Pay Per Word2Wav

As a voice actor who frequently records long-format E-learning for clients who need the final product divided into many specifically-named files, Word2Wav is a Godsend. Word2Wav is a document handler, DAW, and production organizer all wrapped-up into one program.  It seamlessly detects your audio...

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Handling Docs, part 2

Back in April, I blogged a popular article called "Handling Docs".  It got a lot of responses and comments. Many offered their own suggestions for handling documents. Let's face it, our work comes to us in printed form, either digital or on paper, and as Voice Over Artists, we need to become...

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Convert YouTube to .mp3

This is a fairly simple conversion, and can be done in several different ways, which makes it all the more surprising that the questions comes up fairly often in VO forums. This particular step-by-step process on a WIRED site is as good as any. BTW, this formula expects you to have video converter...

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Handling docs

Handling documents is part 'n' parcel of the voice over trade. We get copy in all sorts of forms:  .doc / .docx / .pdf  / .txt / .rtf / .ppt / .png / .jpg / .xls / .rgi    (I made up that last one) Not always, but sometimes, it's just in the wrong format for being able to read it right, or do a...

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Beat the Noise

Michael Minetree is churnin' out the videos these days.  I meant to get this particular video posted on my blog before I left for FaffCon. (this is why people ask me "When do you sleep?").Believe me, a week later it still offers plenty about how to eliminate noise in noisy environments as you...

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PT 9 Has Surprises

PT 9 Has Surprises

The rancor/support for ProTools in the VO world has never been lacking.  Some voice actors swear by it, others dismiss it out of hand as overkill. Now, a new version that may cause a few supporters/enemies to switch sides and vice versa. The new Pro Tools V 9.0 comes free of any mandatory hardware...

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