One of the big catch-phrases at this year's CES in Las Vegas was "wearable computing"; the integration of the machine and the human...if not on our clothing, then somehow inserted in our bodies. Any cyborg comparisons notwithstanding (3-of-7?)...this idea actually has acceptance and a market....
Some might say I'm obsessed with this topic... the one about what happens when ISDN disappears. It will go away...although the reports of its demise are quite likely grossly accelerated. Let's not get into that. Let's just say the first cracks are showing in the monolithic façade of ISDN's...
Not everyone shares my enthusiasm for all things digital...I understand that. But how can you NOT like all the fun things you can do online these days? I'm not talking about social media. I'm talking about the media you can construct on your own, using some fun new sites. Many of them come under...
Remember when you first read your audition script off the computer monitor, instead of printing it out and reading the words off a piece of paper? The first time I read an audiobook from my iPad instead of fumbling with the noise of turning pages was an epiphany. Why did I wait so long? There's...
Ah...the drudgery! You've just been handed a big long-format narration -- an E-learning module -- and the client specifically asks that each paragraph be its own named sound file. ...and there are 67 paragraphs!!! This will take some serious editing time, no? Hervé Chain developed a wonderful...
...'cause -- sometimes -- if you don't toot your OWN horn, who will? Forgive me for being overly "informational" lately about SoundStreak. I kinda broke a journalistic tradition by getting a little too close to my subject, I suppose. But my own interest in technology, combined with an enthusiasm...
What you're about to read is every voice-actor's dream. Join me, won't you?...for a digital vision. I'm absolutely positively convinced my dream is virtually possible -- the technology exists -- I'm jut not smart enough to design it, nor rich enough to fund it. Naming...Explaining It would be a...
First iterations of software programs can be buggy. I'm still waiting to see if that OS Steve Jobs came up with a few years back is going to stabilize sometime soon. (Kidding!!) Once, in the middle of a demo session I was paying good money for, the producer exclaimed that I should "...just get...
When you think about it...that's what WE do. Voice actors become an outsource, or outside resource for people looking to finish a certain product or project. They seek our services because they don't have the talent in-house to get it done. Smart! We become part of their team...through hard...
At the end of February, I posted a video interview with Constantino de Miguel -- an international journalist, producer, and voice talent. You can see that interview here: DIRECTVOICES. Constan is leading a development team spread literally around the world to launch his directvoices.com site. To...