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...
Having grown up in white-bread middle-America in the 50's, I never imagined a future for this country that accepted anything else but English. I won't mince my words: I think it weakens our country to be bi-lingual. That sounds odd coming from me. I'm the son of a Swiss Immigrant, whose native...
The issue of Synthetic Voices has garnered as much or more attention on this blog as any other one topic. There are unique challenges and advantages in this area to the voice actor. I'll get to that in a minute. First, a little backstory: I've blogged about this at least 6 times in recent years:...
Everyone pretty much agrees that AudioBooks are a bit of a different animal among the panoply of niche voice opportunities that stand before the working voice actor. The general word right now is that the AudioBook Publishing industry is fertile ground for new work, 'cause the medium of audiobooks...
. At 3:54am PST, I ponder this issue. How much more of my personal time can I afford to give over to Social Media? That simple question begets a rash of other questions that belie the complexity of the issue. First of all is the question: “Can I afford NOT to give that time, if I want a successful...
….is really no trouble at all…’cause he constantly brings a fresh look – a fresh perspective on the business of voiceover. His “Frankenstein” idea (see blog here) garnered attention from some of the major P2P sites, and the exchange of concepts led to some significant revisions in the plans for...
This is an intriguing concept, absolutely do-able (in theory), and probably will be common in the future. I’m sure something similar could be done by Android, BlackBerry, or other smartphone, but follow the bouncing ball, while I explain how it could be done on the iPhone. First, you need a...
All that expostulating about the computer-generated voices infringing on the markets we all work in as voice actors was just a mental exercise, no?
Your golden tones are still needed…but…well….you may just…maybe wanna start not depending on the promise of Radio and TV as much.
As artificial intelligence algorithms improve, my guess is we’ll hear synthetic voices that rise to the level of chess-playing software in their ability to innovate, learn, and approximate human nuances.
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