synthetic voices

3 Arguments for Synthetic Voices Killing Voiceovers

Feb 22, 2021

Oh, it’s coming alright. Don’t kid yourself. Automation is killing thousands of jobs everyday. Will voiceovers be next?

3 Reasons Synthetic Voices Might Steal Your Next Job

Mar 11, 2019

Oh, it’s coming alright. Don’t kid yourself. Automation is killing thousands of jobs everyday. Will voiceovers be next?

Legal 101: Read the Terms of Service (TOS)

Feb 26, 2019

I know. I know. It’s boring legalese beyond reason, but it can really come back to bite you in the arse. Monday brought proof positive.

Not “If” or “When”, But How Much It’ll Hurt our Business

Sep 27, 2018

Synthetic voices are here. What percentage of your business will it take?

Polly Want a Crack at VO?

Aug 9, 2018

One of the world’s biggest-ever companies is making voice-syth technology available to the masses.

Scary Good

Mar 29, 2018

Synthesized voices are getting better.
Will they ever be good enough to replace humans?
‘Better listen to this.

Has PhotoShop been good for photography? Don't answer that. Either way, does it follow that an analogous device or program would be good for voice-acting? That's the basic question, I guess. The only reason I can think of as to why someone would want to do that is to...

Voice Synth is Ba-a-a-a-ack

Nov 4, 2016

7 years ago, in October of 2009, I wrote a series of articles about the challenge presented to our business by artificial voices. See: Voice Synth...not just in the future Synthetic Voices - this time with digital code! 'Touched a (Synthetic?) Nerve! Synthetic Voice: Revolutionary or Repugnant?...

This VO Issue Won’t Go Away

Mar 17, 2010

October of last year, I launched into a series of blogs about synthetic voices. It got a lot of responses, and landed on John Florian's VoiceOverXtra site, too. The idea that a machine can even BEGIN to affect the subtle nuances of a human voice for interpreting copy is an outrage to many. But...