December 2016 WoVO Rates Roundtable

by CourVO | Dec 15, 2016 | International, Rates Roundtable, VO Business, World-Voices.org

. Listening to our astute panel for the December WoVO Rates Roundtable talk about the realities of being part of the Spanish-speaking and bilingual marketplace, I was struck by the sameness of their challenge for all voice-actors. Target audience Client relations...

Skype Real-Time Translator

by CourVO | Dec 14, 2016 | Rates Roundtable, VO Business, World-Voices.org

Think synthetic voices aren’t a part of our reality yet? Check out Skype’s new feature, providing a real-time spoken word translation from one language to another.  Now, mind you…no one seems to be saying how well this works…but kudos to...

October Rates Roundtable: Usage

by CourVO | Oct 11, 2016 | Rates Roundtable, VO Business, World-Voices.org

We enter a world of arcane language, conflicting buyouts, and digital media streams this month on our Rates Roundtable. “Usage” was something agents handled for their talent…buffering them from predatory and unscrupulous clients — and they...

Are You “Studio Approved”?

by CourVO | Apr 25, 2016 | Training/Education, World-Voices.org

World-Voices wrestled with this issue from day one. WoVO is not in the business of making subjective decisions about whether you are a good talent, can give a compelling promotional read, or can kill it on a commercial read. But, there are some objective and...

New R.A.D.A.R. Rates Roundtable (a really good’n)

by CourVO | Jan 27, 2016 | Compensation, International, World-Voices.org

Remember I told you in yesterday’s blog that a blue-ribbon panel of experts would join us in a conversation about international and foreign VO rates? Well, here it is…and the panel shared a darn sight more wisdom that I ever bargained for — far...