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Covid-Compliant, Quality Voiceovers
Covid-Compliant, Quality Voiceovers
Last week, we presented a webinar to the eLearning Network, about how to book quality voices for eLearning. It wasn’t a sales pitch – in fact, quite the opposite. There are many pat
Shouting about eLearning
Shouting about eLearning
If you look at the websites of the top eLearning companies, you find many examples of their fabulous capabilities: bespoke content creation, animation, gamification, commitment to learner en
The Robots are Coming
The Robots are Coming
Nic Redman and Leah Marks, the formidable team behind The VO Social, spend hours of their free time working to keep the voiceover community connected from our individual voice booths, as wel
Survival from the Sofa
Survival from the Sofa
While the non-essential members of society (like me) operate behind closed doors for the foreseeable future, I thought it might be useful to share a few tips on working from home. I don’t
Like A Virgin Toilet
Like A Virgin Toilet
Like many voiceover artists, I tend to record from home in my own studio (and also, sometimes, my pyjamas), but I do occasionally make it out of the office and into the big wide world. It’
Delivering a Multi-Voice Script for Kallidus. A Case Study
Delivering a Multi-Voice Script for Kallidus. A Case Study
Since the launch of eLearning Voices in November, the majority of our projects have been multi-voice technical narrations. Not just for eLearning, but for corporate videos, training courses,
Resolutely Brilliant
Resolutely Brilliant
The best voiceovers speak from experience. I’ve learned this (in possibly a slightly more dramatic way than most), but you can always tell when someone doesn’t really understand the info
Voiceovers for eLearning. Why we still need a human voice
Voiceovers for eLearning. Why we still need a human voice
Last week, we launched our sister site, eLearning Voices. My first job as Managing Director was to attend the eLN Connect #eLNCT18 conference, and I was privileged to hear many different spe
#PhilTheGap
#PhilTheGap
He’s been the voice of thousands of campaigns, but never the face of one. Now Phil, two years on from his death, is involved in what’s possibly his most important campaign yet. He featur
Forty Years in the Loft
Forty Years in the Loft
A few months ago, when I was in the process of changing the website to incorporate Phil’s tribute page, I put out an appeal on Twitter for anyone with recordings of his Piccadilly Radio sh
Inspirationally Speaking
Inspirationally Speaking
Last week, I came out from behind the microphone to do something a little different. I read some words that I’D written, in front of some actual people. (Usually, I read other people’s w
School Holidays Down the Pit
School Holidays Down the Pit
Ben, one of our fabulous CVOs, can currently be heard on the latest national TV ad for Sainsbury’s school uniforms. Excellent work, boyo! Now, if he could only learn to sew in his own