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Free Speech... Recognition (Linux, Windows and Mac) - voxforge.org

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:58:10 -0700

VoxForge was set up to collect transcribed speech for use with Free and Open Source Speech Recognition Engines (on Linux, Windows and Mac).

The Voice Of An Actor

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:33:16 -0700

Voice-over? It is a recording of a voice over. An audio component of a media application commissioned by a client. An unseen narrator speaking an unspoken thoughts by way of tevision commercial or motion pictures. It’s the art of using the voice to sell, inform or entertain on radio and TV commercials, narrations for corporate audio or phone lines, and animation or cartoons. An ability to take someone else’s words and make them sound true and trustworthy as if they were your own. This has more to do with acting skills, competency and timing than vocal quality or impersonation.

The voice over industry is growing rapidly. Commercial voice over work grows as quickly as new television and radio stations are developed. Audiobook , internet audio, IVR (Interactive Voice Response) and educational. With people wanting to get into the professional voice over business need proper training . This skill can be learned though it can take years of perfecting your talent and marketing yourself before you reach the level of success. Success does not usually happen overnight. The following skills are necessary: Patience and dedication is a must.You need to market yourself before you can make voice-overs for a living or for successful business in this competitive world of technological advertising.

What is a voice-actor ? An individual who performs such voice-only roles. It is a creator of voice overs and is the producer of the creative vocal work that is recorded and used for a variety of applications including commercials for radio, television, telephone, podcasts, audio books, video games and more. They are also known as voice talents, voice overs, voice over artists, VO, VA, narrators, announcers, orators, and so on. A voice actor uses many of the same skills and techniques to create a convincing animated character as he or she would to create a film or stage character. Becoming a voice actor can be just as challenging as breaking into any other aspect of the entertainment industry.

Anybody looking for a voice producer or a professional voice can take advantage of the site:http://www.businessvoicetalent.com/ Don’t be shy. I recommend the site as leaders in the voice-over marketplace, we’re well equipped to answer your questions about voice-overs and business voice talent. The Business Voice Talent site is your premiere destination and proverbial ear to the ground regarding the use of voice-overs in the business world.

Get Your Nokia VoIP On With Fring

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:01:47 -0700

Despite Nokia crippling VoIP on its latest N-series handsets, mobile VoIP companies are coming through with updated apps to keep Nokia users yapping away for free. Today fring released its software update for the N96 and N78 that gives users mobile IM and VoIP.

Other providers such as Truphone and Gizmo are expected to follow with their own N-series clients. Before you get too cheerful over the service, it might be worth noting that Om’s most recent post on the topic hinted that mobile VoIP users could be locked into walled gardens by individual services now that Nokia has taken out the native SIP client.

And for the hardcore VoIP users who need to bridge back to the less technically literate, TringMe is offering a worldwide telephone number folks can call that will ring you on your land line, TringMe mobile-VoIP client or GTalk. Connecting to a land line will require actual money (in the form of credits in a TringMe account), but it’s worth checking out.

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Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Refernces - Cisco Systems

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:56:56 -0700

Fonality Scores $12M for Open Source PBX

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:01:01 -0700

When the times get tough the tough choose cheaper, open-source phone systems. Such seems to be the theme of Fonality CFO Dan Rosenthal’s chat with me about the company’s latest $12 million venture funding led by Draper Fisher Jurvetson Growth Fund with participation from existing investor Intel Capital. And you know, I don’t think he’s wrong. The company is “sometimes profitable,” according to Rosenthal, and has grown rapidly in the last few quarters. Supporting that growth is one of the reasons for the third round of funding.

The Ciscos and Avayas of the world won’t keel over because Fonality’s selling more phone systems and software (while hoping to beef up its retail distribution network at stores such as Best Buy and through Dell), but Fonality has a really good chance to play big, because its open source roots mean its phone systems for smaller offices costs tens of thousands less than similar system over a multi-year time period. For a 70-person office its PBX costs about $23,100 up front compared to more than $30,600 in annual leasing fees for a comparable system from Cisco.

The economic downturn might actually help Fonality find more customers, especially since most entrepreneurs (who would be in the market for cheaper phone systems) tell me recessions are the best time to start a business.

QuickVoice iPhone Voice Recorder Product Page

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 03:01:17 -0700

QuickVoice®, the award winning voice recorder for Mac and Windows, is now available for the amazing iPhone! With QuickVoice you can conveniently record voice notes, reminders, dictations, meetings, interviews, shopping lists, to do lists, and even entire lectures and multi-session seminars. It's ideal for professional, student, and personal use.

SingTel - Asia's Leading Communications Group

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 08:03:18 -0700

VoIP Foro - Ejemplo comunicacion y flujo SIP

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 06:58:09 -0700

Create text-to-speech podcast from RSS feed with Odiogo for iPod, MP3 player and mobile phone

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 21:57:00 -0700

AudioFlash - Free Streaming Audio Recording Software

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:57:21 -0700

Don’t Like Apple’s iPhone? Check Out the Touchscreen Phones of These 3 Companies

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 07:00:41 -0700

Apple shook up the mobile phone playing field with the introduction of the original iPhone a year ago. Phones with touchscreens were nothing new; most Windows Mobile phones have used them for years. But the older phones used resistive digitizer screens, which were operated by a tiny metal stylus. The iPhone uses a capacitive digitizer that’s operated by touching fingers to the screen — a remarkably convenient option, by comparison. It didn’t take consumers long to figure out this was the way to go with touch and other phone makers quickly followed Apple’s lead.

While making a handset with a touchscreen is no big technical feat, the process quickly makes clear the pivotal role that Apple’s UI plays in producing a good user experience. Indeed, UI often ends up being the crucial factor that separates the good phones from the rest. And while the number of phones competing with the iPhone is growing all the time, most come from three companies:

HTC -- Until the last couple of years, HTC was largely making phones for other companies, such as Palm. But once they introduced their own brand to the market, they quickly established themselves as high-end device makers. HTC was also one of the first to dive headfirst into the touch phone pool, and have since produced model after model.

The first (and still available) was the HTC Touch, a phone based on the Windows Mobile platform. Going with the Windows Mobile OS was an easy decision for HTC since it’s a mature platform with tools to handle both the consumer and enterprise markets. The problem is that it wasn’t designed from the ground up for a touch operation, which can severely limit such a phone’s usability. So HTC designed the TouchFLO interface, which sits on top of the Windows Mobile base and adds touch features.

While the HTC Touch wasn’t a bad first attempt, it fell short of being a solid competitor to the iPhone. It followed up this year with the release of the Touch Diamond. A sleek black phone with an enhanced UI designed for touch, it has been well received. And since Windows Mobile has more features than the iPhone, the Touch Diamond was an instant, solid competitor.

This month HTC extended their touch offering with the Touch Pro, which is very similar to the Diamond but also includes a slide-out QWERTY keypad for business users. The lack of such a feature on the iPhone has been roundly criticized by serious email users.

Currently HTC is creating a lot of buzz in the enthusiast community with its yet-to-be-released handset, the Dream. This touch phone is said to be based on the brand-new Google Android platform that T-Mobile is expected to launch next month. Information is gradually leaking out about the Dream — it looks like a device similar to the Touch Pro, complete with a large touchscreen coupled with a sliding QWERTY keyboard.

LG — Electronics giant LG has been making feature phones for years and have produced some solid touchscreen, non-phone devices. Feature phones have typically been viewed as less capable than their smartphone competition, but that criticism is harder to make these days as feature phones can now handle PIM functions and messaging. LG’s first touchscreen phone was the Voyager, which includes two displays — one big touchscreen on the front of the device, as is common, and a non-touchscreen on the inside. The keyboard flips up like a small laptop to be used with the interior screen, making the Voyager a distinctly different type of phone.

Most recently LG has followed up with the Dare, a phone without a keyboard that is touchscreen only. The UI, however, has been optimized for touch operation.

Samsung — Electronics firm Samsung has jumped into the touch phone game in a big way with the recent release of the Instinct, using a media advertising blitz to make clear how serious they were about this new genre. The Instinct has only been out a short while, but it’s already getting rave reviews, and from experts that are known for being hard on such devices. Its web browsing capabilities, notably, rival that of the iPhone.

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Voipbuster | Free calls and nearly free sms worldwide !

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 04:55:59 -0700

Voice Lab - Call Manager basic preparation

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 01:00:10 -0700

Although this is the first tutorial following the Virtual Voice Lab Series introduction, the first tutorials were recorded and posted several months ago. Install Call Manager 4.x with VMWare How to install Call Manager 6.x in VMWare These videos walked through the installation of Call Manager, but nothing more. Before I release a post on how to register [...]

Bloggers create a new audio media with Odiogo podcasts.

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:56:35 -0700

Odiogo empowers you to convert your blog posts into high quality audio files. Check the demo out! Odiogo is compatible with all blog engines that publish RSS feeds such as Typepad, Blogger, WordPress or Overblog. Enroll in the service now and we'll let you know when the audible version of your blog is ready. The generated MP3 files are stored on our servers. You don't need to worry about technical integration tasks or bandwidth.

Create text-to-speech podcast from RSS feed with Odiogo for iPod, MP3 player and mobile phone

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:56:35 -0700

TMH KTH :: WaveSurfer

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:56:42 -0700

Voice123 - The Voice Over Marketplace - Voice Overs, Voice Actors, and ...

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:56:29 -0700

FWD | Home

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:07:59 -0700

Voice Talent? Hello World!!!

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:32:38 -0700

A recording of a voice over. An audio component of a media application commissioned by a client. It’s the art of using the voice to sell, inform or entertain on radio and TV commercials, narrations for corporate audio or phone lines, and animation or cartoons. An ability to take someone else’s words (the script) and make them sound true and trustworthy as if they were your own. This has more to do with acting skills, competency and timing than vocal quality or impersonation.

With people wanting to get into the professional voice over business need proper training . This skill can be learned though it can take years of perfecting your talent and marketing yourself before you reach the level of success.

You need to market yourself before you can use voice-overs for personal or family means of support or for successful business in this competitive world of technological advertising.

Absolutely! It will probably take a few years before your voiceover career is established enough to be your primary means of living. At times, you’ll need to invest some of the money you make at your day job in things like classes, demo tape production and duplication, and marketing expenses to get your voiceover career off the ground.

What about the voice-actor ? A voice actor is a creator of voice overs and is the producer of the creative vocal work that is recorded and used for a variety of applications including commercials for radio, television, telephone, podcasts, audio books, video games and more. The voice actor uses their natural gifts, primarily their voice and mastery of it, to imbue life into the written word. They are also known as voice talents, voice overs, voice over artists, VO, VA, narrators, announcers, orators, and so on. http://www.businessvoicetalent.com/

About - voxforge.org

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:59:26 -0700

Open-Source Large Vocabulary CSR Engine Julius

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:59:20 -0700

Free Small Businesses Podcasting Guide With Complimentary Voiceovers ...

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:49:05 -0700

Podcasters… check out our fabulous web-based guide which includes access to pre-recorded, complimentary podcast imaging episode numbers!

5 Reasons Text-to-Speech Is Not The Choice for a Professional Podcast

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:49:05 -0700

While it may seem obvious, using customized voice-overs performed by podcasting voice talent on your podcast and/or podcast intros is the best route to take when producing a polished, unique, and meaningful communications tool internally or externally for your customers.

Voxbone - International VoIP virtual numbers, worldwide VoIP origination services

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:06:34 -0700

#34 (Voice/video support)

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 05:09:28 -0700

Audacity: Free Audio Editor and Recorder

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 04:05:14 -0700

Audacity is a free, open-source software program for recording and editing sounds (voice, music...).

WavePad Sound Editor

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 04:05:13 -0700

Evoca Sounds Off to Odeo

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:05:38 -0700

skype call recorder review...tools etc. evoca, seems to be hot and at $5 per month looks good

iPhone Gems: Every Voice Recorder, Reviewed | iLounge Article

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:05:55 -0700

trixbox CE, an Asterisk-based PBX Phone System (formerly Asterisk@Home) | trixbox

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:11:44 -0700