Written by Allison smith. Edited by Omar Shaikh.
Ever since I blogged last Fall about getting started in voice-over, I heard from many voice talent wanting advice about how to specifically get into voicing IVR (Interactive Voice Response) systems — my area of specialty.
Like any niche that one find themselves in, I can’t say that I [...]

Written by Allison smith. Edited by Omar Shaikh.
You probably gave a great deal of thought to your website, and the image you wanted to convey to customers the moment they landed on your page. You knew that people would make an instant (and sometimes unforgiving) decision about whether or not they wanted to delve deeper [...]

Written by Allison smith. Edited by Omar shaikh
Without a doubt, being ill — even with something as routine as the common cold or a basic case of the flu — is a serious setback in productivity and makes even the simplest tasks difficult. Feeling the pressures of work and the need to keep soldiering forward [...]

Written by Allison Smith. Edited by Omar shaikh.
I do voice-over jobs which are one-offs — the customer needs literally one recording — ever — and that’s the last they need of my services. I have many, many customers who need me to voice for them on a regular basis — several times a month, let’s say. [...]

Written by Allison Smith. Edited by Omar shaikh
She set the standard for all of us in the IVR Voicing business — best known as the “Time Lady”; for recordings she made for Bell, and for voicing some of the earliest voice mail systems. Jane Barbe was truly a pioneer in the area of IVR voicing, [...]