Quality Narration & Audio Engages Audience

Creating an eLearning program takes planning. A lot of planning. Development teams have hours of pre-productions ahead of them. They must determine the scope of their project, establish their target audience, and settle on a budget before one line of code is written or scripts are printed.

E-Learning Demo

Each of these project elements are clamoring for attention and it’s easy to delay one critical piece of a success presentation until the end. We’re talking audio narration and production.

Some project producers might wait to finalize a script, hire a voice talent, and secure a studio to record, edit, and sweeten the project until everything else is complete. But with all the time and money spent in producing an engaging and compelling eLearning program, the last thing you want is a sloppy audio and narration.

“You can save money and time if you involve audio professionals in the planning stages of the project,” said Don Ross, an award winning audio engineer at Don Ross Productions. “We can help make your eLearning program sound as good as it looks.”

Hiring a professional voice talent and audio engineer before you start winding down your eLearning project makes the difference between a cohesive presentation and uneven one. When you have an audio team in place, they can help with your scripts in process, even record scratch tracks so you can hear how it will sound. A professional narrator can work with you on pacing, tone, and style of read so your program keeps your target audience engaged. The audio engineer can help you determine the best levels and output and can give you the heads up on any issues with formatting before the project is put to bed.

As your production team sits down to start planning the next eLearning program, consider lining up a professional voice talent and audio engineer to from the start to bring your project to life.

For more information on Don Ross: www.donrossproductions.com

No one wants to be shouted at during a commercial. There is a time and place for the hard sell — but most clients would rather have a happy, personable voice explaining their products as opposed to an aggressive one telling them what to do.

** Fun and Happy**

When hiring a voice talent, it’s important to consider who your audience is and then, what you want those people to do once they’ve heard your ad.  Do you want them to go to your website? Hit the showroom? Put it on their grocery list?  Once you know that…then hire your voice talent to match your call to action.

Here’s my advice: Friendly works better than “shouty.”  Conversational works better than stiff.  A smile sells more than a pointy finger.

**Natural and Confident**

Hire a professional voice talent when you want to talk to your potential audience because, chances are, you’ll get even more than you expected.

Contact me for more info: vo [dot] jojojense [at] gmail [dot] com

ABANDON SHIP… (character)

I FEEL SMARTER ALREADY (eLearning)

Mmmmm…BAKED GOODS (commercial)

FM or AM? (radio Imaging)

Need a customized demo? Just ask! Have Voice…will send it anywhere.

Professional voice talents bring flat text to life. We create mental images for the viewer with the pitch, speed and timber of our voices, keeping your audience engaged throughout the presentation.

A professional voice talent can also make audio production faster, easier and more cost effective.  Many talents have their own studio and deliver mp3s or .wav files to email or an ftp site.

Here are the top 5 reasons to hire a professional voice talent!

Professional Voice Talents…

1.     Add polish and professionalism to the finished project or presentation

2.     Bring natural and conversational tone to script; narration won’t be stilted or stiff

3.     Allow viewers to focus on the presentation instead of being distracted by uneven narration

4.     Simplify audio production; have ability to send quality audio files right to your inbox

5.     Engage the audience through the end of the project allowing you to get your message across clearly

Professional Voice Talents enhance any project or presentation, bringing your text to life!

JoJo Jensen is a professional voice talent with more than 15 years experience. Listen to her demos or request an audition: Here

Me in Don Ross' Studio

Have you ever heard…

• Wow…you have a great voice! You should do commercials.
• With all your crazy voices you could be on the Cartoon Network.
• Are you on the radio?

That’s how many people get started, but it takes more than just a good voice to get work as a voice talent.  It takes hours of practice, killer reading skills, and the ability to accept feedback with grace.

One of the easiest ways to begin building your VO career is to take classes (one class isn’t going to cut it).  In classes, you can get behind a microphone and read.  Learn to listen to playback with an objective ear.  Gain critique from industry professionals so you know what’s working and what isn’t.  Sorry, your mom giving you the thumbs up does not count.

The Internet has opened up a world of opportunity for voice talents, but the competition for gigs is fierce. An in-demand voice talent has to be consistent, focused, and not make a ton of mistakes. That’s where training comes in.  With hours of practice behind a microphone supporting them, a good voice talent is able to read one sentence or paragraph over and over with different intonation or make it sound exactly the same each time.  They can read long form text for hours and maintain their focus.  A well-trained voice talent can take the feedback from a director or producer and re-read the script to give them exactly what they were looking for.

Becoming a voice talent takes commitment, practice and more practice.  If you take the time to master the skills it takes to become brilliant voice talent, you can compete in the global market.  Take a class. It’s a great first step.

I work with Don Ross, award winning audio engineer and owner of Don Ross Productions leading voice over classes in Eugene, Oregon.  To get more information on class schedules: email eugenevoclasses@gmail.com

That is how one becomes a better voice talent.

Practice. Practice. Practice.

Teaming up with Don Ross, Award winning audio engineer, we are offering voice over workshops.

Intro Classes where you learn the basic skills of what it means to be a voice talent.

Next class:

Saturday July 17th, 9am – 1pm

• Intermediate Classes where all you do is read and record copy, and gain real time feedback.

Next class: June 26, 9am – 19m

• Advanced classes that include more specialized skills: Narration, Characters, Audio book and long format skills

Next Class: Email for details – Send email

Up your skills. Get practice. Have fun!

Commercial Demo

On Hold Demo

Narration Demo…smooth…..

You want goofy voices…I have a few that live in my head. Take a listen.