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.
Last blog, I discussed tangible measures that IVR writers can do with their scripts to greatly facilitate the recording of their prompts — and it can be as simple as the program and format you use.
This post, I’ll delve into other ways which can forge a strong and [...]
Written by Allison smith. Edited by Omar Shaikh.
I am blessed to gain lots of new clients every week who either approach me due to being referred by a colleague of theirs, or many come my way by way of Google searching and landing on my website. However, in addition to fresh new clients, I am also [...]
New York, NY February 10, 2010 – Jaymie Scotto & Associates (JS&A), a premier Marketing and Public Relations firm dedicated to advancing the technology and telecommunications community, announces today that The Telecom Haiti Relief Fund, through generous donations of 16 participating companies and individuals, has raised thousands of dollars for Haitian earthquake victims and families.
JS&A [...]
Written by Allison smith. Edited by Omar Shaikh.
A few years ago, I voiced an interesting project for Kodak: a self-serve photo development kiosk where photographers could process their own film by simply walking up to a kiosk, installing their film, and controlling the processing of their photos in a very turnkey way. I was actually [...]
The Green Façade, Green Wall, a project by LICO Consulting based in Hungary, solves the problem of disharmony between built and natural environments, to considerably improve the microclimatic characteristics of a housing area and revere the negative environmental & social trends of the urbanization processes.
The naturally grown plantation designed to spread equally across a structure, [...]
Written by Allison Smith. Edited by Omar shaikh
When I first started out as a voice talent, (OK, I’ll admit it: pre-internet) the extent of “savvy” marketing was mining the Yellow Pages, searching for local sound studios, talent agents, audio production houses and film production companies to which to send your demo. Once those leads were [...]
Written by Allison smith. Edited byOmar shaikh
When I first started voicing the prompts for Asterisk, I must confess to having absolutely no knowledge about VoIP whatsoever. I only knew that VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) — of which Asterisk was a shining example – is a technology which enables voice communications over IP networks, such as the internet [...]
Steven Johnson, a President of Ingate Systems, served prior to this as CEO of Abrena, Inc., a business development consulting firm focused on assisting European and N. A. firms expand in the USA. Ingate's heart and soul is housed in its Technology Center, located in Linköping, Sweden. We interviewed Steven on Ingate history, the SIP [...]
