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Tips for Working with Voiceover Talent
I would agree with everything above mentioned. I can only add one advice - I ask VO to record text paragraphs in separate audio files, even though they may be on the same slide. Sometimes I like to make pause between two sentences/paragraphs in order to show a picture/animation/etc., and it is easier to handle if you have separate audio files.
Hello Enes,
I hear what you're saying, but if a professional VO is used who is cognisant of your needs and the direction is provided to add a specific length of pause between paragraphs on the same slide a separate file should not be necessary as it could drive up the cost of the project and complexity having an exponential larger qty of finished files versus one file per slide.
Hi David, in my case I only require recording in separate files. No narrative effort is required from VO other than to record the narration text. In your logic that means VO would charge extra only because of having more separate audio files....it doesn't sound right, at least in my case I didn't experience such a thing. I guess it comes down to decide what is cheaper - to have the VO record smaller pieces separately, or eLearning developer cuts big audio parts afterwards.
