RPP #216 Dan Lenard of World Voices

• Interview with Dan Lenard, President of World Voices, the only non-profit international industry trade organization for voice actors. We discuss:
• The importance of finding the right voice to help create engaging elearning courses

  Dan Lenard

• Voice actors' role in conveying complex information, cultural literacy, and sounding natural
• Advocating for faculty to enhance teaching skills with a good audio setup, emphasizing a human touch
• The delicate balance of editing to maintain a natural, human-sounding voice
• AI voice synthesis, downplaying its threat to professional voice actors
• Benefits of professional voiceover in higher education, recommending proper recording techniques
• New classroom technology in lecture capture, wireless body mics  
• Podcasting basics and the importance of proper recording technique
  
  

• Podcast Transcript generated using AI by Podsqueeze
  
  
• Podsafe music selection
• "Jingle Bells" by Natalie Brown - soulful vocalist/songwriter with a dynamic, multi-octave vocal range

Duration: 40:10

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