The History of Voice over Internet Protocol By the end of 2006, Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP) may account for as much as 25 – 40% of international voice traffic. This prediction is impressive, but it is even more amazing when you consider the relatively short history of voice over internet protocol. It began as a hobby for some people…

Also known as Voice over IP or VoIP, it is a way of making phone calls using an Internet connection instead of a regular phone line. VoIP is a technology that takes analog audio signals, like your voice, and converts them to digital signals that are then transmitted over the Internet. A broadband or high speed internet connection is needed…

Although many people do not spend much time thinking about it, the reality is that voice over work in movies, commercials and theater presentations have a direct and substantial impact on the effect of scenes. Voice over work involves a technique that allows the narrator's voice to be heard over the visual elements of a scene, thereby creating the exact…

Voices over jobs are hard to find. Ask any voice over talent and they will tell you the same. This should not prevent you from becoming a professional voice over actor. Starting a career in this industry can certainly be an exciting and satisfying experience. Unfortunately, like any other worthy endeavor, getting to the point of earning money doing the…

Voice over IP providers are offering services without which many businesses can not function. The introduction of telephones and later the internet had an incredible effect on the methods used by businesses to communicate and function. No longer a slave to postal services and long waits for information, business owners have been able to stretch their companies to the maximum…

There are voices that speak to you in elevators, training videos, radio and television advertising and in many other such like situations. But, if you are one of those people who are extremely serious about the expansion of their business, you must make sure that you have a phone system allowing you to add different voices for your customer when…

Voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP, is the technology that allows voice communications over the Internet. The quality of voice over IP now is crystal clear and rivals the one of traditional telephone. The VoIP services from leading provider Vonage are subscribed by over one million users by 2006. It all started back in 1995 when a few hobbyists developed…

Has this ever happened to you: you are chatting to someone on the phone or in person and they suddenly comment on your voice; it might be a remark about how deep, husky, or even sexy it is? They may have gone further and suggested you could have radio or TV ads. If this sounds familiar then perhaps a career…

Searching for and securing representation from a voice talent agent is usually on the top of a voice actors to-do list. Having an agent does simplify some aspects of a voice acting career, however, being contracted by one is not an easy process and many people who are very talented do not have representation for a variety of reasons. Voice…

Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) is rapidly replacing landlines for delivering phone calls to homes and businesses. Common residential home VoIP providers include Vonage, Skype and now Google Voice. Businesses are replacing their now antiquated digital systems with providers delivering services called Hosted PBX, Hosted VoIP, IP PBX, Virtual PBX and many more. If you have plans to implement or…