Voice Search Trends: Is Your Business Ready? When Google launched the Voice Search app for the iPhone in 2008, it was far from perfect. Over the years, speak-activated technology has become much more accurate and human-like. Stats show that Google’s English recognition accuracy rate is now over 95%. People want instant solutions when they’re searching for something online. While typing…
You may not be aiming to produce blockbuster videos, but it will still cost you money to get that corporate audiovisual content created and get it out there. According to a Gartner Research Study, most companies spend about 12% of their annual revenue on marketing. With the rise in popularity of videos, many companies are increasing their investment in this…
I was on a tech support call with a client in Australia for over forty-five minutes. Guess how much that cost me. If I told you less than a dollar, would you believe it? Well it is true indeed. I called my friend in England just the other day. We talked for about half an hour and it didn’t cost…
Those who are unfamiliar with foreign languages often assume that there is only one type of translation. Translators are believed to be people who are fully fluent in multiple languages and therefore geared to tackle any type of requirement. While this was true in the past, in today’s global marketplace, it is no longer possible for individuals to excel at…
As a voice over talent, choosing a microphone is one of the most important career decisions you will ever have to make. After all, you should consider your microphone to be an extension of your voice, personality, character and sound. Many voiceover artists breaking into the industry, as well as those with years of experience call ProComm Studio Services for…
Audio-visuals have been utilized for a long time to convey messages in company meetings, lectures and seminars, demos, stage acts and plays, business proposals, and the like. But the technology has been very basic compared with the technology available today. Audio-visual technology is defined as the tools used to convey information. It employs the use of several inputs, such as…
There are quite a few people how usually ask this question: what to eat to make my voice husky? Well if you have a high-pitched squeaky voice that you think is affecting the way you live your life, then you might want to change it. And while your diet may not have much to do, you can always perform some…
In the connected world, where businesses pop up like dandelions and anyone with a computer can upload video, audio and text-based content to be shared across the web, it is of growing importance to understand the potential legal risks that online businesses face. Most internet businesses make use of some sort of rich media on their websites such as video…
UN-style is probably the least familiar kind of video translation voice-over. It’s certainly not as well-known as Off-screen Narration or Lip-sync Dubbing (which is so common that poorly synchronized dubbing is a cliché. However, our customers are always pleased with this option because it’s cost-effective, allows for very accurate script translations, and is suitable for many kinds of content like…
All of us have heard or read terms like translation agency, translation company, localization agency and language service provider (LSP). Many people new to translation and localization are sometimes confused by the jargon. This article will help clear up the confusion with the often interchangeable terms «translation» and «localization» as well as other terminology associated with the translation industry. Although…
