Comments on: A Couple of Things I Learned about Captivate Demos Last Week

By: The Problem with Speaking Conversationally | I'd Rather Be Writing - Tom Johnson

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 03:12:37 +0000

[...] I realized that my conversation technique, which I wrote about with such praise last time, was flawed. When I converse naturally with others, I speak in a boringly flat tone. My colleague has the same problem, only he says he sounds like Eoyre, the donkey on Winnie the Poo: I tend to speak in a quiet monotone, so doing voiceover takes some extra effort. I have to shut myself in a room so that as I read the script, I can speak up loud enough to get varied tones going. That went all right, but it still didn’t sound natural. (”A Couple of Things I Learned About Captivate Demos Last Week“) [...]

By: Sonya

Sonya — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 18:24:23 +0000

Yep, that keyboard tapping can become bothersome in playback. I’ve always disabled it. It’s been almost a year since my last Captivate project. I miss it but concede that for me, voiceovers were the most difficult aspect to get right with my perfectionism…

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By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:28:13 +0000

Now you’re just thinking outside the box, and I don’t think I can handle it. Seriously, though, that’s a good idea. I’ll have to mention it to the boss.

By: Gordon

Gordon — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:46:00 +0000

Trying wearing a wired mic (like the wee ones they use on TV, there’s a reason for that). You can walk around, pretend you are presenting to a room full of people and tap into your energy that way.