On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 10:15 PM, Jim Van Meggelen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Oh yeah, and one more thing: > > If you have to record the prompts, don't use your normal voice. My colleague > Steve likes to advise people to "just put a little junk on it". Make it > sound just a little cheesy, like you are trying just a little too hard. > > "THANK you for calling ..." (you really mean this; ever seen The Big > Lebowski? Say it like Brandt would). > > The trick here is, if you think to yourself "that sounds just a little > silly" when you are recording, you're on the right track. It's just a little > over the top. Just a dash of whatever. And pronounce each word in a way > that'd make your English teacher weep. Enunciate each and every letter. Make > your mouth really exaggerate each word. Open up wide for the "O"s, really > hiss those "S"es. Pack some punch into those "P"s, and fry those "F"s up > like you're gonna serve 'em for breakfast. Record the prompt over and over > until you are bored (but you cannot sound bored--don't lose the cheese), and > you'll probably have it. After a few hundred of them, you won't even think > about it anymore. > > I'm done amusing myself. I'll shut up now.
Jim is right though. After he told me this a couple years ago I'm able to provide reasonably good sounding prompts and have even gotten compliments on the ones I've implemented into a production system. The magical device I've used to record them? My Cisco 7960. A quiet room and you'd be surprised at how good the sound quality can be. Just record them into G.711 and you're gold. -- http://www.leifmadsen.com http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/asterisk --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
