Great advice and feedback from everyone. Thank you very much for reminding me
to no complicate stuff. Per your guides, I have recorded in a not so quiet
environment and still it's great voice quality.
Thanks again,
Bruce
> Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:43:15 -0400> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL
> PROTECTED]> CC: [email protected]> Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] Question for
> those who have recorded their own IVR - Sound Qualitymatters> > 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> >
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