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Podcast: Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice
Episode: 0275 – ‘Intonation Stew’ Readers
Description: 2021.10.02 – 0275 – ‘Intonation Stew’ ReadersSometimes I hear a script that sounds like an ‘intonation stew’, with intonations rising and falling for no apparent reason, and emphasis either in all the wrong places.It’s always hard to listen to that kind of read, because it’s completely un-natural. That is, it doesn’t mimic the way we speak in conversation, which is one of the skills you need for successful voice acting. It sounds like a really poor ‘robotic’ voice you hear on kids’ games form the 80s or still on some public transport systems where each word has been...