My Audiobook Adventures

This episode started a decade ago when I first looked into getting an audiobook for Archer. I listened to half a dozen different narrators, but none the voices were quite right. I even got a brilliant demo from a fabulous actor/director I used to work with at Marconi, but it was not to be.

Back in January this year, I got a message from a chap offering a sample of him and a talented female. They were very good but, yet again, the voices weren’t quite right.

Imagine my surprise when I was invited to take part in a beta trial of Amazon’s new “Virtual Voice” initiative. Having been very impressed with the narrators on Office 365’s Word program, I was more than prepared to give it a go.

Three weeks later, I’m nearly finished the second run through of Time and Time Again, and let me tell you, it’s been an adventure.

To be continued very soon ...