Glossary
Voice-over: definition
A voice-over is a video’s narration, heard without seeing the person who speaks. In training video, it carries the explanation while the picture shows.
In practice
- Human or synthetic. A voice recorded by an actor or a trainer, or text-to-speech, now natural and easy to update.
- Pace. Measured on our finished training videos, pauses included: 117 to 137 words per minute. Our voice-over duration calculator has the details.
- Writing for the ear. Short sentences, one idea each, words people say rather than words people write.
Example
“The procedure aims to prevent payment fraud” reads well; “A familiar voice proves nothing: hang up, call back” sounds right.
And with EducPilot?
The voice is a synthetic voice chosen in your workspace’s brand kit. Each sentence is recorded separately: when a sentence changes, only that one is recorded again.
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