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Making audio products

by John Marshall
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Hi,

I'd like to create some audio versions of my info products.

What is the easiest amd quickest way to create them?

What software is easiest and best?

Is there a way of outsourcing this cheaply?

I'd be grateful to know what has worked for you.

Many thanks.

Kind regards,

John
#audio #making #products
  • Profile picture of the author marciayudkin
    John,

    The fastest, easiest and cheapest way to create audio products is to interview an expert over a conference-call line and record the interview. (Or if you're an expert, have someone interview you.)

    You'll need a little time to prepare and a little time afterwards to clean up the recording using free audio editing software such as Audacity.

    The conference call line and recording on it are free.

    Then you write your sales letter and you're all set to promote your new product. It can take way less than one day, start to finish.

    Marcia Yudkin
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  • Profile picture of the author John Marshall
    Many thanks for those thoughts. Appreciated.

    What's the best way to convert my existing info products to audio?

    John
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    • Profile picture of the author marciayudkin
      What's the best way to convert my existing info products to audio?
      A good way to do that on the cheap is to find a customer who has a good speaking voice and who would record them for you in exchange for access to the products.

      You can outsource this to a voiceover person or audiobook narrator, but make sure whoever you choose has the right accent for your customer base and the knowledge of how to pronounce names and unusual industry words correctly.

      Good luck,
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  • Profile picture of the author Awesomo
    Hi John,

    there are a few free software - natural readers (can read from IE, PDFs, MS Words etc)
    but the paid ones are usually better - ispeech, spokentext

    Another way is use fiverr. There are some people who will voice up to 1-2min per gig. A rough guide to estimate how much you will have to pay for your project is: 1 page = 1 minute

    If paying by gigs is too taxing, you can probably work out a deal with the VO person a rate instead....
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    • Profile picture of the author marciayudkin
      Another way is use fiverr. There are some people who will voice up to 1-2min per gig. A rough guide to estimate how much you will have to pay for your project is: 1 page = 1 minute
      I wouldn't use fiverr for this because you need one person as the voice on the whole product.

      I've gotten a lot of great Kindle covers from someone on fiverr and now that I need one more, she's gone on vacation and suspended her gig. For an audio project that would be a deadly problem.

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      • Profile picture of the author Awesomo
        Originally Posted by marciayudkin View Post

        I wouldn't use fiverr for this because you need one person as the voice on the whole product.

        I've gotten a lot of great Kindle covers from someone on fiverr and now that I need one more, she's gone on vacation and suspended her gig. For an audio project that would be a deadly problem.

        Marcia Yudkin
        Of course, it's the same person, I mean if you have a product that is 4min long... you pay the same fiverr person 4times if the charge is 1min per gig...
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  • Profile picture of the author Don Schenk
    John there is another FREE audio program called "WavePad Sound Editor." It is sooo much easier to use than Audacity!

    You can record from it, then edit out all the "Uh and "Uhm" and "like, you know" statements.

    The microphone in your computer should work, but a USB mic will probably do a better job. Here is a site with three pages of them. (I am not an affiliate.) USB Microphones & Most Music Gear Ships Free | Musician's Friend

    There is a whole lot more to making a great sounding audio. Audacity doesn't work with mp3 files without an external plug-in call LAME audio encoder. WavePad will works well with mp3 and WAV files, and will let you save mp3 files at 320KBPS on down to below 24KBPS.

    The best is to record and save as a WAV file, then save it again as an mp3. You can do your editing on a copy of your high quality WAV, the save that as a smaller mp3.

    The closer you can talk to the mic, the less "room noise" you will have. Room noise give a hollow sound to the audio, and can include such jems as furnace fan or air conditioner noise in the background.

    Another way I like to record is by talking into a CD sudio quality, handheld recorder. After using many, my favorite is the Olympus LS-7. Amazon has the best price I have found for it.

    Other good ones are the Zoom H1, and the Zoom H2n. The ones made by Zoom can plug into your computer via USB and function as an external microphone. The will give you incredible sound. I have the older Zoom H4 with its convolulted, confusing menus. The newer H4n and H2n, and H1 have easy-to-use menus.

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    • Profile picture of the author John Marshall
      Originally Posted by Don Schenk View Post

      John there is another FREE audio program called "WavePad Sound Editor." It is sooo much easier to use than Audacity!

      You can record from it, then edit out all the "Uh and "Uhm" and "like, you know" statements.

      The microphone in your computer should work, but a USB mic will probably do a better job. Here is a site with three pages of them. (I am not an affiliate.) USB Microphones & Most Music Gear Ships Free | Musician's Friend

      There is a whole lot more to making a great sounding audio. Audacity doesn't work with mp3 files without an external plug-in call LAME audio encoder. WavePad will works well with mp3 and WAV files, and will let you save mp3 files at 320KBPS on down to below 24KBPS.

      The best is to record and save as a WAV file, then save it again as an mp3. You can do your editing on a copy of your high quality WAV, the save that as a smaller mp3.

      The closer you can talk to the mic, the less "room noise" you will have. Room noise give a hollow sound to the audio, and can include such jems as furnace fan or air conditioner noise in the background.

      Another way I like to record is by talking into a CD sudio quality, handheld recorder. After using many, my favorite is the Olympus LS-7. Amazon has the best price I have found for it.

      Other good ones are the Zoom H1, and the Zoom H2n. The ones made by Zoom can plug into your computer via USB and function as an external microphone. The will give you incredible sound. I have the older Zoom H4 with its convolulted, confusing menus. The newer H4n and H2n, and H1 have easy-to-use menus.

      :-Don
      Thanks Don. EXACTLY what I was looking for! Great info and I really appreciate you taking the time to provide it to me.

      Kind regards,

      John
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