Blog - Technology

Playing games is another aspect of our lives that is going to be greatly enhanced by advances in virtual reality. While this is one of the most thrilling possibilities for gamers right now, it needs to be done right or the whole thing could be made a mockery of.

As a voice over agency there’s been plenty of times that we have recorded a fabulous session, for the client to then call up once the voice talent has left the studio and ask for one slight change. Adobe noticed there was a problem and created a solution called VoCo.

One talking point that never seems to be far away from the voice over industry is the role of technology. The emergence of Siri and other automatic voice tools come with that inevitable question – will the machines ever take over?

Earlier this month, Microsoft confirmed it would be rolling out Skype Translator on Windows devices, with a new update for the video calling app. Nearly four weeks later and all but everyone with Windows PCs, laptops and Surface tablets should have received the update.

Gender is always an interesting talking point in the voice over industry. Much of the discussion comes down to a number of stereotypes and expectations we have surrounding the voices in our lives. For example, have you ever noticed that automated voices are often always female?

As the audio translation industry becomes more technologically advanced, we find ourselves wondering about the future of translation and language services, and the increasing part machines are playing. Let’s look at the latest technological advancements that have been made in the industry.

The idea of a future where people can communicate effortlessly with each other in different languages, translated perfectly by machines, is a seductive one. Although machine translation technology is evolving all the time, it’s clear that we haven’t quite achieved this utopian vision yet. But will it ever happen?