JBI Studios' Blog on Voice-Over, Dubbing, and Multimedia Localization.

May 13, 2020
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Recording Voice-Over for Voice-Assisted Devices

We’re in the midst of a technological revolution powered by artificial intelligence, and voice is at the center of this sea of change. In the 1920s […]
March 11, 2020
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Multilingual Voice Assistants

More than one out of five Americans speak a language other than English with Spanish as the most popular second language. In Canada, English and French […]
February 5, 2020
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The Rise of Voice Assistants and Smart Speakers

This past decade we saw explosive growth in voice assistant technology. Voice assistants are software such as Alexa, Google Assistant, Siri, and others, that are able […]
October 10, 2019
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Text-To-Speech: The Future is Now

From Apple’s Siri to Amazon’s Alexa, voice assistants are incredibly popular and are shaping how we use and interact with technology. Voice assistants can be asked […]
July 3, 2019
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Deepfakes and the Future of Voice Acting

As a professional localization studio, we pride ourselves with working with some of the best voice talent in the world. Great voice-over actors are able to […]
January 17, 2018
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5 Reasons Text-To-Speech Will Be the Standard for Accessibility Audio

Text-to-speech is now widely used – most notably in the recent boom in smart speakers, which rely on TTS voices like Alexa and Google Assistant. But […]
October 11, 2017
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How to Use Text-To-Speech (TTS) Voice-Over for Document Accessibility

Document accessibility is one of the more common uses for text-to-speech voice-over. Why? Because TTS is a great tool for producing large amounts of voice audio […]
February 13, 2017
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The Future of Text-to-Speech and What It Means for Voice-Over

We’re going to end our month-long focus on text-to-speech by looking to the future – specifically, the future of TTS. It’s already everywhere – the new […]
February 6, 2017
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Has text-to-speech really improved that much? Listen for yourself.

In today’s post the text-to-speech voices will do all the talking, so you can hear for yourself just how good they’ve become. They’re more natural, better […]