Voice acting
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| - | {{GFDL}} | + | '''Voice acting''' is the art of providing voices for [[animation|animated]] characters (including those in feature films, television series, animated shorts, and [[video games]]) and radio and audio dramas and comedy, doing [[voice-over]]s in [[radio]] and television [[Advertising|commercial]]s, [[radio drama|audio dramas]], [[dubbing (filmmaking)|dubbed]] foreign language films, [[video game]]s, [[puppet]] shows, and [[amusement ride]]s. An individual who performs such voice-only roles is known as a '''voice actor''' or '''actress''' or as a '''voice artist'''. Voice acting may also involve singing, although a second voice actor is sometimes cast as the character's [[singing]] voice. |
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| + | Voice artists are also used to record the individual sample fragments played back by a computer in an automated announcement system. At its simplest, this is just a short phrase which is played back as necessary, e.g. the [[Mind the gap]] announcement introduced by London Underground in 1969. In a more complicated system such as a speaking clock, the voice artist doesn't actually record 1440 different announcements, one for each minute of the day, or even 60 (one for each minute of the hour), instead the announcement is re-assembled from fragments such as "minutes past" "eighteen" and "pm". For example, the word "twelve" can be used for both "Twelve O'Clock" and "Six Twelve". So far voice artists have been preferred to speech synthesis because they sound more natural to the listener. {{GFDL}} | ||
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Voice acting is the art of providing voices for animated characters (including those in feature films, television series, animated shorts, and video games) and radio and audio dramas and comedy, doing voice-overs in radio and television commercials, audio dramas, dubbed foreign language films, video games, puppet shows, and amusement rides. An individual who performs such voice-only roles is known as a voice actor or actress or as a voice artist. Voice acting may also involve singing, although a second voice actor is sometimes cast as the character's singing voice.
Voice artists are also used to record the individual sample fragments played back by a computer in an automated announcement system. At its simplest, this is just a short phrase which is played back as necessary, e.g. the Mind the gap announcement introduced by London Underground in 1969. In a more complicated system such as a speaking clock, the voice artist doesn't actually record 1440 different announcements, one for each minute of the day, or even 60 (one for each minute of the hour), instead the announcement is re-assembled from fragments such as "minutes past" "eighteen" and "pm". For example, the word "twelve" can be used for both "Twelve O'Clock" and "Six Twelve". So far voice artists have been preferred to speech synthesis because they sound more natural to the listener.
