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Reading voice over copy isn't as simple as you think. If you're having difficulty reading scripts accurately and quickly here's a description of the problems you might have and some solutions to help you read faster and accurately
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William Williams

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This guy deserves a couple more millions views

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Yes 🙌 I agree with you🙏

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The number of likes shows the number of people that agree with exactly what you said

[@vitalityinhealth.]

"Dont practice failing, practice succeeding" This video is filled with great advice. Thank you.

[@daustin24700]

Great little 💎💎

[@cass_rmr]

“i have found that when you stumble you stop and go back and fix those words, that in fact, you’re giving yourself permission to fail.” agree!reading is all about having confidence even if you trip off along the way, the key is to focus and stay in the moment. thank you sir for the tips!

[@MrGengad]

Excellent advice Thanks for sharing this.

[@worrylessnless6222]

Your talent in reading this script right here is absolutely insane. Even if they're your chosen words, every word is weighed accordingly! What a coach, we need you to make a course on udemy to enlighten further!!

[@GeraldAlpinePerry]

I LOVE the opening of this video!! Perfection!!

[@fearlessblackgirl7049]

Thank you for these tips! 🙏🏾

[@73qazxsw]

Great advice, Thank you!

[@emaniinreallife7979]

I could listen to you talk alllll day long 😩🙌🏽

[@hc509]

Your videos are awesome!! Your tips are so helpful and on point! It's comforting to know that the mistakes and pitfalls I'm running into in the beginning, are common, so it is encouraging me that I can really do this! Plus your voice is so nice to listen to, I could just listen to you for hours! Thank you for sharing your incredible knowledge I really appreciate it 😊

[@Tobez]

This was so unbelievably helpful. It brought all my current issues into focus. Thank you so much

[@centerfear-mysterycrimerec3627]

Always so much value in your videos. I'm going to start practicing my reading.

[@FilipedeBarrosDance]

Thank you, this was excellent! Some great knowledge and tips 😊

[@nurulsolehah6801]

Your voice is so soothing. I almost didn't realize that the only audio you used is your voice.

[@tinlizziestudios4344]

Very helpful. Keeping going through the copy was very helpful.

[@thetroglodyteand50spaceshi70]

Thanks for your wisdom and advice. I’ve been a singer songwriter for a lot of years and all my friends used to say you should do voice overs. I’ve created my own demo in my studio and I’m ready to try it out your advice is so helpful I appreciate you

[@fmj4138]

That was superb! Thank you William Williams - I am a follower!

[@PeterSedesse]

this is so sharp. There is a huge difference between reading, and reading out-loud.

[@adolfogomez-herrera1348]

WW been looking at voice-over for three months, the first time I hear so much truth and the importance of being able to read on one video. You are geat encouragement. I hope you are as successful as honest. Thank you.

[@calvinlai872]

Heartfelt thanks for your good advice.

[@eglover177]

Oh my God this video just gave me LIFE!!!!!

[@johnnyburrowsdotcom]

Fantastic! Thank you again William for wonderful advice.

[@maryfoxworthy6110]

Right now you are my hero and my benefactor. Your videos are truly educating me. I am creating an instructional series on KZbin. I am totally new at this and am making all the mistakes in filming, narrating and editing. To make matter worse, I'm dealing with "old lady voice" because I'm an old lady. This video will help me overcome the problems I've had with reading, even though I've written the scripts. Thanks for your wonderful lessons.

[@arianheydari7397]

So much useful information. Thank you

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i just believe this is the most amazing video ever

[@CameraCombo]

Thank you so much. Great content and advise.

[@1VIP1daniel1VIP1]

Thank you very much for this input!

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So helpful!

[@neuromancer27]

Genius, it really helps ! I suscribed

[@charlivy.e]

I am actually recording for my youtube videos and these helped a lot! thanks you very much!

[@smorisch]

This is a great video. Thank you so much.

[@duttelking2883]

I love this, thank you sir!

[@kometsischechi875]

Thank you very much for a great advice. I better take time to practice reading to succeed.

[@edukacijetv]

Great tips, thank you.

[@billcoutts9107]

Super good. Many thanks. Hope to be heard soon.

[@laminedconde6275]

You’re a genius. Thanks for giving me a clearer path to correct my mistakes when I read. Speaking English as a second language, it’s hard for no native English speaker to sound good in reading out louder. Any more advice will be great!

[@your.music.connection]

Great tips. I'm a beginner and am planning to create music teaching videos plus scripture reading videos. I've done a little reading and recording of scripture only to realize it's not as easy as it looks... You make it look easy!

[@1fashionbliss]

You have to get your finger and your eyes to syncrinate! I love that!

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Loved it loved it! Thank you 🌼

[@djaxup]

Almost one year old...and no downvote? Love it. Thanks for the tips too

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I love you too

[@HealthSachet]

Very nicely explained, Sir. Thanks a lot.

[@thinbluelaneproductions3798]

Fantastic! Thank you.

[@negriltimes]

Beautiful Mr Williams. I love this

[@cahillphilip9402]

Excellent advice.

[@UsefulWords]

Wow ! Thanks

[@CharmSchool_Reject]

Its the one skill Im confident in for this work.. Im new still working on demo but I was hyperlexic, and had a college level comprehension in 2nd grade

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Great, inspiring and educational content. 🙏🏽

[@ManMediaTz]

Thank you so much

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Great content!! Keep it up!! Well done!!

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Thank you so much!

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Great video thanks 😊

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Thank You- Thank You 🙏🏿 Everything about this video was perfect... The timing, teaching, share of knowledge, direction, guidance, etc!!! Thanks I needed this! Back to work!

[@hotheadsniper]

best tips!thanks.

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That was extremely helpful you got a new subscriber❤

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Some very good advice!

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Thank you for sharing 😊

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Very helpful. Thank you

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Amazing video and highly educative

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William Williams..generous, supportive, and a mine of wisdom. What's not to love? Thank you.

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He's awesome!

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👍This was great!✨️

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so accurate !!

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An excellent video. Thank you very much. Very informative. It all makes perfect sense and is just what I was looking for. I'm definitely checking out your website. Thanks again!

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What a lovely comment :)

[@ninadbhatkar2127]

Thank you, sir.

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I love this video

[@globalfunseeker6733]

The biggest problem performing voice overs is the person's voice. I have a raspy, deep voice that is ill-suited for this type of work. No matter how many times I try, it pains me to hear myself. And continuing on after making a mistake has never worked for me because the second time around my voice is always different. So, I have to rerecord the entire copy. I wish there was software available that would allow you to alter your voice. I've tried changing the pitch in Audacity, but it hasn't helped enough. Thanks for your informative videos, I enjoy watching them.

[@subhchintak8337]

Very nicely you teach 😊🙏

[@SizzlesDiaries]

I love the intro, here to learn a thing or two

[@ovaismalikvo]

He was my first VO teacher. Hey William!!

[@ryfreedman]

Awesome info!

[@BeyondGreatness69]

Awesome!

[@genobambino]

“If you can’t get through 30 seconds of voiceover copy” [obvious cut-and-splice] “you’re going to have a great deal of difficulty reading an entire book.”

[@lytnin88]

I didn't notice the "obvious cut-and-splice." Or were you just trying to be funny?

[@genobambino]

1:00

[@PaulMcCannWebBuilder]

You also see it when he's talking about stumbling and going back to fix the words at 7:40 These splices might just be edit points where breaths are removed.

[@ayomideomolodun7973]

This hit me. And makes so much sense.

[@jameswoodard4304]

I think the problem is that he/the editor are operating based on a Voice Over mindset rather than KZbin video creation. In VO, people try to get perfectly clean audio and will cut-and-splice to remove the inevitable loud/long breath, pauses, etc. But for YT video content, naturalism in communication is at least as important as precision, if not more so. So, splices that would normally make sense in VO are unnecessary and distracting on YT. Also, it's harder to get a clean splice on video than audio. In audio, the material (sound) is naturally coming and going, starting and stopping, and you can plug the pieces together like legos. But visual media is a steady stream. So, unless you happen to physically blink at the right time, it's impossible to miss a visual edit. I think they are just editing YT videos with too much of a VO mindset. And yes, it's ironic and kind of funny.

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It was really informative. Love from India.

[@tenaciousstudios03051]

I usually don't have any voice-over copy to read from when I'm doing my indie voice-overs, so I ab-lib my lines as I record what I'm improvising, so I'm basically giving myself plenty of leeway to go back and fix a line I phrased improperly or something like that.

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Thanks. 👍🏻

[@thejonathandoan]

This advice is absolutely indispensable! Thank you!! And now I must practice......

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Brilliant

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I've just watched a couple of hours of useless rubbish about VO and I was prepared to dislike this video, but I LOVED IT! Finally someone who genuinely provided good tips and information without the judgy demotivating opinions, or the Blah Blah.. I'm so great... Blah Blah! I'm not a kid, nor am I looking for a career change. I only want to pursue my pet projects and do as good as I can. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you for being a good guy and giving me some good information and tools to work with.

[@stanmanmedia]

You are excellent man.. and the quality of the video and sound on these videos is proof in the pudding. Do you have a good reference for editing vocal voice over type audio. I know there is a great deal out there, but I watched your video on using normalization last, but do you have other such videos that go through some good basic editing of spoken word audio. I can do it already, but I'm sure not as well as you, as I can hear how great your sound is on these videos. If you have none, can you point me to another's video? Thanks!!

[@natalya9821]

Hello. Thank you.

[@TechieSewing]

This video is brilliant and I haven't seen it addressed before. The things like what software or format are you reading from, do you use text formatting to mark the pauses and emphases, how narrow to make a window to stop that eye jumping thing, and the things you've covered about how to actually stop jumping. I'm using a teleprompter app, it helps me to stay on the line a bit better but I'm going to methodically try all the advice from this video. Reading aloud is a skill I need to work on. The title could be more specific and more inticing though, I have watched it and struggled to find it in my watch history afterwards ;)

[@-whiskey-4134]

I always mess up reading aloud when I over think it and focus too hard lol when I dont think about it it flows naturally. It messes me up when I start to record because I end up putting in too much effort rather than just having fun with it and I have to remind myself to be more animated and try new things.

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This mans voice is a walking ASMR

[@narayan8127]

Sir, your videos are really helpful to me, I'm having problems with my script reading during voice over...and now I'm believing that I will be a good voice over artist from your videos

[@daanthijssen1748]

What a friendly comment :)

[@dragonchr15]

So true. I tried reading a few pages of a novel out loud....I was so exhausted after 20 minutes and was missing words, etc.

[@jazznutz]

Guess what? I'm doing my first paid audiobook and can't get through 30 seconds of copy without making a mistake!! It's a grind. I appreciate the tip on keeping your eyes and mouth in sync by following along. I'm not really dyslexic but feel like it. Your description of what it eyes do helped to clarify. Thank you!

[@AlisoCreekVoiceOver]

For audiobooks you should consider using the "punch and roll" recording technique. I'm producing a video on "punch and roll". It really speeds up audiobook production.

[@jazznutz]

@@AlisoCreekVoiceOver Thank you, I just finished my first book and got pretty good at lunch and roll. I was taught the clicker method so to some adjusting. I do think it's faster.

[@AlisoCreekVoiceOver]

@@jazznutz With the "clicker method" you have to go entirely through the material again 1-2 times. With punch and roll you end up with a clean take after one pass. In audiobooks we only remove the initial breath in each chapter bu leave the other breaths. So punch and roll reduces the production time by a factor of three. Very important with a 10-hour book!

[@thejoshthat]

lol "you need to be able to read" I love it!

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I liked over

[@StanTheBland]

I can obviously read on an average level in terms of just keep it in my head, although whenever I try to read out loud it's almost as if I'm trying to predict the next sentence or I skip a word

[@AlisoCreekVoiceOver]

Stan, that's because we don't read letter by letter or even word by word. We actually read in phrases of words and we often "guess" what the phrase is rather than reading the exact phrase. As an an example suppose the copy says "a half an hour". We might say "a half hour" (no "an") or "half an hour" (no "a"). The best way to fix this is to point to each word with your finger as you read to force your eyes-and your voice- to see and speak each word. I hope this helps. William

[@oneask2260]

很棒的内容和建议。感谢您的精彩课程。

[@lytnin88]

My sentiments exactly.

[@pranjalsisodia5003]

0:43 1:32 2:37 4:33 Reading for form Vs Reading for content. Children are made to read mainly for Grammatical form. Adults usually read for content. 5:59

[@theylov3it]

Intro cracked me up 😂😂🤣 Edit: the rest of the video too

[@Tonygarry78]

I read the Dunwich horror on KZbin roughly 10 months ago or so. I did a horrible job with a horrible mic. As of late, I've been learning how to be gooder with v.o., narration and such. I've also left the reading on KZbin. As I hope to become better. Read the story again and compare them.

[@hunternelson1679]

Im dyslexic and have a hard time reading but i did the tips in this video and am amazed at how well i can read out loud using them. but its mentally exhausting.

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Subscribed 😆 For those who can't read 📖

[@daanthijssen1748]

This has more life advice in it than I expexted

[@asimsultan4403]

Hi Aliso, I have not seen your recent videos on your channel?

[@SoComposed]

4:49 might need to redo that read...

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LETS GET IT - “An day above ground is a good day “

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I loooove wise grampas😇😇😇

[@aussernllc]

Running in to a similar problem when reading sales script. The flow and how I would present legal disclaimer have nothing in common. Specifically "I have a question" does not flow with "this call is being recorded..." Not sure how to make both ends meet and not be a robot.