Paul Boucher

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Human Wins!

19.11.24 10:46 PM - By Paul Boucher - Comment(s)

Keep your learning human. Your staff will thank you.

So, allow me to paraphrase for the sake of better eLearning in 2024 and 25: give me your tired script, your huddled instructional designers yearning to hire a human voice to read it, the wretched AI voiceover your client wants to use, send these t...

The Right Communication Method

23.10.24 08:02 PM - By Paul Boucher - Comment(s)

Um, astrology isn’t the best predictor of….anything.

Instead, try face-to-face communication, even for potentially challenging conversations. Sometimes, the Right Voice needs to be used with the right communication method. ?


My horoscope for the day yesterday - which I superstitiously consult for fu...


Myths vs. Facts

11.09.24 04:13 PM - By Paul Boucher - Comment(s)

Escape the Echo Chamber!

Whether it’s reporting on the presidential debate in the US, or 9/11 retrospectives, or political or other news from your area, a bit of wisdom I’ve received is it's important to:

 

a)  look at alternate sources of information/analysis, and b) understand how our bias...

Your Voice Acting Career, Your Name, Your Life

28.08.24 09:13 PM - By Paul Boucher - Comment(s)

Working as an independent actor outside of a major market, whether that actor works in voice,stage, TV, or film, involves understanding that they’re in show business and that no matter what’s come and gone, including AI, the old maxim about showbiz still applies. 

Show business is 5% show and 9...

Stealing The Future

22.08.24 04:36 PM - By Paul Boucher - Comment(s)

Some Video Game Producers Want To Steal The Future of Voice Actors

It used to be when a voice actor landed a contract with a video game company like Electronic Arts, Activision, or Disney, the results could be career-altering and, sometimes, even life-altering. 

Importantly, they were mutually ...