I inherited an Articulate Presenter-based piece in which the audio was recorded at different times, using different microphones, etc. The voiceover talent was no longer available so I re-recorded using new voices. I always record using Audacity, but I find it’s built-in effects are limited and weaker than the [...] Continue Reading…
Better Voiceover Audio Using Adobe Soundbooth CS4
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Why I don’t Post Much (i.e., What do I do with this Blog?)
I’ve not posted much to this blog. Not nearly as much as I thought I would, anyway. I am going to start posting more often, but the problem is that I no longer do much elearning design or development (which was supposed to be the topic of this blog, [...] Continue Reading…
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Tracking Articulate Courses and Quizzes in Adobe Connect Pro Training
A quick post (lifted from an email to a co-worker I drafted). Wanted to post it here in case we forget in the future : )
Here’s how to get the basic tracking working:
1. In Quizmaker, setup your quiz and insert it into the slide deck.
2. On the Reporting tab, [...] Continue Reading…
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T-Mobile To Stop Selling @Home Service
A reader (thanks John!) was kind enough to send me a link to an article proclaiming that T-Mobile is going to stop selling the @Home service.
The article reads like it’s a done deal, and sure enough it is. Further research confirms that T-Mobile is stopping sales of the @Home [...] Continue Reading…
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My Comparison of Verizon FIOS and Comcast Internet and TV Services
I moved this past July to a new house that previously had FIOS installed. I was pretty thrilled with the prospect of getting off of Comcast and moving to Verizon FIOS.
It’s been almost 4 months now since first switching to FIOS for my internet and TV, and as [...] Continue Reading…
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T-Mobile@Home Call Forwarding Options
Wish I had known about the excellent call forwarding options that came with the @Home service. If you do nothing else, at least look at the CALL FORWARDING IF NOT REACHABLE option. Can’t imagine why would NOT set that one up at least. In fact, after looking these over [...] Continue Reading…
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Interesting Captivate Links
Came across some good stuff over the past week. Usually I’m too lazy to blog about this stuff, but I gotta hand it to Microsoft – they suck at a lot of things, but Windows Live Writer kicks ass. Nothing else out there touches it. So, without further [...] Continue Reading…
One Year Review of Tmobile@Home Phone Service
Hard to believe but it was just over one year ago that I heard about the Tmobile@Home service and, unprepared, I walked into the Tmobile store and purchased my setup. But alas, it’s been a full year of using the service and although I haven’t blogged enough on [...] Continue Reading…
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Using the Adobe Elearning Suite Workflow – Can Substitue Fireworks for Photoshop
As I sometimes am too quick to do, I’ve been stewing for a while now, since the Adobe Elearning Developer Suite was released, about why they included Photoshop instead of Fireworks. I totally understand why they might do this – more Photoshop users than Fireworks.
So last week I [...] Continue Reading…
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