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  • Shellbeach@lemmy.worldtocats@lemmy.worldUpdate for the sad post yesterday
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    7 months ago

    I had to put down my 16 yo heart, warmth, and joy 2 Saturdays ago. Something in me is broken and gone with him.

    I got a little runt that needed a lot of help and is helping me heal . I tell him a lot about Katsu.

    It’s been a rollercoaster.

    All my best wishes go to you and your 2 little gremlins and their will to live 🐈



  • Much more depending on the usage. The length of the audio counts in the rate but less than its use, how long and where it would be used.

    For instance, a perpetuity buyout (one of the thing he should have negotiated), are very expensive. Audiobooks for instance are longer but cheaper. My rate is 350/per finished hour for audiobooks, which is pretty average in the field. While a 30 seconds national radio commercial for my country, I would ask between 350 and 500, and that’s with a limited time they would be allowed to use/broadcast it.

    Here is a rate sheet for standard usage, if you are interested: https://globalvoiceacademy.com/gvaa-rate-guide-2/

    I’m so excited, I don’t get to talk about this aspect of my job often :)) Thank you for your interest so far!




  • The rights for usage should be much much higher. Just like recording Siri’s voice and an e-learning project might have taken the same time but the usage and how many people are going to hear the voice is widely different.

    Furthermore, “it only took him a minute” is akin to say to a graphic designer why pay him so much for a website that took him less than a day to do: it takes years, practice, and skill to be able to do in only a minute.

    If anything, considering that a lot of people seems to recognize his voice, he should have been able to retire on this simple few words.

    Just like one good jingle or one hit wonder can make their author very rich.