Gyrus

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

In this blog, we’ll highlight some of the most powerful AI tools available that are helping companies produce compelling training content with speed, creativity, and precision. is an AI voiceover platform that transforms text into speech using human-like voices. provides AI-generated voices to create natural-sounding voiceovers.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 9, 2024

When I talk to people about starting a blog, newsletter, LinkedIn posts, or other content marketing, they often confess that they’re worried they don’t have anything to write about. They ask how I come up with ideas, especially when I’ve been blogging so long. I also bookmark articles for my posts of curated links.

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Experiencing eLearning

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

I share these links periodically here on my blog. ElevenLabs || Prime Voice AI This is another provider of an AI voice over tool (besides the more well-known WellSaid Labs and Murf.AI). The voices in the short samples sound very realistic; this could work for at least short narration.

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Experiencing eLearning

OCTOBER 24, 2023

AI voices While instructional design overall isn’t going to disappear, the voice over field is going to be hit hard. AI voices are much better now than they were even a year ago, and I continue to see new tools and improvements all the time. I know several IDs who are already using primarily or exclusively AI voices.

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Experiencing eLearning

AUGUST 17, 2021

While I nearly always pay professional voice over artists rather than record narration myself, I often end up doing minor audio edits. WordPress has been my tool of choice for blogging for nearly 15 years. In addition, my blog is a place where I try to help others learn. New clients find me through my blog.

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Experiencing eLearning

JULY 16, 2024

You’ll hear her AI voice clone in the introduction. Read more on how to use AI As I experiment with using AI to create branching scenarios, I have been publishing blog posts about what I learn, what works, and what doesn’t work. Joanie’s experimenting with an AI cohost, Jo Jo AI.

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Upside Learning

APRIL 24, 2025

Phase 6: Capturing Voices That Matter Turning Learner Feedback Into Meaningful Insights Interval-based pulse surveys and qualitative interviews give learners a voiceand help L&D teams uncover whats working, whats not, and where to go next.

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Experiencing eLearning

AUGUST 27, 2024

ChatGPT was #4 on the list last year, and I expect that more AI tools This image, like many on my blog recently, was created in Midjourney, with text added in Affinity Designer. I have primarily been using it for my blog and for personal samples and experimentation, but I have started using it for client projects as well.

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Hurix Digital

MAY 31, 2025

This blog will explore the various facets of professional digital content creation and its undeniable impact on enhancing your businesss ROI. Professional content creators ensure that every piece of content aligns with your brands identity and maintains a consistent tone, voice, and visual style.

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Experiencing eLearning

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

I share these links periodically here on my blog. Artflow has tools for creating character images and videos with automated voices. This uses the Synthesia avatars and voices, with paid options for custom avatars. This article cites my blog post on learning objectives.

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Experiencing eLearning

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

I share these links periodically here on my blog. Alan’s blog post explains how he built the random events (which were originally a card draw in the physical version). The other interesting feature is “Overdub,” which uses an AI generated synthetic voice based on the real voice to fill in changes.

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Experiencing eLearning

JULY 11, 2023

I share these links periodically here on my blog. Respeecher Voice Marketplace AI voice generation is an area where new tools keep being released. This is a voice cloning tool where you can copy an existing voice. As I read online, I bookmark resources I find interesting and useful.

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Experiencing eLearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

When I work in Storyline, I often use the TTS voices for the alpha version. That automatically generates captions that can be retained when replacing the audio with real voices, but again, the captions break awkwardly. My blog posts are written manually by me unless I post something like this; everything above is my own writing.

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Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 11, 2024

I had planned on writing a different blog post today, but I ended up spending a lot of time playing with AI music generation. An acoustic song with a female voice telling a story about an instructional designer working with a challenging subject matter expert (SME) Suno: Generate songs fast The first tool I tried is Suno.

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Experiencing eLearning

OCTOBER 3, 2023

I share these links about once a month here on my blog. Create a screen capture video, then use the AI tools to generate the text explaining each step and add voice over. As I read online, I bookmark resources I find interesting and useful. The tool also creates documentation at the same time.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 9, 2019

I have been reading Ashley Chiasson’s blog for years, so I was excited to get to meet her as well. This is a larger topic than I can address here; it needs its own blog post. I don’t do much voice over myself, since I’d much prefer to pay a good voice over professional to do it.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 11, 2023

I share these links periodically here on my blog. Ranting on the Gender Pay Gap in e-Learning An old blog post from Julie Dirksen about the gender pay gap in the elearning field. Abby Alepa Useful tools AI Text to Speech: Human-level Voices | LOVO AI This AI voiceover tool has options for adding emotions.

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Experiencing eLearning

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The links below are usually to my blog posts with notes on the questions asked, what we discussed, and additional resources. We started with blogging as a way to “show your work” and reflect on your practice. I spoke with JW Marshall on the Voices of E-learning podcast. Scenarios and storytelling. Emotionally Engaging Content.

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Play.ht

APRIL 27, 2023

Play.ht, the leading provider of artificially generated voices, in announcing the launch of its latest machine learning model that supports The post Play.ht Launches Multilingual Synthesis and Cross-Language Voice Cloning appeared first on Play.ht - Blog.

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Experiencing eLearning

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

I share these links about once a month here on my blog. I’m experimenting with AI image tools to create images for my blog posts. Their AI video generator is similar to Synthesia, although the voices and avatars seem to be not quite as good. As I read online, I bookmark resources I find interesting and useful.

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Upside Learning

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Smart chatbots, QR-code-based learning, and voice-activated coaching may transform eLearning into a continuous support tool rather than a one-time event. The post eLearning for Retail: Learning Like a Consumer, Not Like an Employee first appeared on The Upside Learning Blog.

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Experiencing eLearning

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

For this blog post, I also used Claude LLM to review my handwritten notes and pull out key points. This is what NotebookLM generated from uploading scans of my handwritten notes: a 16-minute podcast with two AI-generated voices discussing points from my notes. One of those summary options is an AI-generated podcast.

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Upside Learning

MAY 14, 2025

Audio Lessons and Podcasts Voice-based learning for hands-free environmentsgreat for multitasking. Lets Talk The post Phase 2: Mapping the Path with Learning Impact first appeared on The Upside Learning Blog. Spaced Retrieval Practice Follow-up practice activities that reinforce learning over time.

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Experiencing eLearning

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

This blog post was prompted by a great question from Kayleen Holt, instructional designer and owner of Scissortail Creative Services. That scenario also was text and images only, with no voice over or video. In addition to the normal challenges of receiving feedback, editing branching scenarios can be especially complex. The question.

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Scissortail's Learning Nest

APRIL 22, 2024

If you’re not familiar with Mayer’s Principles, this blog post from Digital Learning Institute explains them in a nutshell. To Autoplay or Not to Autoplay Because audio narration can overlap with a screen reader voice, the standard is not to autoplay any audio or video. The University of Hartford also has a useful one-pager.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 23, 2024

I share these links about once a month here on my blog. I’m experimenting with AI image tools to create images for my blog posts. 10 guidelines for accessible captions: Readable, accurate, synchronized, length, position, sound, credits, voice changes, speaker identification, and motion with one or two sentences describing each one.

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Infopro Learning

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Company leaders who don’t hear the voices of their workers tend to make some severe strategic mistakes. A short voice or video message to keep candidates informed about their recruiting process status and potential next steps seems to make more sense to millennials. Encouraging open communication at the workplace.

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CourseArc

APRIL 19, 2023

A Guest Post by ReadSpeaker The Internet of Voice has arrived, and it’s changing the way we interact with our devices. But TTS isn’t just for fancy new voice computing applications. Then we’ll discuss a few ways businesses can leverage voice technology to achieve mission-critical goals. In 2021, nearly a quarter of U.S.

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Experiencing eLearning

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Every single time I write a voice over script, I aim for that conversational tone. For my blog, a plugin tells me the Flesch Reading Ease for each post. Specifically, this is the personalization principle from Mayer’s Principles of Multimedia Learning. Using contractions is also part of conversational language.

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Degreed

MAY 24, 2024

I wrote this entire blog post about an AI executive coach we’ve been experimenting with and thought, “Anyone reading this will probably just want to try it out first.” After all, voice assistants aren’t new. First, a Quick Technology Summary Voice assistants like Apple Siri and Amazon Alexa have been around for a while.

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Experiencing eLearning

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Participants needed to recognize cues in body language and tone of voice. However, since that was a project for my blog and not an actual client, I’d assume a few more hours for planning and revision as an actual project. That’s not to say that sometimes more multimedia isn’t valuable.

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LearnDash

MAY 9, 2024

Build your brand A strong, compelling brand voice can entice folks to check out your site. The best way to build your brand is to be consistent in the voice, tone, and imagery you use to represent your membership. As you build your brand voice, be clear and direct about how you’re different and what value you bring.

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Avilar

MARCH 21, 2023

This “Inside Voices” blog shares his insights on how to be a good mentor. This is our second blog for our “Inside Voices” series, periodic interviews of professionals at different points in their careers – and in the employee lifecycle – to hear about their experiences and insights around skills and competencies.

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Experiencing eLearning

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

If they are, this blog post probably doesn’t apply to you.) It’s a skill that can be trained and learned, just like writing voice-over scripts or writing multiple-choice questions. The illustration above was generated with Recraft.ai. They aren’t experts in learning.

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Upside Learning

MAY 6, 2025

In the previous blog, we uncovered a stark truthmost learning initiatives fall short not because of poor design, but because they begin without clarity. Why Focus Groups Work You hear the real voice of the learner, not just a ticked box on a survey. Phase 1 of the Impact Framework addresses this head-on.

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Avilar

MAY 16, 2023

This is our third blog for our “Inside Voices” series, periodic interviews of professionals at different points in their careers – and in the employee lifecycle – to hear about their experiences and insights around skills and competencies. Avilar: You started your career at this teaching hospital 30 years ago.

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Avilar

JULY 21, 2023

This is our fourth blog for our “Inside Voices” series, periodic interviews of professionals at different points in the employee lifecycle , to hear about their experiences and insights around skills and competencies. Avilar: What one thing do you want people to remember after reading this blog?

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