It’s a great choice!
Enjoy your recording and thanks for your feedback.

I was looking for a solid option for recording voice-over content. I decided to go with a Sennheiser HD 280 Pro.

Hi Shankar. Using an external microphone cancels background noise and provides better sound quality. The best way to see which cameras work with external microphones is with a look at the descriptions written by the manufacturers. I made a note where I could of which cameras have this feature.

As a Railway Society we have an online archive, free only to members. When we first published them on the FlipHTML5 platform we ticked the box to stop Google from indexing them. However, this wasn’t enough and our content soon appeared on the internet when certain phrases and words were used.

To prevent Google and other bots from scraping and spreading our content over the web we did the following:

We published them in an on line forum which was itself password protected. We then coded the page the bookshelves were displayed on in order to tell the bots not to scrape the page. Finally we password protected each book. Clearly over the top but it stopped other pages from appearing. To avoid having to give each member their own password for each book we used the same password for every book.

Have you ever heard of On The Mic Training? We have the only government accredited Voice-over full time program in the english speaking world right here in Vancouver, Canada? Check it out at onthemictraining.com

I much appreciate the review, Rick. It’s always nice to hear that I helped one of my readers, though I’m sorry that I cost you so much money! Sony cameras are a nice option for many people. You can’t go wrong with a brand backed by so many years of experience. Let me know what you think once you get it into the field.

Jane, Sony is a soft option, but you would really do better with the Beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO. The high and mid-range reproduction is really outstanding with this model.

Thank you for your feedback! I really appreciate it.

Hi Susan, thanks for the feedback! The biggest potential problem I see with using older cameras is that you likely won’t get the resolution that you need. Modern webcams stream and record at 720 and 1080p to produce a clear video. Your older cameras might be fine if you aren’t concerned about clarity. I would recommend the Go Pro though as you can buy accessories to carry it on your body and you walk around and talk with your small groups.

You can probably do it on a microsoft form, set the starting and ending time and date, or change it on the fly!

Thank you very much, Francisco

Hope you´re doing great! just to come to say…What a great job you´re doing with your website, for sure helping hundreds like me who want provide/disseminate educational content .

Taking this opportunity to wish you a wonderful 2018.

Thank you soo much!
Francisco Rodrigues Gomes | Sao Paulo | Brazil

I use FlipBuilder in Windows 10 Pro, and it works just fine.

Thanks in advance!

Peter, thanks for the comment! I believe you should go with a plain camcorder from any of the top manufacturers. Make sure the one you pick has a spacious Flash drive and long battery life. Also, if you can get a tripod for this cam, even better. It’s as simple as that.

Like I said, I’m a big fan of the Panasonic HC-V770 because of its ‘wireless twin’ feature. A savvy way to impress your students!

Thank you for your question, Jeff! One of the most common questions and complaints that I get about recording studio monitors is that they do not have any bass sound. It may surprise you to learn that is exactly what you want them to sound like. When a monitor reproduces a clean sound, it does not create the typical enhancements that are so commonly added to the sound by home stereo systems. Most home stereo systems automatically add bass and treble to audio recordings. When recording in a studio, you want to record a more “flat” sound so that later when these recordings play on a home system they will sound normal and not too bass-heavy.
A home recording studio monitor is best when it creates a reference sound that will sound good on many different systems. That is easier to accomplish if the monitor does NOT add bass and treble to the sound, which will be added later by the other systems.

Hi, Ted. Thank you for your question. The desktop monitors that are good quality are about $100 for a pair of three-inch monitors. The larger, professional recording studio monitors can run as high as $700 each for an eight-inch size from a top name luxury brand and around $200 to $300 each for a strong brand that is more modestly priced. The more expensive monitors are sold individually or in pairs. Depending on the sound quality conditions that you are checking, you may only need one monitor, not two.

That is an excellent question. The very best monitors can sound terrible in a room, which has not been adjusted with proper sound treatment. Monitors do not correct problems with reflections of sound in a room. They may make a bad recording in a poorly treated room sound even worse on playback. The first thing you want to do is to set up your sound recording room properly to get rid of unwanted reflected sound, echoes, and reverberations. You can find out how to do this by searching for articles about acoustic tiles and sound treatment on this website.

You can analyze the sound in your recording studio room by using room acoustics software such as REW. You do this by recording a test tone using the sound analysis software. Then, you can learn what is needed to adjust the room. After all the adjustments are made, you can then decide which monitors are best suited for the sound dynamics you find in your new home recording studio.

Try Quiz Creator by PC Shareware. It’s a one-time cost of 29.95 and creates very professional quality html quizzes (both multiple choice and short answer question types) and it’s a VERY easy program to use.

Thank you for creating such a detailed article. I am trying to find a mic for recording audiobooks that will enable me to pass ACX quality control. I have tried the Snowball but had manufacturers problems with all three, now the Rode NT. I am on my 3rd one of those with manufacturers issues in the first two (and I do treat them care).

Now with the one I have, even with all appliances off, the laptop more than 4 feet away and no noise from the outside, I am still having sound problems. Even if the noise floor is sufficiently low, if I am the correct distance from the mic. I am picking up mouth clicks and there are crackles in the pauses. If I am further away than 6 inches, even projecting, the volume is too low.

I am using Garageband with Rob Dirck’s settings. Is the answer to upgrade the mic? If so, what will enable me to get the sound clean enough for ACX? I don’t have an unlimited budget but I would be willing to exchange the Rode for something a bit more expensive if it solves the issues.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I have been working on this for a year now, and just found your article. Here’s hoping.

I guess many quiz makers can make quizzes with timer. I’m using iSpring QuizMaker and you can set limits to time and number of attempts. Hope it helps!

I recommend Ispring QuizMaker.

Good general article but it would be fantastic if it went into more detail. Am completely disenchanted by Articulate’s html5 implementation and support. I was sold on Studio 13 to got to html5 to find that the lessons didn’t resume properly. Then I was told it was all fixed in 360 but its not. So can you recommend something akin to presenter and quiz maker that has html5 support and restricted navigation and resume features?

By the way, great analysis, thank you for sharing.
Greetings.

Juan Carlos

Regards, Damir.

what are tools can i use it to create my portfolio??

http://www.billkemsley.com/#portfolio

Thanks! – Bill

This is a great information. Thank you so much.

IT IS NOT FREE!!!!
I tested ClassMarker, very good platform with a lot of instruments BUT it is free for educators only for one month. I was so frustrated to create tests based on theirs promises and to throw away everything after one month.

Nancy, you’re right: there’s no one-size-fits-all here. You need to factor in your setup, your ambience, and your voice. Your first buy may not be the best fit, so might require a bit of trial and error. My advice is not to skimp on it. For pro applications, use pro equipment. Choose wisely and try a few models. Don’t be shy to return any gear that doesn’t work out; most retailers have lenient return policies.

(If you already know this, disregard. Still a great collection!)
#5 and #12 links did not work either. I tried the root/index site for each link and those did not work either. Guessing those sites no longer exist? I did not Google the names to check.

Btw, #11 brings me to her website but not a portfolio, possible it was removed or moved to another location?

Thanks!
Irena Fayngold
Boston

Hi.. I’m just planning same.. Can you tell me how was experience?? Should I use any converter or Can I do my self?

Question: I work with both Articulate 360 and PowerPoint. Storyline has timelines for each item below the slide in Story view. I’ve used a synthesized voice in Balabolka to create an mp3 narration which is on my desktop. I’m trying to create a timeline similar in function to Storyline in PPT. Just one timeline is sufficient only to automatically play the mp3 clip at a specific point in the slide. Is there a way to do this? Can I use a transition to play an mp3 file? Thank you.

All in my quest to make PPT as robust a CBT creator as dedicated authoring tools.

Just FYI – http://www.poll-maker.com/QuizMaker redirects to https://www.quiz-maker.com/

Quiz-Maker.com has a free version but to take full advantage of all features they have three pricing tiers – $15/month and $29/month are the “normal person” plans. 😉 However, those are “sale” prices. “50% OFF Forever and First 30 Days Free – Sale Ends Soon”.

The 30-day free trial is nice. I’m trying the “standard plan” ($15/month). So far it looks like a good value.

I have written a short healing guide/book. It’s all done just want to import it into flip book format and done. will be giving it out for free.
Is there an easy to use flip book or e book creator software or web based that I can use for one month only? As I will only be using it once?
There are so many out there but really just looking for a onetime use or one month use. Import and publish.

Any help would be amazzzing as this is getting a bit frustrating. Just want to give people free healing!!

Thank you for sharing this information!
Very grateful!!

I have the same problem with my students about forgetting password in Edmodo.. But not everyone has an email account with G-Classroom. Thanks

Has anyone ever used ispring?

You worked hard to create the comparison table and it’s really nice. Btw, I would recommend you put more information about the license price of each tool such as: lifetime license or per year. That’s more helpful to your readers.

Do you know if there’s a tool that provides both?

I’ve been using Flippingbook for over 5 years but stopped this year to change to Flip Html5 (same editor as pubHMTL5)

I stopped working with Flipping Book because my version was incompatible in HTML5 with Chrome, Opera and IE. Only Firefox and Edge gave a good result. Besides for me (I am a teacher and I don’t have a big budget) the price is excessive and renewing his license costs 80% of the license price.

Fliphtml5 gives me satisfaction but the same publisher has several products under different brands and it is difficult to understand the difference. I almost bought a product that didn’t suit me.

There are also some good ideas like batch or command line but output is not HTML5

Good product but very confusing; be careful and test before producing.

Some bugs but we don’t know if we have the latest version and there is no version history on the site.

The price is equal to 1/3 of flipping book so it is a good purchase overall while Flipping Book does not work on all browsers.

I am trying to create an interactive e-cookbook which will have the following:
– 6 categories (e.g. beverage, Appetizers, Entrees, Dessert, Misc. etc)
-Each of these categories would have individual items (could house 10-60 items)
-Users should be able to click on any individual item and view each page (text, audio, video)
-Also users can go to each category anytime

Do you have any recommendations for a specific software?

Many thanks