2023.09.16 – 0989 – The Diction-ary of Voice – I

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Impromptu (or ‘ad libbed’)– a comment made ‘off the cuff’ without a script or prior rehearsal

Inflection – the lifting or lowering of the pitch of an individual word or different parts of a word to indicate significance (see: ‘cadence’)

Insurance takes - when the director wants one more take, ‘just in case’

Integrated loudness - the average loudness across an entire recording

Interdental (or ‘linguadental’) – the speech sound when the tongue darts through the lips. Used when people say “theoretically, this third thrush threads theatre throws”

Interface - hardware that connects to your computer that allows you to record audio

In the mud (or ‘muddy’)– a low or distorted volume

In the red (or ‘hot’, ‘distorted’)– a high or distorted volume

IPDTL (ipDTL) - Internet Protocol Down the Line: an IP codec running in a web browser, used for remote broadcasts in television, radio, and voice-over and a replacement and compatible with older ISDN audio codecs

ISDN - Integrated Services Digital Network: a system similar to the newer over the digitalised circuits of the public switched telephone network

IVR – Interactive Voice Response: technology that allows phone users to interact with a computer-operated telephone system through the use of voice. A voice-over artist will record, say, movie titles on show and the screening times and ticket availability, which a caller will interactive by responding to voice prompts

iZotope – a software company providing plug-ins that repair audio, doing things like removing background noise, distortion and mouth noises

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