Instruction For Narration
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Kindly follow the instructions to submit your audio for our podcast:
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Notice: Top of the article, an audio player will automatically generate.
Who can do this?
- Any author who has published a piece with us.
- Any one-time narrator registered through this form.
- Any narrator assigned by The Opinion. To register yourself as a narrator, click here.
Time Limits
For New Authors
The new authors who have the final draft of the publication ready with them are required to submit the voice as soon as possible. The sooner they submit, the sooner we publish.
For Old Authors
The authors who have earlier published with us, can read out through their published article. We shall publish the episode as soon they upload it.
For One-time Narrators
One time narrators can directly submit the voice through the Google Form.
For Assigned Narrators
The assigned authors need to submit the assigned audio within 3 days of assignment.
Procedure
Install Dolby-On
- As long as you don’t have a professional mic or an earphone with a good mic, we highly recommend using the mic of your phone only.
- We strictly recommend you to use Dolby-On instead of your regular sound recorder. It automatically enhances the quality of your recording and deletes almost all of the background noise. Note: You cannot edit pre-recorded audios in this application. You have to record directly through it.
- Download it on Play Store or App Store.
Prepare
- You can choose to do it solo, or collaborate with anyone else. For the record, you can ask anyone to narrate the article. They will be given due credits.
- Ensure there are no disturbances in the background. There should be nothing but your voice. Lock yourself in a room maybe.
- Do not forget to turn off any fans or coolers. AC can work.
Step 3: Record
Format of the voice recording:-
- No Greetings!
- Start with clearly saying the title of the article and the subtitle, if any, followed by the author’s name (and the narrator’s name, if different from the author).
Example:
For Authors: “Should India be Renamed as Bharat? by Ishan Dhyani”
For Narrators: “Should India be Renamed as Bharat? written by Ishan Dhyani and narrated by Abhishek Singh(Narrator’s name)” - Start with the main content of the article. No abstract. Don’t use the word ‘Introduction’. This should be read from the article published on our platform, or a draft shared to you. You may choose to remove any content if you think it should not be read, but you cannot add any content.
- Ensure there is good voice modulation, matching with the tone of the lines.
- Conclude the main content.
- You can leave a ‘Thank you comment’ for the listeners in the end of your experience of writing with us, but nothing else. This can be a minute long.
Step 4: Prepare the audio on Dolby (Highly Recommended)
If you want to do any editing with your recording, you are free to do it! Just don’t add any music or any strange audio effects. Try to reduce the background noise as much as possible.
This narrator in the following audio did not use Dolby-on:
The narrator in the following audio used Dolby-On:
We may reject your audio submission if it has too much background disturbances. Listen to these audios and judge yourself.
Step 5: Submit the audio
Click here to submit the audio. (Assigned Narrators and Authors)
The final discretion of whether your audio will be published or not shall remain with the Publishing Board. Your audio will be judged on its fluency, voice modulation, and adherence to the above mentioned format.
We hope to hear from you!
