A while ago bkw of Freeswitch fame tweeted something about using Fiverr.com to find Lauri Murdock to voice some IVR. Fiverr.com is a site where people offer whatever service they provide for $5.
Since we had recently made some changes in staffing we needed to rework our IVR tree. I thought, hey for $5 noone is going to complain if we get a nice female voice. So I just ordered recording without asking anyone about it.
The Fiverr.com site is very easily navigated. Lauri had a few sample recordings available, which seemed very suitable. So I submitted the script and placed the order. She uploaded the recording less than 48 hours later. I must say the experience was awesome. Fast. Easy. Cheap. And her voice is really good.
Unfortunately, I miss-spelled the name of one of our staff. She pronounced it correctly, according to the script, such that I had to order a reread. But hack, at just $5 more it was not a problem. Again, Lauri turned the recording around in just a day or two.
So, my thanks for bkw for the tip. And I recommend anyone needing cheap, fast IVR recordings give Fiverr.com a try. There are a lot of voice artists offering their services. At $5 a try how can you go wrong?
If you have some small service to offer Fiverr.com may be a nice alternative to building your own web site and having to worry about how it gets promoted.