Just wanted to say Hi

Bernie Simmons · Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006, 20:22 (GMT) Post subject: Just wanted to say Hi

Just saying hi, and thanks to V123 for a terrific idea! You've made it work very well, and I know it must be very difficult, particularly in dealing with talents and clients on a world wide basis.

From when I started my own membership with V123 the only thing that has bugged me has been the lack of understanding that there is whole wide world other than the USA, and as with many many projects and services on the internet that are American run, there seemed to be a focus on the USA, clients obviously seeking American accent talents but not saying it and so on. As a talent based in the UK it has been very frustrating answering leads only to discover time and time again that the client wanted an American accent - but didn't actually say it. Sorry if this sounds like an insult to Americans, but you guys are not taught to appreciate that planet Earth consists of much more than the USA! Time you knew it. The internet is an international market-place and playground, it is worldwide. So, it's not just V123 but most Americans who have such a huge and self-sustaining country that they do not need to know about the rest of the world much less care about it who are plagued with this problem. I see this all over the internet on fourms, business websites and so on all idiotically focused on communicating with Americans only, when they could be selling to the whole world (and probably are anyway). Well here is the rest of the worl and we're just waiting to make friends with you! Laughing

For a while V123 started to actually state on the leads whether the client wanted a British, American or French accent e.g. but this seems to have stopped - why?

Bernie.

[you will need a feedback forum or the gripes will be spread all over the place and no one will be able to find them.]

Rubén E. del Castillo · **Voice Talent** Joined: 29 Sep 2003 Posts: 1

Hi everyone:

I tend to agree with Bernie (see quote below), but when it comes to accents, you are not alone.
You will find the same thing with Spanish talents. Most people in the USA think about Spanish as "mexican" only, and quite frankly, there' s alot more than that in the Spanish speaking market.
I hope this will change with the time.

Rubén

Marc Ireland · Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006, 23:03 (GMT) Post subject:

you bernie, whats ups?

Im feeling your vibe. Im from Ireland, and although I have got some work, I feel that us non-americans are disadvantaged.

Glad to be a part of the community Smile

Freddie Molina · Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006, 23:07 (GMT) Post subject:

Hello guys,
We know Voice123 is doing a lot of marketing efforts to drive the attention of clients world wide and this way meet the expectations of all talents on the site (not only USA). The good news are that Voice123 is doing some major changes on to the site’s structure and tools, these changes will reflect on a much better filtering system allowing the clients and the talents to choose more specifics and be more selective on the auditions requests, resulting on less talents replying to single leads and therefore higher chances of landing gigs though the website.
We should see all of these improvements soon.

PS// you are right, we’ll probably end up creating only a feedback forum.

Thank you daumen rauf

Bernie Simmons · Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006, 00:05 (GMT) Post subject:

Thanks Freddie, you guys at V123 have a great opportunity to also educate the rest of the American population by informing them that, outside America, there is no such thing as a "British accent" - it simply does not exist. Britain http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britain is made up primarily of 4 nations: England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales (OK I'm using a little license by including Ireland, but we generally consider Ireland included). Each British country has its own unique accent: English, which is quite different to Scottish, which is completely different to Welsh, and Irish. When you Americans bunch us all together and use the term "British accent" it is meaningless and insulting, it simply does not exist. If you mean "Standard English Accent" then please use this term. By contnuing to use the term "British accent" you demonstrate that you are serving mainly American clients Wink

Alex Torrenegra · Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006, 06:11 (GMT) Post subject:

Christina Romeo · **Voice Talent** Joined: 04 Oct 2006 Posts: 1

Hola and hello Eh?

Bernie Simmons · Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006, 10:58 (GMT) Post subject:

Freddie Molina · Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006, 11:47 (GMT) Post subject:

Thank you Bernie,

We really appreciate all your feedback, for a fact we’ll forward this information on to Voice123´s development department.

PS/ regarding the picture, the site should be showing the same one you have under your Voice123 account, let me check why it is not showing. Will get back to you on that.

Julia Sanders · **Voice123 Team Member** Joined: 19 Oct 2006 Posts: 3

Hello Barnie,

Thank you very much for that incredible feedback. It is useful indeed.
I completely understand the feeling and see your point.
For specific accents we have had the keywords included in "Expanded Voice Description" of your profiles but we may need to go on revaluating that.
You are very right in what you say and we'll put our hands on that right now Wink

About that list you provided us with it is great.
Thank you!!

Julia Sanders
Customer Relations and QA Manager.

Freddie Molina · Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006, 15:22 (GMT) Post subject:

Bernie Simmons · Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006, 15:25 (GMT) Post subject:

Thanks!