Communication Strategies

I am writing this from home with a temperature and a sore throat which means Voice recognition software and recording voice-overs for e-learning films are very out!

This is a bit disconcerting because on Saturday i am running a whole day training event in Sketchup for 25 people and I have not been able to record the e-learning films for any of it yet as the clock ticks closer.

What this delay has done is force me to consider alternative strategies and consider if they are really 'second-best'. i have access to extremely sophisticated screen recording software but it is time consuming compared to clicking and speaking. Maybe what i will do in the end is reduce the amount of talking, even getting others to say prepared statements out loud which I will line up with the film in Windows movie maker. The result will probably be better precisely because it will be 'considered' instruction rather than a continuous stream of dialogue.

Also of course, the most melodious voice may eventually pale after a couple of hours of solid instruction. As they say... Out of adversity comes invention!