Allison is back with the latest news of her activities in the world of voice-over and voice prompts. If you’re not familiar with the name Allison Smith, I’ll tell you when I first heard it: on Free World Dialup circa 2003, yes, nearly 9 years ago!

If you’re lucky enough to be coming to Astricon this year, you’ll certainly have a chance to meet Allison, one of the nicest people I’ve met anywhere.

Allison is writing about what she does with her new Voicegal’s Blog. Don’t forget to follow her on Twitter: @voicegal.

This Friday, Allison chatted with regulars Michael Graves and John Covici about procedures and equipment used to provide the quality work with fast turnaround that make her a renowned figure in the voice-over world.

There was also some talk about Skype for Asterisk, which PhoneFromHere.com is using to help make it easier to get into the wideband conference bridge. My own experience on the iPod is that the audio is of excellent quality. I’ve listened on it to several concerts for long durations, it not only sounds good but seems pretty stable, considering that Skype alone is often known for dropped calls.

Also discussed: Broadvoice releases codecs into Open Source

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Allison Smith, the Voice of Asterisk

Allison Smith, aka “the voice of asterisk” is always a fun guest to talk to but her contributions to the Asterisk community are ongoing. We talked among other things about her new site, The Asterisk Voice.

Membership on TheAsteriskVoice.com is growing steadily, and is proving to be the ultimate clearing house for Asterisk stock prompts. Take those stock prompts a step further, and enlist Allison’s help in customizing and personalizing your company-specific messages.