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VOICE Samples
Commercials (TV or Radio)
Public Service Announcement
Documentaries
E-Learning
Telephone
Audiobooks
Audio Description of a Statue
AUDIO DESCRIPTION Samples
- In March 2024, Cardinal Rule Press released 6 "Audio Described Picture Books" for children for which I wrote the audio description (voicing the description on four of them), all of which are listed on Amazon (sample there) crediting me as Narrator.
- In February 2024, local TV station WRAL won an Emmy for a show on which I wrote and voiced the audio description: Big Night In for the Arts.
- Voiceover for Non-Profit Video Promo (July 2021; written and voiced by me)
- Voiceover for Extended Audio Description Non-Profit Video Promo (September 2021; written and voiced by me)
- Audio Description for painting Love is the Drug for the NC Museum of Art (April 2021)
- Audio Description script and voiceover for Arts Access Who We Are, What We Do, Our Impact video (Dec 2020)
- Audio Description script for Monet's The Cliff, Étretat, Sunset, for the NC Museum of Art, plus description of aerial photograph and a self-portrait of Monet (copy upon request; Nov 2020)
- Presentation on "Describing Art" used in training audio describers and for students at UNC Greensboro (2020 - I am available to present this via Zoom to your group ...)
- Audio Description of video presentation, demonstrating pre- and post-presentation "extended description" beyond slide introductions (could be done anywhere though) (Arts Access, Oct 2020)
- Audio Description and Voice-Over for "The Audubon Exhibit" at Bell Museum, University of Minnesota (November 2019) (Audubon Excerpt)
- Audio Description and Voice-Over for NC Museum of Art's "You Are Here" Exhibit (April 2018)
- 300+ video titles for University to be "508" compliant
- Consulting on audio description for class at Duke University
- Consulting on approach to audio description of art in the UAE
THANK YOU for considering me for your voice-over needs!
I just wanted to thank you for your excellent audio description. It is
perfect and adds a lot to the appreciation of the work.
(Artist from the Orange County NC Uproar Festival, July 2023)
You're SO good at this! You should read audio books ...
(AD script and voicing for Orange County NC Uproar
Festival, July 2023)
Note: I AM writing and voicing AD for children's books!
This is wonderful! I listened to both tracks and they sounds great.
(Promotional video for local city organization, July 2022;
AD writing
and voicing and integration with audio)
This is so great. Thank you so much! I don't have any changes.
(Museum, description of famous painting, November 2020)
It has been an extreme pleasure working with you on this project. Your work
is superb!
(University customer, March 2017)
Contact Fred Brack
| By Phone: | 919-368-6355 |
| By Email: | |
| By Mail: | 8505 Davishire Dr, Raleigh, NC 27615 |
Background and Experience
- Graduate of Brown University
- Learned the basics of "voice work" at the college AM radio station
- First Program Director of WBRU-FM, Brown's commercial radio station
- Jobs: PD, DJ, Announcer, News, Production
- Fast-forward 31 years to retirement from IBM (software, quality, management, HR)
- Operated internet-based business for 12 years
- Trained as an Audio Describer by Joel Snyder in 1999 and have worked as one for Arts Access ever since and have been the webmaster for the Audio Description Project since 2003
- Record weekly program (Our State Magazine) for the NC Reading Service since 1999 (one shot, no editing)
- Coached as voice-over artist by J Michael Collins
Special Skills
- As an experienced Audio Describer, I can also consult on or write/modify description for audio tours or videos for people who are blind or have low vision; write description for museum art and statues
- Technical proof-reader, with emphasis on usability
Studio
- Rode NT1A Microphone
- Focusrite Preamp
Rates
- Generally $60/hour.
- Sample Rate Sheet from Voices.com (for reference only)
