![]() ![]() You can negotiate for higher pay if you are efficient and accurate. Your work has to have little to no errors, and you should submit it promptly. Practice reading aloud and try to emulate others to develop a unique voice.Īside from a strong voice, you must be accurate, fast, and efficient. If you have a generic voice, you will be replaceable and might receive less. Say you have a deep narrator’s voice for science fiction that captures the author’s vision you will be an asset to the company and might receive a raise or bonus. Here are the factors that affect contract or employed narrators’ earnings. Sometimes, the company receives the royalty share rather than the employee. Some of these companies employ individuals with vocal talent capable of doing different voices of multiple characters to make up for a small headcount. The amount per company depends on the rate they charge or the royalty share they receive per audiobook sold. The Audio Publishers Association reported that 30 member companies made $331 million in total revenue in 2008 alone. This figure can range from $40,000 annually and above, depending on the agency or company. Here is the royalty share breakdown of audible.Īs an employed narrator, you earn a fixed rate for the many or few hours you work. Audible, like other audiobook work agencies, adapts a per-finished hour (PFH) mode of payment. The narrator’s pay rate depends on audiobook work, feedback, experience, and if their voice fits particular niches. ACX narrators earn $10 to $100 for beginners and $100 to $500 for professionals. Contract or Employed NarratorsĪn example of a contract narrator gig is being an audible narrator. The narrators’ charge cannot include poor-quality audio. If you do not have a good-quality microphone and a place to record your audiobooks, you might have to do your narration work again and again. These expenses come from most narrators’ pockets unless a client sponsors them, which is rare. Although not a complete professional studio, you need a recording space, a quality microphone, a microphone stand, noise-canceling headphones, audio recording software, and other necessities. ![]() To compete with established narrators, you must have a good home studio. Well-known narrators are efficient when they do a voice-over. You will earn less if it takes longer to do a voice-over for the entire book. Charging per hour means charging for the length of the finished audio files. Some charge per finished hour of the finished audio, others charge per hour that they work, and others charge a fixed rate for the completed recording audio. Sometimes the finished hour reduces after edits, which also affects your pay. Many narrators don’t charge for audio revisions or multiple audio versions, affecting your earnings. Here are some factors that can affect your earnings. Seasoned narrators rarely work eight hours daily because voice-over work isn’t that common, especially for audiobooks. If you still work eight hours daily (weekends off), this totals $400,000 to $600,000 annually. The more experienced you are, you can charge $200-300 or more per hour. If you still work eight hours daily (weekends off), this totals around $100,000 to $200,000 annually. Independent audiobook narrators usually work closer with audiobook publishers, and their rates vary. Most audiobook narrators start with an agency or company before going independent. If you want to become an audiobook narrator who can set your price, become an independent narrator. Here is how much an independent narrator can make. To become an audiobook narrator, you should first pick between the two. The audiobook narration rates vary for independent and contracted (or employed) audiobook narrator workers. The amount you make for audio narration depends on your position, experience, asking price, marketing, and other factors. ![]()
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![]() ![]() (Uses Chaucer as a model for good technical writing.) “Chaucer’s’A Treatise on the Astrolabe’: A 600-year-old Model for Humanizing Technical Documents.” IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication 36: 87–94. This is the only complete works of Chaucer that argues for his authorship of the Equatorie.) 906–934, and Equatorie of the Planetis, pp. The Complete Poetry and Prose of Geoffrey Chaucer. Suggests that, if he did not write Equatorie himself, the author was influenced by Chaucer’s method.)įisher, John H. (Argues for Chaucer’s superiority as a technical writer over his contemporaries. “Chaucer as a Technical Writer.” Chaucer Review 19 : 179–201. (How to translate Chaucer’s description of procedure into a modern understanding of the working of the astrolabe.) “Building Chaucer’s Astrolabe.” Journal of the British Astronomical Association 86: 18–29, 125–132, 219–227. (Discusses what we can learn from Chaucer’s work about his audience’s familiarity with astronomy and how it can clarify passages that seem obscure.)Įisner, Sigmund (1975). “‘We ben to lewed or to slowe’: Chaucer’s Astronomy and Audience Participation.” Studies in the Age of Chaucer 4: 53–85. ( Astrolabe and perhaps Equatorie may indicate that Chaucer was an amateur astronomer who made his own astronomical observations.)Įade, J. “Geoffrey Chaucer: Amateur Astronomer?” Sky & Telescope 63, no. (Includes A Treatise on the Astrolabe, John Reidy (ed.), pp. His website’s simplicity added to its longevity.Ī few years ago, the site migrated to a new platform and was given an updated appearance, but the core elements and the core mission remain the same, bringing Chaucer and his world to an audience far beyond what could be imagined in medieval London, Canterbury, or Bath.Benson, Larry (ed.) (1987). And because Benson worked alone he kept it simple: he did not embed third-party proprietary products, which would inevitably grow outdated. Whether his choice of Unix was prescient or lucky, he chose a portable language that is still an industry standard, unlike other choices in the late 1980s. Each new visitor has vindicated Benson’s egalitarian vision for the study of Chaucer.īenson did most of the work himself, by which I mean he pecked away at his personal computer’s keyboard writing code in the Unix operating system. It was sought out by everyone from high school students to seasoned scholars, because anyone with an internet connection could access it just by entering “Harvard Chaucer” in their browser. A site counter installed in 2004 recorded 83 million visits (and who knows how many millions before 2004?). Word spread quickly, and Harvard’s Chaucer webpage soon attracted a global audience. It was a self-contained library with everything a student of Chaucer might need to know. Other links led to summaries of courtly love, medieval astronomy, the Black Death of 1349, important scholarly articles, and much more. A click of the mouse brought up excerpts from The Romance of the Rose illustrating how Duenna, a seasoned expert on the tricks of love, inspired the Wife of Bath’s rhetoric. The site included notes explaining what the Wife of Bath’s scarlet stockings signified. At its core were the full texts and a complete glossary of the Tales taken from those magnetic tapes, but that was only the beginning. After Benson converted the tapes, his plan for them made him a pioneer of what we now recognize as the digital humanities.īenson soon launched Harvard’s Geoffrey Chaucer Website to help with his large lecture course on The Canterbury Tales, which enrolled as many as 300 students in the 1980s and 1990s. The Text Encoding Initiative, which standardized the format of digital texts, didn’t issue its guidelines until 1994. Reference works like dictionaries and encyclopedias were available only in printed form. When The Riverside Chaucer was published, email was still a novel curiosity. Shortly after the publication of The Riverside Chaucer in 1987, its editor, Larry Benson, retrieved a copy of the magnetic tapes that Houghton Mifflin used to print the book, because he recognized the potential for using machine-readable texts in scholarship and teaching. “Geoffrey Chaucer” is an unlikely name to find in the vanguard of the digital humanities, but there’s an unheralded story that puts him there, thanks to a Harvard professor’s labor of love. ![]() ![]() ![]() If you pick to be reimbursed more than you paid, the achievement will be ‘Have Your Cake And Eat It.’ If you get paid less than what you were scammed for, you will instead get the hidden achievement ‘Leave It There. If you pick “Enough”, then pick the same amount you gave the man to get the same achievement.Īside from ‘Lost and Found’ achievement, there are two other achievements that you can get depending on what you answer. Pick No losses to get ‘Lost and Found’ achievement. If you chose the first option when the man confronted you, that means you paid nothing. Talk to her and say that you’ve been scammed and she will ask you about the details of how much you’ve been scammed, the method, and other details.īut most importantly, is the amount you’ve been scammed with. You end the conversation then turn to your left to see Jingyan who’ll tell you about how she can help if you’ve been scammed. Hidden quests of all worlds : r/HonkaiStarRail 2 mo. These are listed in alphabetical order rather than by location, so keep that in mind when travelling around. As promised, here are all the current Honkai Star Rail Hidden Quests for you to unlock. He’s obviously nervous about you catching him again and try to avoid the subject. Honkai: Star Rail Coffin Dancer achievement How to unlock Honkai Star Rail Hidden Quests: Locations & how to unlock. You will find the man again here, interact with the man again and pick “There you are, punk!” to continue the mission. Now head to Exalting Sanctum and enter Realm-Keeping Commission Chancery. Choosing “Enough, how much do you want?” means you’ll choose how much you’re paying. Picking the first choice “Your Blade?” will scare the man away, which means you’re not paying a cent. Because this will determine the option you’ll make later at the end of the mission to get this particular achievement. These hidden quests can be challenging to locate but are worth searching for as they reward players with valuable items. Secret achievements are unlocked by completing hidden quests in the game or collecting secret items. Investigate the weapon and after you fiddle with it, the owner will come to confront you because it drops on the floor, accusing you for damaging it. Hidden quests in Honkai: Star Rail are secret quests discovered by interacting with various NPCs and characters around the in-game world. It’s a Cloud Knight weapon is rested against the wall in Central Starskiff Haven on the western area. Tell Jingyan you’ve been scammed and get your remunerationįirst, you need to find the weapon that’ll start the hidden mission. Adventure Missions in Honkai: Star Rail are side quest available both permanently and through limited time Events.Find the man in Realm-Keeping Commission Chancery.Find the weapon in Central Starskiff Haven.Here are the steps to get the achievement: By Anyka Pettigrew Screenshot by PC Invasion Throughout your time playing Honkai: Star Rail, you’ll rack up quite a few quests in your Missions log. The hidden achievement can be found on Xianzhou Luofu flagship. Once you reach there, another dialogue with initiate with her, and you will have to finish it to complete the Hide-and-Seek quest.Lost and Found Hidden Achievement Mission (Picture: HoYoverse)Īfter finding all three children, you will have to complete a dialogue with them and follow Hook to the Fight Club. Third hidden child location in Honkai: Star Rail Hide-and-Seek. Go close to him and investigate to find out that he has a childish voice, and all you have to do is complete the dialogue to catch Julian. Go to the center of the intersection of three paths which is also the place you started the game from, and there you will spot a suspicious person there wearing spectacles. (Picture: HoYoverse) Third Hidden Child Location As promised, here are all the current Honkai Star Rail Hidden Quests for you to unlock. Second hidden child location in Honkai: Star Rail Hide-and-Seek. You will see the head of the second child, Moles Sidekick, who is hiding behind some crates. Turn around and go towards the North direction in the quest area, and then take a right. (Picture: HoYoverse) Second Hidden Child Location ![]() First hidden child location in Honkai: Star Rail Hide-and-Seek. ![]() ![]() ![]() Rudolph decided he wanted to pitch her to record labels, therefore she needed a professional demo. ![]() Lynne Spears asked family friend and entertainment lawyer Larry Rudolph for his opinion and submitted a tape of Spears singing over a Whitney Houston karaoke song along with some pictures. In June 1997, Spears was in talks with manager Lou Pearlman to join female pop group Innosense. In 2018, readers of German teen magazine Bravo voted ".Baby One More Time" to be the biggest hit since its first music compilation was released in 1992. It is also featured in the 2011 dance video game by Ubisoft, Just Dance 3. It was also the final song to be played on the BBC's music programme Top of the Pops in the 1990s. Spears has named ".Baby One More Time" as one of her favorite songs from her catalog. It has been noted for redefining the sound of late 1990s music. The song was nominated for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards (2000), and has been included in lists by Blender, Rolling Stone and VH1. Spears has performed ".Baby One More Time" in a number of live appearances and during all of her concert tours. In 2021, the song was ranked at number 205 on the list of Rolling Stone 's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. In 2020, Rolling Stone named ".Baby One More Time" as the greatest debut single of all time. It has been featured on all of her greatest hits and other compilation albums. In 2011, ".Baby One More Time" was voted by Billboard to be the best music video of the 1990s. ![]() In 2010, the music video for ".Baby One More Time" was voted the third most influential video in the history of pop music, in a poll held by Jam!. The song is one of the best-selling singles of all time, with over 10 million copies sold.Īn accompanying music video, directed by Nigel Dick, features Spears as a high-school student who starts to sing and dance around the school, while watching her love interest from afar. Released on September 28, 1998, by Jive Records, the song became a worldwide hit, topping the charts in at least 22 countries, including the United Kingdom, where it earned triple-platinum certification from the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) and was the country's best-selling single of 1999. It was written by Max Martin and produced by Martin and Rami. Baby One More Time" is the debut single of American singer Britney Spears from her debut studio album of the same title (1999). ![]() ![]() ![]() The options available to the player lead the player down the path to progress, and if you ever get stumped, idle conversation will often provide clues as to what you could maybe try next.Īlthough the seams in the facade do become evident if the player gets stuck repeating a particular loop too many times, I did find myself impressed by just how naturally reactive 12 Minutes is to player interference. In this way, 12 Minutes rather explicitly telegraphs the solutions to puzzles, since there's only a handful of things that the player can even try. There's only a handful of interactive objects in the apartment, and each one has a variety of different uses. Twelve Minutes is much more scaled-down and far less ambitious than Outer Wilds it takes place entirely within a small, one-bedroom apartment, and the individual loops average 5-10 minutes instead of the 22-minute loops of Outer Wilds.ġ2 Minutes has a high-degree of responsiveness to player actions.ġ2 Minutes is also a much more straight-forward point-and-click puzzle-adventure game in a vein much more reminiscent of classic Lucasarts games. Outer Wilds has, after all, become one of my favorite games ever. It may have taken almost 20 years after Majora's Mask, but it looks like time loop games have suddenly become an emerging fad. MegaBearsFan Parental Rating: Mature audiences only because of:ĭisturbing adult subject matter, including domestic violence and sexual taboos. ![]() ( < indicates platform I played for review)īlood and gore, Sexual content, Strong language, Violence Having to do certain things in very specific ways to proceed.Consequence-free design allows experimentation.Puzzle is as much temporal as it is spatial.'Detroid: Become Human' is one such example - the endings you can reach there are much more diverse.Īll in all, however, I do think it was a good script - the suspense, the mystery, solid voice acting, the sense of adventure - they are all there. Whatever interaction this game might have - it all leads to failure either way.Īs far as interactive story driven games are concerned, I do prefer where the endings offer more variety and where it is possible to get a good ending, if you play your cards right. In other words, no matter how you play, you may find yourself feeling like you've failed in some way - all due to how the script was written. Not only that, but the numerous characters whose bodies end up being hijacked by an alien entity - whom you do save. In other words, it wasn't possible to save a few key characters. I saw other playthroughs on youtube and it seems like they all had, more or less, same endings. I finished the game and it left a bit of a sour taste in my mouth. ![]() If there was one thing that did bother me about the script, it's the ending. If there was any wokeness in this game, it was by far less obvious than any of the current star trek TV shows (though some hints of strong females and dumb/weak males agenda are present). Throughout the game, you control a white chick and a hispanic dude. I'm going to say no - not really, anyways. that was quite impressive, especially given the dismal writing present in most star trek TV shows of today. For a 10 hour adventure - a narrative that tight. There are a lot of twists and turns - it all kept you guessing. In fact, I'd say the voice acting was pretty solid throughout the game (though not necessarily great for all characters). Spock has a more prominent role and surprisingly, it's not an AI recreated voice, but rather that of a voice actor - he did a great job recreating the voice of Nimoy. Riker shows up late in the game - has a few lines. The voice acting is actually not half bad. ![]() ![]() Metro 2033 Redux, Metro: Last Light Redux, and the Gold Edition of Metro Exodus are all available at 80% off. Metro: Last Light Complete Edition is being given away to promote a Steam sale where the entire Metro series is being discounted. Death Stranding is the first in what will be a series of mystery games given away for free through the Epic Game Store to try to bring users back to the digital storefront every week. In Death Stranding's case, it's being given away for free to promote the ongoing Epic Games Mega Sale. Metro: Last Light Complete Edition - SteamĪs it so happens, both free games are being given away as part of ongoing promotions.Like Death Stranding, Metro: Last Light Complete Edition is only free until May 25, so those interested should be sure to grab it for their digital libraries ASAP. ![]() Metro: Last Light Complete Edition, meanwhile, is the original version of the hit first-person shooter game Metro: Last Light, the second entry in the Metro series. Death Stranding earned mixed reviews at the time of its original release, but it is still notable as being the first Hideo Kojima-developed game since his dramatic departure from Konami. RELATED: New Steam Game Finally Gets Release Date Almost 20 Years After It Was Announcedįrom now until Thursday, May 25, Death Stranding is free on the Epic Games Store. Most of the time the free games are lower-profile, indie releases, but right now PC gamers on Steam and the Epic Games Store have the opportunity to claim two bigger budget, AAA releases. With Steam the freebies are more irregular since they tend to be from the developers or publishers themselves as a promotional tactic, whereas the Epic Games Store gives away free games on a set schedule. PC gamers are often treated to free games with no subscriptions necessary, though the freebies are only ever available to claim within a limited window.īoth Steam and the Epic Games Store give away free games on a regular basis. At the time of this writing, PC gamers can claim both Death Stranding and Metro: Last Light Complete Edition completely free of charge, but the offers don't last forever. ![]() ![]() ![]() Additionally, here are some Easter eggs from the final episode you may have missed. If you want to learn a little more about Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, check out our breakdown of Julia Louis-Dreyfus's character on the show. John Walker has teamed up with Valentina Allegra de Fontaine-also known as Madame Hydra in the comics-and she gave the super soldier Walker a new costume and new title. However, he's not the only character that got a new look. Looks like Wilson will be Cap in the future of the MCU. He is physically human, but uses his Falcon suit to fly and uses its attached drone for surveillance. ![]() Of course, Wilson's Falcon wings are a part of the new Captain America costume, and Redwing is back as well. Falcon also known as Sam Wilson is a fictional Avenger, Air Force Veteran, and superhero in Captain America: The Winter Solider, Avengers: Age of Ultron, and the extended Marvel franchise. Comic book fans will remember seeing Wilson in an outfit similar to this one back in 2014, when he became Captain America in All-New Captain America. It was during the final episode that Wilson left behind his old Falcon costume to become the new Captain America. Walker wasn't right for the role, which eventually brought Wilson back together with Cap's shield. The second MCU series revolved around the battle for the mantle of Captain America, with John Walker taking on the role early on, after Wilson surrendered Cap's shield to the US government. There are a few spoilers for the final episode of The Falcon and The Winter Soldier below. Sam Wilson got a brand-new costume, and that's not all. Original story: The MCU Disney+ series The Falcon and The Winter Soldier came to an end with Episode 6, and there were big changes for at least once character during the finale. Take a look at the new Captain America in all his glory below. You can watch the entire series for yourself on the streaming service right now. The image features Sam Wilson aka Falcon flying upward through the air with his Falcon suit on, but he is also donning a full Captain America suit and the iconic shield. After having been handed the Falcon wings at the end of The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, it seems Torres is ready to suit up as The Falcon.Disney has released a new image of Sam Wilson in his brand-new Captain America suit, days after the MCU series The Falcon and The Winter Soldier came to its conclusion. Excitement is building for The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, which should arrive on Disney Plus sometime in early 2021. The new suit incorporates Sam’s chest logo into a more traditional Captain America color scheme, aka blue.Īnother, albeit low-resolution, look at Sam’s new suit comes complete with a hint of Torres’ new costume. The MCU’s New Captain America Suit May’ve Been Revealed By Merch. The best look at the new Captain America suit comes courtesy of the same Twitter account that provided the first look at WWE Superstar Seth Rollins‘ Serpent Society character (presumably Cobra) on set. Set photos from Captain America: New World Order show Anthony Mackie‘s Sam sporting a more “true blue” Captain America suit while Danny Ramirez‘s Joaquin Torres looks to be stepping out in a comic-accurate costume, his first “super suit.” ![]() Now, new set photos show Cap has another new suit and so does his new sidekick. Perhaps the biggest upgrade in the MCU’s history was Sam Wilson’s Vibranium Captain America suit that he sported in The Falcon and The Winter Soldier. Even if subtle, changes to costumes move merchandise from lunchboxes to Marvel Legends and beyond and so it comes as no surprise that with each new appearance, the MCU heroes get new gear. Marvel Studios loves a good costume change for their heroes. ![]() ![]() I am happy investing in a good product that would provide me value long term and don't want to have to constantly switch, buy, and learn how to use new apps to have it accomplish what I need. Having seen a number of PDF products either released or upgraded recently and many of these costing between $10 & $100 triggered this review: PDFPEN PRO 7 HOW TO I am an early adopter of PDFpen and upgraded when PDFpenPro was released, I still remember when Smile Software was nothing but a small kiosk at MacWorld., which is where I first purchased it, Since then may other less capable 'competitors ' have come and gone often with great ideas and promises but with little to show for them. Smile has continually strived to improve this product, which I regard as the 'Swiss Army Knife' of PDF tools, and continually releases free updates and occasional major fee based upgrades, often spaced years apart. I have always received satisfactory support from them That said as oly having an ocassional need to edit or modify PDF'' the GUI can sometimes be challenging to deploy the exact tool you are looking for. However that is almost always with any product that is as versatile as this is. ![]() If I was a frequent user I suspect any interface challenges would disappear within a few weeks of use, So after years of perusing the 'competition', I feel that if users are interested in serious PDF editing, the have two choices. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A little compensation for this couldn't have been hard, specially since EA specially commissioned a PC port from a porting specialist. Feel free to post any comments about this torrent, including links to Subtitle, samples, screenshots, or any other relevant information. I get they're using remapped default inputs from Windows, but this interface has sucked for years. To replace in-game text with instructions along the lines of "Press Button 8 to find out. I'll be brutally honest about the inclusion of the "controller" option in the GOG version of JE: Prcisely, that's what i meant with 'factor in distribution', GOG can't. GOG.com is a digital distribution platform an online store with a curated selection of games. Unless their agreement specifically covers this, GoG is probably wise to err on the side of not going through legal shenanigans. I think this game is due for a sequel, but since that wont happen, wishing the first one to appear on GOG is the next best thing. official driver before it would work properly. Staredown: There are probably also contract issues with GoG doing this, because this is such special preorder content. What I love about Jade Empire is that it places the rpg in a very under-utilized setting, asian culture and martial arts. The button prompts also seem to switch between a controller and a keyboard randomly.Īnyone got any clues what I am doing wrong? I'm also using a wired Xbox controller, but as it's a third-party transparent thing (with lights inside, etc.) I had to get the correct i.e. The other half of the time, when I press A to attack it decides that it is going to combat pause. UPDATE: Jade Empire: Special Edition is now live on Google Play and the Amazon App Store for Android. ![]() ![]() ![]() You don’t have to worry about thinking, memorizing and keeping your encryption keys all the time. If you to let Carbonite manage your encryption keys, it means that your files will be strongly secured using AES server-side encryption. There are pros and cons between the two options. 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