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ConnectionOpen Challenges ISDN

As Option For Voice Over Remote Recording

February 18, 2013

By Dave Courvoisier

Voice Actor & TV News Anchor

ISDN’s legacy technology will go away … eventually.

Lord knows how much longer the big TelCos will continue to support it. Smart producers, voice actors, audio engineers and others associated with the business of voice overs are searching RIGHT NOW for the next best thing.

It’s pretty well universally accepted that ANY succeeding technology for hi-quality remote recording will be Internet-based.

It’s unknown if Skype will go that way, but it could. SoundStreak holds promise. Source-Connect seems to have the biggest jump on the competition, but I don’t see a lot of excitement over the product, now many years old.

ENTER CONNECTIONOPEN

The dark horse in the race, and a surprising contender, is ConnectionOpen.

Like the other possible solutions, ConnectionOpen offers a means to record remotely over broadband. Uniquely, ConnectionOpen holds and aggressively defends an innovative patent that underpins the service.

Better than me trying to explain it myself, I took the opportunity recently to interview Lawrence Morrison, the developer and founder of ConnectionOpen.

Lawrence openly answers questions about his software, explains why his patent makes a difference, and details the possible application of ConnectionOpen for voice actors - all in this 12-minute interview:

ConnectionOpen from Dave Courvoisier on Vimeo.

WHAT'S IT COST?

Morrison adds the following points about pricing:

"Upfront cost is $0.
"Subscriptions will start at $25 per month. This will be a promotional price. It will go to $50 a month with a steep discount for a yearly subscription. We are still trying to figure out what that will be.
"At this point it is an all-for-one price deal. We do, however plan to add more features, video, customizable interface, extremely secure remote storage and a personal newsletter service for self promotion."

For more about ConnectionOpen: www.connectionopen.com
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ABOUT DAVE
Dave Courvoisier is an Emmy Award-winning broadcaster, writer, producer, voice actor, and the main weeknight news anchor on KLAS-TV, Channel 8, the Las Vegas CBS affiliate. He also writes Voice-Acting in Vegas, a daily blog of adventures and observations in a style that’s true to his friendly Midwestern farm roots.

Email: CourVO@CourVO.com
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Comments (4)

Lawrence Morrison

2/28/2013 at 7:09 AM

Joel,

This login loop was caused by a change in the browser code. Clear your cookies and it will allow you in. Jcontrol F5 clear them). We are actively working on the site every day making changes to both the website and the application. I will be posting contact emails on the front page today so that any user can contact me directly.

Just so you and the other readers here have it, my email is tauist@connectionopen.com. My phone number is 512-758-2408. Call me and I will help you solve any issues you may have.

Lawrence Morrison
CTO ConnectionOpen Inc.

Joel Richards

2/19/2013 at 11:25 AM

ConnectionOpen did get back to me and we are working to resolve the issue. There certainly is a need to replace aging ISDN technology. I'm interested to see if Connection Open will be that viable alternative.

Caroline Beverley

2/19/2013 at 4:58 AM

I am a voiceover artist and have ISDN in my studio. The problem I am finding is getting enough work that uses ISDN to pay for the telephone line. I use Audio TX Communicator and it works great on the odd occasion I have used it. I want to produce more voice overs and would appreciate any help and advice. Thanks

Joel Richards

2/18/2013 at 7:37 AM

I got very excited by the interview and signed up for the beta to test the software out. However since verifying my email address and downloading the software I can no longer login! The website just loops back to the home screen. Plus the "contact us" link on the home screen says you must login BEFORE you can contact the company. Gotta say my experience thus far has been a big turn off. If I am paying for a service--and one that I will be using when I am on my client's time--I can't have such basic, insurmountable technical hurdles. Perhaps they should have held off on opening up a public beta until they go their website worked out.

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