The eLearning market continues to grow as more companies look for ways to onboard and upskill their team members. In fact, 90% of organizations offer some type of eLearning to their employees.

These platforms are easily accessible for remote workers and scalable for the organization, as an unlimited number of employees can access the tools. However, eLearning systems aren’t always engaging. Some employees are stuck listening to robotic recordings in monotone voices. If you want to develop eLearning materials for your staff, consider hiring a human voiceover artist instead of using AI to record your content. Here are three reasons why human voices are better.

1. Humans Add Tone and Emphasis to the Material

A professional voiceover artist knows how to review content and add the right tone to the material. They can read your training materials in a manner that is professional but engaging. Human voiceover artists also know how to emphasize certain words and phrases to make the flow of information more natural.

While text-to-speech systems are improving in their ability to mimic the human way of speaking, you can guarantee a smooth reading by hiring a real person.

2. Emotional Voices Trigger Deeper Memory Retention

An engaging voice doesn’t necessarily help a company train its employees. However, it is more than a nice feature of eLearning software. Studies show that when a voice has emotion or elicits a powerful response, listeners are more likely to remember the sound and the experience that comes with it.

Hiring a voiceover actor who can add emotion to your eLearning materials can increase the engagement of your team members while also increasing their memory of the content. This means your training materials will be more memorable and are more likely to be applied to the workplace.

3. AI Still Messes Up Word Pronunciation

You can command an AI system to record your eLearning materials and receive recordings within a few hours — or even less. However, that doesn’t mean these recordings will be accurate. Robots still make pronunciation mistakes that are hard to correct, which means you will need to edit and adjust your recordings.

For example, imagine if all of the eLearning materials by IBM had the company pronounced “eye-bm” instead of reading out “I-B-M.” It would look unprofessional and be frustrating for the developers involved.

A human voice artist will pronounce your words and phrases correctly and will require minimal correction. This will prevent distractions in the recordings that disengage your listeners.

Invest in Quality, Human-Made Recordings

It’s understandable that you would want to use AI for your eLearning voiceovers. While these tools often come at a more affordable price than a voiceover artist and the turnaround time may be faster, the quality of your recordings may reflect the cost, potentially resulting in a less polished sound. Elevate your eLearning materials with human-made voiceovers. See how a professional voiceover artist can make a difference and improve your onboarding and training experiences