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Reinstate payment please

  • Sebastian Torres #4601531158
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    Hi, 

    The client instructions are a bit ambiguous on this one, ultimately it makes more sense to pronounce it the way you did. For this reason, we will remove this rejection from your stats. 

    However, your voice doesn't sound like a 21 year-old as requested by our client. For this reason, we can't really pay for it. Make sure to be more selective regarding the projects you apply to so they 100% fit with the client's brief. Otherwise, you're bound to get more rejections. 

     

     

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  • Nick Flint #363968741
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    Sebastian: First, my question was why was my flag not pickup up because the revision request was invalid, but instead that being resolved, the audio was then rejected without further discussion. What kind of a process is this?

    Next, there was nothing ambiguous about it for me, because I know what UWA is. It doesnt 'make more sense' that is the way it is pronounced. The only ambiguity was that your QC did not understand the institution or how to pronounce it. I tried to correct that with flagging but the process failed or does not exist. And the project still stands unfulfilled.

    Next, this is the 2nd time you have done this: I go through this cumbersome community posting process to receive a very slow response for a specific rejection reason, and then you say "well dont worry about that issue" but now THIS is the real problem. If voice age was the real problem, why wasn't it caught in QC? This post is about an incorrect pronunciation rejection, so why do you keep moving the goal posts? I successfully submit and deliver for *young australian male" 90% of the time without an issue. Why are you making this determination for the client? It is entirely subjective and I strongly disagree. 

    I will say again this rejection and review process is deeply dysfunctional and you are not serving the end client, the talent or frankly your own platform. 

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  • Oscar Peña #360184271780
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    Hi Nick

    The issue with raising a flag in Speedies is that sometimes our Production Management team will not be able to reply to your request on time before the read expires. Which is why we can ignore the rejection so it doesn't affect your numbers, as we understand that sometimes further instructions may be needed and you are doing your best with the recording you upload to the platform.

    When it comes to deliverables, our QC team has the responsibility of only approving those files that have already been assessed and that will likely be approved by our clients. We pay for a deliverable to then sell it to our client. That's why we must make the decision before the audio gets to our client. 

    We'd love to receive any suggestions you may think of that can positively impact our workflow. 

    Regards

     

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  • Nick Flint #363968741
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    Hi Oscar, thanks for that. However, I am still awaiting answers from Sebastian.
     
    My suggestion would be live chat available with the QC team, yes even for speedies and even if it was only made available at the discretion of the QC on the project (IE, one way availability). If your platform's priority is speed and quality that is the best way to get both... so that minor issues with production quality or project details can be resolved immediately before being rejected unnecessarily. As this is not an automated platform, IE you have a live-person QC process anyway, why shut off from talents who are working and presumably in their studio? I understand that although it is probably a small percentage of projects with an issue like this, it is still onerous on the VO talent's time (and slows down the project delivery) to not be able to rectify a tiny issue, from whichever end the problem originates. 
     
    In all honesty, the platform is beginning to frame VO talent's time as a free resource, rather than extending all efforts to respect their time and support them for the best chance of success/approved delivery on every project they accept, speedies included. The pay rates are low enough on voicebunny that that would seem like the minimum service level expectation. After all it is their/our time and talent in my opinion that essentially drives your platform.
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