Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Get answers to common question about our web audio marketing players and pro audio services.

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The TalkingSpeaker™ Free & Custom players are Flash audio players that reside on our server.  You simply place a piece of code in your HTML page(s), which calls up your player each time the page loads.  You can direct your player to stream any mp3 audio file that's hosted anywhere on the web.  Your mp3 file must be directly linkable (ex. www.example.com/audio.mp3) and it can be voice, music, sound FX or any combination thereof.  If you don't have a web hosting service for your mp3 file(s), check out our unlimited bandwidth mp3 hosting offer.  We've even heard of people using our players to stream their existing audio from other web audio services and free hosting accounts.

You can change your mp3 file at any time and your player will start playing the new file.  There's never an extra charge based on how much you use your player.  It's that simple!  We also offer many audio services to help you improve your existing audio or create new professional audio custom-tailored for your use.  Our DIY Audio page helps you create your own audio if you want to add a personal touch to y our message.

Absolutely! The TalkingSpeaker™ Free & Custom players can be used on as many of your own pages & sites at the same time as you wish, and each player can stream a different mp3 audio file, and the audio files can be changed any time you want.

Of course you can! You can simply change 2 short lines in your player code to play a different mp3 audio file, or come back to our free player activation form or your custom player configuration page and easily generate some replacement code (with your new audio file) at any time.

Our players use the ubiquitous Macromedia/Adobe Flash 8 technology plug-in.  Flash is reported on several sources as being installed on over 98% of all web-enabled computer systems, which means nearly every web user is able to see and hear the TalkingSpeaker players.  A large number of web sites utilize Flash for movies & banners, including all YouTube movies.

Our players can be installed on just about any page or profile where you can post a chunk of raw HTML code (with object & embed tags).  Essentially, wherever you can post a YouTube video, you should be able to post a TalkingSpeaker™ player, including custom web sites, MySpace, blogs, Drupal sites & HTML email, etc.  Some social-networking sites, content management systems and custom code may block the branded link (or affiliate link) on our player, but this doesn't affect the audio playback.  As well, some CMS such as Drupal may require installation of a WYSIWYG editor such as TinyMCE (ask us if you need any help) for proper display.  Our player code comes in both XHTML 1.0 Strict and Transitional compliant formats and works on most popular browsers.

While the TalkingSpeaker service has only officially been in operation since 2006, Mark Lindsey has been working with audio on the Internet (and pre-Internet) since about 1991 and was the first music composer to market his audio services on CompuServe and AOL.  Mark and his team of professional producers, consultants, audio engineers and voice actors have many, many years of experience servicing web and traditional media and business clients.  Your audio is in good hands.

Certainly not... We can produce, edit, master & prepare audio (and other media such as Flash and Video) for a wide range of players and formats.  While TalkingSpeaker.com focusses mostly on web audio marketing, we can also master music CDs & demos, score original music for film/video/games, record & edit dialog for most markets, perform video post-production, do sound design for many markets, and more.  We are also happy to record, edit, capture, convert & master audio for any other web audio players that you may be fond of, as well as produce, edit & mix your podcast audio.  When in doubt, just ask us.

Instantly!  If your mp3 file is hosted somewhere and ready to go, as soon as you submit your TalkingSpeaker™ Free Player Activation Form, your player code is generated and ready for you to copy and paste into your web page or profile editor.  The instant you open your page or profile with your new player code, your new player will be ready.

Most TalkingSpeaker Custom player orders are delivered within about 48 hours (or less) from the time you place your order and furnish all customization details (via email and/or our convenient web forms).  More complex players with custom backgrounds, special graphics or pro voice-over audio can take several days longer to produce, and times on all players may vary somewhat based on our current work-load as these truly are custom players, hand-built just for you.  As soon as your player is delivered and you configure your player code (using a simple web form we send to you), just paste it into your web page or profile editor and it's ready to roll.

Nope!  Your TalkingSpeaker Custom player is a one-time fee.  We host your player for life (or we'll give it to you if we should ever close our doors or when requested for special cases).  The only thing you're responsible for is hosting your mp3 audio files, and we can even help with that.  A fully-upgraded custom player costs about as much as 2 months of subscription payments on competing "automated" web audio services, and TalkingSpeaker is totally custom!  Your visitors will notice the difference.

If you're unhappy with your TalkingSpeaker™ Custom player, please contact us promptly so we can work to resolve your concerns.  If we're not able to completely satisfy you, just contact us within 5 days of delivery and we'll refund your order.  Please read our Terms of Use for all the details on our Satisfaction Guarantee.  We aim to please.

Absolutely!  We would very much appreciate it if you would link to us using either a normal text link or banner link, or your E-Junkie affiliate link if you've joined our Free Affiliate Program.  We have several linking options and banner images that you can use on our Affiliate Marketing page.