Transcript Voki Activities

What is Voki?
• Voki enables users to express themselves
on the web in their own voice using a
talking character.
• Voki has come from a combination of ‘vox’,
latin for voice, and ‘Loki’, the mischievous
god and a giant from Norse mythology.
General Description
• Voki enables users to express themselves
on the web by using a character to talk for
them or their own voice. Users can
customize their Voki to look like people or
take on a different identity of lots of
characters… animals, monsters, anime,
etc…
Demo
• Select Your Character
• Customize your character
inc the background
• Add Your Voice or type in
the text.
• Publish your work
Voki Activities
• Customise your Voki
• Make your Voki talk
• Play with Voki
accents
• Embed your Voki in
your blog
Customise your Voki
• Go to www.voki.com/create.php (it is not necessary to create a Voki
account to create your character). The screen should appear as
below:
Begin personalising your
character using the
options in the ‘Customise
Your Character’ box at the
top of the screen.
Cant decide on a
character? Have the site
create one for you! Just
click on the dice in the
bottom corner of the
character display.
Making your Voki talk
Your next step is to give your Voki a voice! There are 4 options in the ‘Give It
A Voice’ box for making your Voki talk. These are:
Calling from your mobile phone (for US & Canadian users only)
Record your speech using a microphone connected to your
computer.
Type the text you would like your Voki to speak and customise the
gender, accent and sound effects as necessary for your particular
character. You will be using this option in today’s tutorial.
Open a sound file (a pre-recorded speech or music) on your
computer.
Please Note: Each options is limited to 60 seconds of speech.
Play with Voki accents
• Your Voki is capable
of changing accents.
This makes it a great
tool for use in the
LOTE classroom.
• After you have typed
your text, change the
accent to hear the
difference!
Play with Voki accents cont.
• Type the phrase
Bonjour tout le
monde into your text
box. This is French
for ‘Hello everybody’.
• Play the phrase
using both the
English and French
accents to hear the
difference.
Embed your Voki in your Wiki
• Once your Voki is complete, click Publish.
• You will be asked to name your Voki.
• You will be asked at this stage to create a Voki
account, however this is not necessary to embed your
creation into your blog. Click ‘No, thanks’ and you will
be taken to the Sharing and Embedding screen.
(You can sign up for an account later if you believe you
will be a frequent user of the tool. Membership also
allows you to save multiple Voki creations and gives
you the options to edit them at a later time.)
Embed your Voki in your Wiki cont.
• Choose the size of your Voki
• Copy the Voki embedding
code.
• Go to the wiki page where
you want your Voki to
appear. Select Insert
Plugins > HTML/JavaScript.
• Paste the code into the box.
Select allow JavaScript to
run. Click Next > Insert
Plugin. Save the page to
see your Voki.