TeachMeet Nashville: Blabberize

If you have seen a ventriloquist, you already understand Blabberize. It’s a simple way to make a photo look like it’s talking. Upload a photo, position a “mouth”, add a voice, and share. Here’s an example:

Here are notes from my TeachMeet Presentation in Nashville about Blabberize:

Here’s the workflow for using Blabberize:

1. Upload a photo to Blabberize

• Visit http://blabberize.com/make.
• Find a picture with a large mouth.
• Heads directly facing the camera look better.

2. Place a mouth wireframe onto photo

• Lasso entire lower jaw.
• Move green dots into position first, then modify the location of the purple dots.
• The big green dot adjusts the sensitivity for how far the jaw moves.
• You will definitely go back and fine tune these positions.

3. Add a voice

• Record from your microphone.
• Louder sounds move the mouth farther.
• Experiment with different volumes to achieve the desired effect.
• Go back to Place Mouth and fine tune positions.

4. Share

• Click save.
• “I want this on video” saves it as a movie.
• Embed the video.
• Link to the video.

Examples

• Return Library Books
• Scary riddle
• George Washington

Sharing: Hosting Options

Once you record your content, you need to upload it. SchoolTube requires a teacher’s email address, but it is rarely blocked by districts.

• SchoolTube
• YouTube
• Self-hosted
• Viddler
• Vimeo
• TeacherTube

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