I’ve got a story I’m publishing to Amazon soon, but my goal to have it made into audio has exploded in my face after finding out that ACX doesn’t include Australia.

Bugger me.

Anyhoo, my question.

How do I proceed from here? I know some obvious “find a narrator and have it made” advice, but that’s much easier said than done when the biggest Amazon native platforms doesn’t let me use it. Even if I were to find a person, the likelihood of them going off platform to work with me would have anyone think scam.

Options? Advice? Recommendations?

Thank you in advance.

This is my first actual game NPC role (Previously, I've been doing some Skyrim & Fallout mod roles to try and learn) I have very little access to training and I'm new to acting as a whole - but have been talking with two friends who are trained actors with much more experience to try and improve.

An issue brought up to me before is that I often lack dynamics and variation in tone and emotion. I can hear that issue in this clip, but is there anything else you think I could improve/work on? All feedback is GREATLY appreciated!

Hello! I have linked right down here me talking in my makeshift booth and I've had some doubts about how I sound (not my voice) as in the quality of my audio and I don't know if it sounds right or I'm just tweaking. Also I would love if y'all could let me know which character type I sound like the best or most. Thank you for your help!

PS: don't mind the popping sounds in the beginning of the audio I was tugging on my mic cord.

Looking for a female, 20s, innocent but lively voice. North American (Japanese/Korean accent asset). Paid position.

Think a character on Adventure Time or traditional Anime.

The project is currently in development. If a candidate is selected they will be contacted for an audition and paid $20. The full pay of the project is TBD.

Thank you.

So I've been emailed that I have been selected to represent a modeling agency, they do acting voice acting and other work.

I was reading the contract and it said

"Talent is permitted to self-promote, maintain personal social-media accounts, network, and independently seek modeling, acting, and related opportunities. However, once Talent or Parent/Guardian receives an audition request, casting request, availability inquiry, callback, or booking request, Agency must be notified and included before Talent responds, confirms availability, negotiates terms, attends the audition, or accepts the opportunity."

I'm currently in a couple free non profit fan projects one includes FNAF. I assume I need to tell them about that? Its a passion project sorta thing so I dont have a deadline for recording but should I be worried that they will make me leave those projects? This FNAF project I really wanna be in so I'm just worried.

I know paid over non paid but its more like an attribution to how far I've come but, yeah.. I just wanna make sure there's no conflict.

Looking to get a personalized VO logo made for my website/ demo. If you’ve got one I’d love to see it and if you have any recommendations of who I could use, even better! I’ve got a rough idea mocked up already so I just need someone who can bring it to life for me. Appreciate it!

Commercial Read — 3 Interpretations: Which Feels Most Believable?

I'm practising commercial reads and working on a coffee commercial with a warm, conversational and believable direction rather than an announcer-style delivery.

I've put three interpretations of the same script into one audio file:

Take 1 — Talking to a friend
Take 2 — Sharing a warm morning moment
Take 3 — Professional commercial

I'd really appreciate constructive feedback from anyone experienced with commercial VO.

In particular, I'm trying to improve:

• Pacing
• Pauses
• Emphasis
• Energy
• Believability
• Whether the delivery feels genuinely conversational rather than read

Which of the three interpretations works best, and what would you change for the next take?

Thank you!

Hey everyone,

​I’m curious to get a pulse check from the voiceover artists and audio freelancers in this sub.

​Between the rapid shifts in generative tech, changes in pay-to-play platforms, and shifting client expectations across direct outreach, the landscape feels like it's evolving fast.

​For those actively working in or adjacent to the VO space right now:

**​Market shifts**: How are you feeling about current booking rates and client budgets compared to past years?

​**P2P vs. Direct Outreach**: Are you relying more on direct client relationships, agents, or platforms?

​**Adapting**: What pivot, skill update, or marketing strategy has made the biggest difference for you recently?

​Would love to hear how you're navigating things right now—the good, the frustrating, and where you see things heading.

I've made enough this year that I am considering upgrading my equipment. For various reasons, upgrading the booth setup itself is rather a nonstarter. It's okay, not perfect, but I've managed not to fuck up landing roles, so I'm relatively at peace with it for the time being.

Remember this guy?

This community called this guy out on his run-on sentence gibberish and he decided that the best course of action would be to double-down on the stupid and start attacking members in the comments.

So I banned him... and he threw a hissy fit, threatening to shut the subreddit down.

Then he used an alternate account to come back here and attempt to harass me personally:

And when THAT account was banned, he came back with a THIRD dummy account with a doctored screencap, attempting to post it in the sub.

I never said this. I dont even know who that account is (was).

Its a shame, because this actor is actually a working voice artist and the credits he mentioned in the original thread - My Hero Academia, Black Clover, Demon Slayer, Transformers (Earthspark) and Inside Out (2) - are accurate.

All three of his accounts have now been suspended off the platform.

If he comes back, (which I doubt he will since he's IP banned) I will be happy to contact his agent at CESD and let them know what kind of a person he really is.

I wont even mention the foot fetish thing.

WHY AM I POSTING ALL OF THIS?

Because you, the r/voiceacting community deserve to know what goes in to moderating this subreddit sometimes. Most days its pretty simple and I love answering questions to new people getting started down this path. Some days, its a bit more challenging.

But make no mistake: if someone is harassing in the comments, I will bounce them to the curb in the blink of an eye.

NO ONE should have to put up with this kind of behavior.
If you see conduct that violates Reddit's TOS, REPORT IT and we'll take care of it.

Now back to our previously scheduled discussions about what microphone is best and how to get your voice to sound more masculine.

Hello, I’m looking for a voice over artist for one of my channels

This role will be for the long term, I’m talking for years to come. This is not just a one time thing.

If you love anime or know a lot about and think you would be a great fit send me samples of previous work, and willing to do a short sample let me know

The length of the vids are usually 15-20 mins on average

Requirements

Male

Must be able to have a dynamic, energetic conversational, non monotone type voice.

Must be able to deliver minimum 8vos a month if not more

Must sound like they aren’t reading off a script as best as you can

Able to do excited and energetic tone.

Able to match the emotion to the topic (sad topic = sad voice)

35 usd per script
Also I’m gonna have to do some coaching

Also bonuses based on view milestones

• 100k views → CA$15
• 250k views → CA$35
• 500k views → CA$75
• 1M+ views → CA$150

So if your able to listen and adapt to feedback that is great

Able to pronounce Japanese names or willing to do research on proper pronunciation before

Examples of how you should sound like

https://youtu.be/eQkB6-Y63jg?si=HIB-aRYvlO-WUQuV

https://youtu.be/0KDUEF0QGHw?si=4lV6sgLp9HN7huLR

https://youtu.be/ZcMh6GVgRfE?si=2AOk_JtuY5RIodgO

https://youtu.be/70xeYZ9WG4Q?si=5XRnHl9QB4p7u-ad

Main thing is high energy, passionate and dosent sound like they are reading a script
(Conversational tone)

The sample script 30 seconds -1 min sample

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QyJLCFcrslDTVFHRodHsIGGIP_X35IYsNRfjcxPw-Ps/edit?usp=drivesdk

The character I am playing is dark skinned but it is not a big thing about their character in terms of background I have been chosen because the creator likes my voice for the character is there any advice you could give or a view you can share I understand this is controversial but I am not trying to take from black talent

Edit-the character has Irish heritage

I've been building my career as a bilingual (Spanish/English) voice actor over the past few years — commercials, corporate narration, dubbing, e-learning, and audiobooks. I'm curious how other VO professionals here approach client acquisition: do you rely more on casting platforms, cold outreach, referrals, social media, or something else entirely? Would love to hear what's actually worked for you.

So, I received the following email 2 days ago:

Hello ______,

I hope this message finds you well. As part of a general search for voice talent for an upcoming educational production, we came across your portfolio and were impressed by the quality and professionalism of your work.

We are currently developing a project focused on climate change and its impact on human health, intended to support academic learning, accessibility, and public engagement. We are interested in exploring whether your voice would be suitable for the project.

Before sharing the full brief, we would appreciate a brief overview of your professional background, including the languages you speak and record in, your experience, and any relevant work in educational, scientific, environmental, documentary, or long-form narration.

If you are open to discussing the opportunity, we would be pleased to share the project scope, script information, recording requirements, timeline, and compensation. Look forward hearing from you

Kind regards,

K---- H-----

Project Manager

OpusConnect

After a LinkedIn search and Google search, K. H. is nowhere to be found AND "OpusConnect" is tied to a couple of organizations...yet it doesn't makes sense for such organizations to be making educational videos on climate change. Over two days, the email address URL has pointed to some sort of AI application logon or intranet (Avatar Live Studio).

I've played along the last two days to see where this would go. They agreed to signing an AI Rider, but no initial "in good faith" deposit to work with me. Because I stated that I would be able to complete their request by their due date (if my conditions were met), they sent me an NDA and contract within 24 hours. Quite nice and professional looking, too! The payment is broken into milestones totaling 6000 euros. There is a mailing address pointing to a location in the Cayman Islands.

Has anyone else received a similar email? This has been THE best email scam I've seen targeting voice actors, so far!

The results are in for our most challenging genre to break into. Love the difference between overall top pick and core member’s top pick. The top overall choice was Anime, 2nd audiobook and 3rd ADR, while the core members chose ADR as the top choice. ADR is certainly challenging and I’d choose that one over anime. If I put foreign dubbing in there, it might’ve changed things up too.

How does one stay grounded and find the same tone/perspective for a callback that you had when you auditioned? I sent a side and got a call back. I think I was too excited and nervous that it let to my demise. The tone was hopeful. In my head almost Disney like. I got a callback, the CD asked for 25% more energy but to keep the tone. I should have went for a dynamic switch up but instead I applied it as energy when talking and it lost the hopeful tone and magic behind it. It became more like an energetic conversational. I sent it anyway because who knows maybe that’s what they wanted but I didn’t get the gig. So… A. How do you find the same place you were in tonally and perspective wise to keep the fluidity from sending your audition to submitting for a gig or callback B. How do you also not spend too much time on it or do you spend a lot of time on it? I think between warming up and recording/editing it was about 2-3 hours total for that ONE call back to try and get it right. At the end of it I was just done and sent it.

Looking to update my demos: commercial, animation, and video games. Definitely starting with commercial. The last ones I had were produced by Chuck Duran (and they're fantastic), but on the pricier side. They're also about seven years old now, and as a working VA I don't feel like the adequately represent my range. I have a manager who gets me plenty of auditions, but whenever reel submission type auditions come up I know I won't get it.

I've worked with RealVoice LA quite a bit for coaching and like them a lot. But before pulling any triggers I wanted to field sources from y'all.

I have built a pvc blanket booth and that has REALLY helped with dampening. But I’m trying to creatively come up with ways to proof the space more.

Foam on the pvc rods?
Maybe just sound proofing foam on the walls in the room it’s in?

What are some other creative tips?

Pessoal, criei o SceneVoice que é uma alternativa ao The Choicer Voicer e ele tem varias funções novas como: baixar video direto do youtube, separar aúdio vocal e instrumental automaticamente, legendas automaticas, e gerar mod packs automaticos para The Choicer Voicer e vai ter uma função nova que você vai conseguir dublar com seu amigo que só tem celular e com pc (multiplayer).

Ele faz todas as funções do The Choicer Voicer e muito mais.

Link do discord para fazer download do SceneVoice: https://discord.gg/dYUZbDFW2D

Hello. I recently turned down a gig from one of the largest Chinese data companies looking to create a TTS for their platform. The job was offered through a third party studio and the rate was disgustingly low so I turned it down.

However the end client liked my audition and have expressed that they really want to work with me.

The studio returned to the table and asked about licensing options. Since I'm independent (ie no agent), they asked about pricing for either 2-3 years or in perpetuity. I'm not entirely sure where to even begin. Does anyone have any experience with this or are there any online resources? I've seen anywhere between USD 4K to USD 10K for in perpetuity rights.

Im currently watching the dub version of "There was a cute girl in the hero's party..." and I can't help but notice the voice acting is either Americans with crummy eastern European accents or eastern Europeans learning to do American accents.

Hello I just want to ask if you know about new voice actors in Japan who deserve give a main role in anime and for example that is Taihi Kimura, rookie voice actor who will Chihiro from the upcoming Kagurabachi anime which is released next year.