Voice acting is the art of doing voiceovers. It is about providing a voice for use in a professional piece of audio work. This can range from voice-over for gaming, videos, cartoons, commercials, and much much more. If you take a look at voice-over on Wikipedia you will see just how wide and all-encompassing this variety of work really is.

You will have realized by now that voice acting applies to many genres. Voice-over artists have a number of different monikers depending on their area of expertise. They can be broken down into five basic voice-over types.

Voice Over Announcers can be heard introducing segments of live television or radio broadcasts such as; award shows, talk shows, continuity, promo, and sporting events. Voice Over Narrators often specializes in audiobooks, documentaries, explainer videos, educational videos, business videos, medical videos, and act as audio tour guides. Voice Actors are heard performing in animated movies, TV cartoons, radio dramas, ADR, video games, puppet shows, and in foreign language dubbing. Voiceover Artists are versatile performers, able to weave interchangeably between any of the above as well as direct telephone prompts (IVR), they can be heard welcoming visitors to a website, or guiding road trips as the voice of a GPS. Voice Talent refers to all of the above. The term was coined as an easy way to reference all types of voice-over performers and is often used by agencies or companies that hire voiceovers.

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So the range of work in voice acting is extremely varied:

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• Voice over films

• Dubbed foreign voice over language films

• Voice acting for animation shorts or films

• Tv programs

• Commercials

• Radio or audio dramas

• Video games

• Audiobooks

• Live events

• Awards shows

• Toys and games

• Vehicle and transportation

• Documentaries

• A phone message and IVR

• Promos

• Trailers (Movies/Series Etc)

• Training/e-learning (Educational)

• Podcasts

 

   And in many more areas.

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