Industry

When Voice Actors Become Dubbing Directors

By Austen Moret. Published on: September 18, 2026

Voice actors and dubbing directors occupy different sides of the same recording session. One performer is concentrating on a particular character, while the director has to consider how that performance fits the script, the picture, the rest of the cast and the production as a whole. Yet dubbing has a long history of performers eventually […]

Tawny Platis Shows How Voice Acting Techniques Change the Way We Sound

By Tom Aglio. Published on: September 1, 2026

Voice actor Tawny Platis has built a large social media following partly by showing audiences something professional voice actors understand well: how a person says something can dramatically change how the words themselves are received. In one of her demonstrations, Platis took techniques commonly associated with voice performance and applied them to everyday conversations. Small […]

Disney’s New D23 Attractions Bring Character Performance Beyond the Screen

By Ashley Bryant. Published on: August 23, 2026

Disney’s biggest D23 announcements stretched well beyond movies and television this year. During the Horizons: Disney Experiences Showcase, the company revealed new details about attractions and themed lands coming to resorts around the world, including projects based on Indiana Jones, Encanto, The Lion King, Cars and Monsters, Inc. For the voiceover industry, these announcements highlight […]

Adobe Firefly Expands With New AI Voiceover and Audio Tools

By Maria Pendolino. Published on: August 21, 2026

Adobe is expanding Firefly into a more complete audio-production platform, making its AI-powered voiceover, soundtrack, and sound-effects tools generally available as part of its growing creative AI ecosystem. The expansion is particularly notable for the voiceover industry because Firefly’s Generate Speech feature places synthetic narration inside a platform already connected to the workflows of video […]

Voices Launches New Agency Service Combining Human and AI Voiceover

By Leah Arscottt. Published on: August 7, 2026

Voices is expanding the way advertising and creative agencies can source voiceover, introducing a new service that places traditional professional voice talent and licensed AI voices within the same production workflow. Launched in August, Voices for Agencies gives clients two primary options. Agencies can hire professional actors for conventional recorded voiceover or create a Branded […]

Why Clients Love Online Casting Even When Voice Actors Don’t

By Maria Pendolino. Published on: July 22, 2026

Few developments have reshaped the voiceover industry as dramatically as online casting platforms. Over the past two decades, they have transformed how producers find talent and how voice actors build careers. While many discussions focus on the challenges performers face, there is another side to the conversation that deserves equal attention. From a client’s perspective, […]

How Online Casting Changed What Clients Expect From Voice Actors

By Tom Aglio. Published on: July 9, 2026

Online casting platforms did more than change how voice actors find work. They also transformed what clients expect from the people they hire. Years ago, many clients assumed a voice actor would arrive at a professional recording studio, work with an engineer, and receive live direction from a producer sitting just a few feet away. […]

Have Online Casting Platforms Helped or Hurt the Voiceover Industry?

By Austen Moret. Published on: July 6, 2026

The voiceover industry has experienced enormous change over the past two decades. What was once a profession built largely around talent agencies, local recording studios, and personal relationships has become a global marketplace where auditions can be submitted from almost anywhere in the world. Online casting platforms have played a major role in that transformation. […]