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Voice Acting

It has to sound like speaking rather than like reading

An entry-level microphone and a quiet corner is enough to start. The difficulty is not vocal quality but not sounding like recitation, since reading off a page is always audible, so you work out the situation the line is spoken in first. Your room matters more than the microphone: a wardrobe full of clothes often beats an empty room.

First stepRecord a one-minute ad script on your phone inside a wardrobe full of clothes, three takes, each imagining a different situation.

Barriers

Cost to start
Free
Going deep → $2k–10k
Alone or with people
On your own
Effort
Sitting
Without a teacher?
Self-taught
One session takes
Under 30 min
Where
At home
Why people take it up
Having an audienceMaking something

Related guides

Keeping the spending in checkStarts at Free, going deep runs $2k–10k

Skills

BuildsBreath control