Voice Over Project Types

Choosing the right voice artist for your advertising project means looking at their vocal qualities, range, experience with the language or accent, and their ability to convey the right emotion and tone.

Listening to demos and checking client reviews can also help you make the best choice.

Working with a professional voice over agency like our team at Matinée Multilingual can simplify this process. Our experienced talent coordinator and project managers know our voice actors well and can help match you with the perfect fit for your project.

When you pay for a voice over recording, you might also pay usage fees in addition to the standard recording fee. Whether you pay these fees and how much depends on how, where, and for how long you plan to use the voice recording.

Usage fees are paid to the voice artist if their voice is used to help make a profit. Also called buy-out fees, these are essentially a licensing agreement between you (the client) and the artist.

For example, if you use a voice recording exclusively within your company, such as for a staff training video, usage fees typically do not apply. However, when the recording is used publicly or for commercial gain, usage fees are usually required.

Other examples where usage fees will likely be applicable include: TV, radio, website, digital or cinema broadcast, museums, events, exhibition or in-stores.

Read our in-depth guide for more information on usage fees.

Our voice talent casting is free of charge. We want to help you find the perfect commercial voice over actor for your project, so we’ll work with you until we find the right fit.

IVR is the recorded voice your customers hear when they call your business — guiding them through menus, managing call flow, and shaping their first impression of your brand. A clear, well-produced IVR system keeps customers on the line and reflects positively on your business.

Two things above all: clarity and warmth. We select our IVR voice artists specifically for the quality of their language skills and their diction, as well as their ability to communicate in a way that feels genuinely friendly — not robotic or impersonal.

Yes. We’ve been delivering multilingual voice prompts for phone systems around the world for over 40 years. Whether you need one language or many, we can help you connect with your customers in the language that works for them.

Absolutely. We have many years of experience recording voice over for eLearning, and we understand what makes this kind of content work: clear delivery, professional tone, and genuine engagement that keeps learners focused.

Yes, and it’s an important distinction. Voicing eLearning content requires specific skills that differ from advertising or audiobook narration. The pacing, tone, and style all need to support learning and not just sound good.

We can deliver in the file format your platform requires. We accommodate the most popular eLearning platforms, so your audio will be ready to use without any extra conversion or technical headaches.

Explainer videos introduce a product or service to an audience in a clear, engaging way. They’re typically short, which means the script and the recording session tends to be compact too. Most explainer narrations can be completed within a single studio hour.

No. Because explainer videos are informational rather than commercial, there are no usage fees attached to the recording.

You need a voice artist who can articulate your product or service with clarity and confidence, while also reflecting your brand’s personality. The right voice becomes a distinctive, memorable part of how your audience experiences your brand. We’ll send you a curated selection of demos to help you find the perfect match.

Yes, we work with voice artists across more than 80 languages, so your explainer can reach audiences wherever they are.