Barb Lyon
Voice Artist

I was approached by a company last week to record 50,000 words for their text-to-speech (TTS) engine. The stated use? eLearning for kids and young adults. The money wasn’t terrible, especially since I’ve had a down year in the eLearning voice over genre, but a few things immediately made me pause. First, the company name wasn’t visible or offered. Now, I had recorded a TTS engine years ago for my previous employer, before I went full time into VO. The project never fully lau

When it comes to voiceover work, one truth stands tall: fail to prepare, prepare to fail. If you’ve ever been in a session that felt rushed, bumpy, or full of preventable hiccups, you already know how quickly confidence can slip. But when you show up calm, focused, and ready, you don’t just deliver a read, you deliver an experience that makes creative directors, executive producers, and instructional designers want to call you again and again.