You're listening to Voice Acting Mastery episode number 16.

Welcome to the Voice Acting Mastery podcast with Crispin Freeman.

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information to help you portray characters in animation, video games, and beyond. And now here's your

host, voice actor Crispin Freeman.

Hi there, my name is Crispin Freeman, and I'll be your guide through the world of voice acting.

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In this episode of voice acting mastery, I want to discuss a topic that comes up a lot when talking to people about

voiceover. The conversation usually goes something like this. Hey, I'd really like to get into

voice acting, but I don't live in a major city. If I buy all the right equipment, can I have a

successful voice acting career recording myself from home? Like the answer to most complicated questions, my response is, it depends.

What kind of voiceover work do you want to do?

Some voiceover work can be done from home.

Some cannot.

Also, are you prepared to run your own business from home if you decide to be a stay-at-home

voice-over talent.

Let's spend an episode breaking down this question.

And now, the feature segment.

It's true that there are certain types of voiceover work that are possible to do from home.

This includes work like industrial narration, audiobooks, promos, and telephone trees,

which are the voiceovers you hear when you call a company's automated phone system.

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