Questions and answers

your questions, answered clearly

Choosing a female or male voice, writing a clear brief, directing a session remotely, protecting a recording: these are questions agencies, studios and businesses ask me. I work through them here, one article at a time.

8 articles

  1. A directed voice over session in Estelle Hubert's home studio with Source-Connect and SessionLinkPRO

    Questions and answers

    Live-directed voice over: directing a recording remotely

    How a remote directed session works with me: the tools, the three stages of a session, and when to leave the recording in my hands.

  2. A paper aeroplane flies towards a Neumann U87 microphone in pink light.

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    The quick voice over brief: corporate, motion graphics and documentary

    Build your brief on a mixing desk: the film, its audience, its tone and its timing. Send it to me as it stands, or keep a PDF.

  3. A voice whispering into a microphone, with an ear listening.

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    Voice over intentions: finding the right tone for each project

    Intention turns a script into a message. Explore my three-question approach and my guide to voice over intentions, with demos to hear.

  4. A woman and a man facing a studio microphone.

    Questions and answers

    Female or male voice over?

    Female or male voice over: does the choice seem obvious, shaped by familiar stereotypes? What if the real question lay elsewhere?

  5. Neutral French voice over, a studio microphone, the Eiffel Tower in Paris and flags representing French-speaking regions: France, Belgium, Switzerland, Canada, Senegal and Africa.

    Questions and answers

    French voice over

    European French, diction and local adaptations: choose the right French version for your campaign, film or training course.

  6. Estelle Hubert listens to a recording in the control room of her home studio.

    Questions and answers

    Working with a voice actor: from brief to delivery

    How I work, from your script to your files, with a mixing desk to help you prepare your brief.

  7. Studio microphone and a female voice actor wearing headphones, illustrating professional telephone greetings, voicemail and on-hold messages.

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    Telephone voice over: making on-hold time work

    Pre-connection, welcome, on-hold and out-of-hours messages: scripts to adapt, performance choices, scheduling and practical guidance for your telephone system.

  8. Estelle Hubert at her Neumann U87 microphone in her studio.

    Questions and answers

    AI voice or human voice over: the real cost (in French)

    Synthetic voices carry other costs: time, consistency and creative value.

Estelle Hubert, voice over artist, at her Neumann microphone with her Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro headphones, in pink light

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