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Canberra voice over artistsA voice for the brief, cleared for release.

Post your script and hand-picked Australian voice over artists record free auditions of it, usually within the hour. Book the one that fits, pay online, and finished files land within a day. No studio, no booker, and no procurement panel required.

Every voice reviewed by a real person
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Lake Burley Griffin, balloon season
Area code 02 AEST, UTC+10 The bush capital, planned in 1913 Balloons over the lake every March Departments in Barton, agencies in Braddon Auditions usually within the hour Finished files within a day Every voice reviewed by a real person Area code 02 AEST, UTC+10 The bush capital, planned in 1913 Balloons over the lake every March Departments in Barton, agencies in Braddon Auditions usually within the hour Finished files within a day Every voice reviewed by a real person
Australian voices

Australian voices for Canberra briefs

Australian voices who record Canberra briefs from broadcast-quality home studios around the country. Press play. Clear, credible and unhurried is a specialty here.

The agency question

Why Canberra's moving off the agency

Canberra has enough process in its day job. The agency way added more: a booker to brief, a shortlist to wait for, a studio to book in Fyshwick, and an invoice that needed its own approval chain. A city that writes the national campaigns decided its voices should arrive as quickly as its emails.

Agencies still have their place. It's just not between you and the minister's deadline.

The agency way

  • A shortlist limited to one agency's roster
  • Showreels of somebody else's campaign
  • A studio to book, a room to get to, a clock running
  • Office hours, so the Friday brief waits for Monday

The online way

  • Hand-picked Australian voice over artists reading your actual script, free
  • Auditions usually within the hour, day or night
  • Broadcast-quality home studios, finished files within a day
  • One clear rate card, and re-records are free if a read misses your notes
An avenue of golden autumn trees in Canberra with Black Mountain and its tower behind
Autumn in the capital · Black Mountain behind
The briefs

What Canberra records.

Canberra records the country's most careful briefs. Public information campaigns and health messages that have to be right, defence and security inductions, eLearning for the departments and the universities, explainers for the tech firms and the space agency, tourism for the lake and the mountains, and the odd TV spot for the local car yards. The read has to be clear, credible and unhurried, and it has to survive a committee.

  • Public information campaigns
  • Defence and security inductions
  • Department eLearning
  • Explainers and tech
  • Tourism and events
  • Health and community messages
  • Corporate and annual reports
  • On-hold and IVR
How it works

Three steps, no studio.

  1. 1

    Post your script

    Free. Say what it's for, how it should sound and when you need it.

  2. 2

    Auditions arrive

    Hand-picked Australian voice over artists read your actual script, usually within the hour.

  3. 3

    Book, pay, done

    Pick the voice, pay online, and the finished files land within a day. Re-records are free if a read misses your notes.

Only in Canberra

Things every Canberra brief already knows.

02

The area code

Shared with Sydney, which Canberra is fine about. Your IVR can sound calm, clear and slightly more organised.

1913

The year the plan was drawn

A city designed from scratch. Your campaign deserves the same care: post the script, hear the reads, pick the right one.

-5°

A winter morning

Canberra frosts don't slow the auditions down. Post your script and the reads usually land within the hour, defrosted.

Questions

Canberra, asked and answered.

Do I need a studio in Canberra?

No. Every voice over artist records in a broadcast-quality home studio and sends finished files online. Nothing to book in Fyshwick or anywhere else.

How fast can I hear auditions?

Usually within the hour of posting, from Australian voice over artists we've reviewed one by one, reading your actual script. Finished recordings usually land within 24 hours of booking.

Can I get a voice that sounds right for a government campaign?

Yes. Ask for clear, warm and unhurried, and say who it's for. Many of our Australian voices read public information and eLearning all week, and they know the difference between authoritative and stiff.

Is this a voice over agency in Canberra?

It's an online casting site, not an agency: no booker, no roster limit, no retainer. Hand-picked Australian voice over artists audition your script for free and you book the one you like.

What does a Canberra voice over cost?

The rate card is public, quoted in Australian dollars, and set by the length and use of the script. You'll see the price before you post, which makes the paperwork easier.

More answers in the full F.A.Q.

Also recording for

Canberra, let's hear it.

Post your script now. The first auditions are usually back within the hour.