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By Rudy Gaskins, 9/27/2026 I have spent much of my life around people who want to be seen. Actors want to be seen for their talent. Artists want their work to matter. But they are only obvious examples of something I believe exists in all of us. Even people who have achieved extraordinary things still seek confirmation that someone noticed. I recognize the impulse because I have it too.

By Fabián Toro AI has convinced us that human faculties are a variable riddled with flaws. Major networks and advertising agencies, in an effort to reduce costs, have begun using AI in dubbing and voice performance, gradually eliminating what is alive in the creative process.

Por Fabián Toro, 9/27/2026 Hasta ahora sí, en adelante no. La IA nos ha convencido de que las facultades humanas son una variable llena de fallas. Grandes cadenas y agencias de publicidad, a cuenta de reducir costos han emprendido el uso de IA en doblajes y actuaciones de voz, eliminando gradualmente lo vivo de la creatividad en la producción.

By Kat Jackson It’s happened to all of us: you’re traveling or at a party or (god forbid) somewhere you have to do an icebreaker and someone asks what you do for a living. As soon as you tell them, they pull out their phone, open up whichever app they use to listen, and start scrolling to show you all the audiobooks they love. And then come the questions – “Do you know this person? Have you worked with that person?

By Rudy Gaskins, 9/25/2026 When I was a producer, one thing that always fascinated me about the voice acting ecosystem was how decentralized it was compared with the typical corporate world. Agents were in one place. Casting directors were somewhere else. Managers, producers, buyers, and talent were scattered across town, and voice actors often had to travel door to door for auditions, jobs, meetings, and that invaluable old-fashioned face time with the people who could move their careers forward.

By Rudy Gaskins, September 12, 2026 People throughout our industry use voiceover and voice acting interchangeably. Agents do it. Casting directors do it. Producers, coaches, performers, and even organizations with the temerity to call themselves the Society of Voice Arts and Sciences do it. We generally understand one another, nobody calls security, and the work gets done.

Por Nathalia Hencker, Septiembre 13, 2026 Todos hemos sentido la emoción de estar dentro de una cabina de grabación perfectamente acondicionada. El silencio es impecable; casi podemos escuchar nuestros propios pensamientos. Estamos frente a una pantalla tan grande como nuestra imaginación, donde los píxeles parecen desaparecer en la inmensidad de un nuevo título que pronto llegará a una de las grandes plataformas. Los audífonos puestos.

By Nathalia Hencker, September 13, 2026 We’ve all felt the excitement of standing in a beautifully treated recording booth. The silence is impeccable; we can almost hear our own thoughts. We stand in front of a screen as big as our imagination, where the pixels seem to disappear into the vast space of a new title soon to air on one of the major platforms. Headphones in place.

By Rudy Gaskins, 9/13/2026 I started my career in sound, cutting my teeth in the editing bays of feature films, commercials and high-pressure promos. I learned early that what’s heard is as important, and sometimes more important, than what’s seen. In that world, the opportunity for learning is inescapable. Every frame and every frequency teaches you something. What stuck with me most was the realization that the best performances are rarely the product of one genius mind.