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Chicago voice over talent.Auditions before the deep dish is done.

Real voice actors read your script for free and send it back, usually within the hour. Some live a few L stops from the Loop. All of them record from professional studios, so you choose a voice, not a zip code.

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Chicago voice actors who call Chicagoland home

These voice actors list Chicago or the suburbs as home on their own profiles. Tap play, then tap a name to audition them on your script.

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The Chicago way

The city's flag has four stars. So does the way this works.

Pre-screened

Every voice actor passed a listen before they were listed. No amateurs, no bidding wars, no sorting through thousands of demos.

Free auditions

Free auditions of your script, read your way. Not a stock demo of somebody else's words.

Clear rates

One published rate card, by script length and use. Check the voice over rates before you post, not after.

Wrong voice? Pick another.

If the first recording isn't right for the job, choose another voice and the same script is recorded again. The guarantee, in full.

The real four
  • Fort Dearborn
  • The Great Fire 1871
  • World's Columbian Exposition 1893
  • Century of Progress 1933

Ours are a little less historic.

Three stops

No transfers. Next stop, your inbox.

Posting takes about two minutes. Then the voice actors do the travelling, and you do the choosing.

A CTA L train crossing above a street in the Loop on the elevated steel tracks, late afternoon light on the brick buildings
  1. Stop 1

    Post your script

    Paste the words and say how it should sound. About two minutes, and it's free.

  2. Stop 2

    Auditions arrive

    Real recordings of your script land in your inbox, usually within the hour.

  3. Stop 3

    Hire and download

    Pick the voice you liked. The finished file is back within 24 hours.

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Recording for Chicago

Big shoulders, big media market.

Chicago has been an advertising town since Leo Burnett opened his agency here in 1935, and it's still the third-largest media market in the country. Agencies in the Loop and the West Loop, hospitals and med schools along the lake, trading floors, universities, a lot of trucking, and more food brands than you'd guess. Sooner or later all of it needs a voice.

Whatever the recording is for, whether it's medical narrations, corporate video, on-hold messages and phone greetings, radio or television commercials, infomercials, e-learning, apps, audiobooks, film and movie trailers, presentations or character voices, there's a voice here who has read it before. Male and female voice over talent, kids to seniors, announcer to next-door neighbour.

Corporate Narration On hold and voicemail Audiobooks Podcasting Movie trailers
Questions

Straight answers, Chicago style.

Are these voice actors actually in Chicago?

Some are. The first row on this page lists Chicago or the suburbs as home on their own profiles. The rest are American voices recording from studios across the country. Every one delivers the same way: you post a script, they record, the file lands in your inbox. Nobody drives anywhere.

How fast will I hear auditions of my script?

Usually within the hour, often quicker. Post in the morning and you'll be choosing by lunch. Auditions are real recordings of your words, not stock demos, and they're free.

How much does a Chicago voice over cost?

Every voice on the site works from the same published rate card, priced by the length of your script and where it'll be used. You see the rate before you post, and the audition is free either way. The rate card is one click away on the rates page.

Can I give direction?

Yes, and you should. Write it with the script: warm and friendly, upbeat, like a trailer, slower on the disclaimer. The voice actor reads your notes before they record, and you can ask for a revision on the finished file.

What if the finished recording isn't right?

If the first recording isn't right for the job, you pick another voice from the roster and the same script is recorded again. The full terms are on the satisfaction guarantee page, and live chat is there around the clock.

Around here

Illinois, and beyond.

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Departures

Voice over talent in other cities. Same voices, same free auditions, wherever the work is.

Ready when you are.

Post your script now and you'll be listening to Chicago voice over talent read it before the coffee's cold.

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