E-learning
Voice-over for e-learning is a key tool for employee training, student education, and patient guidance. As a professional voice artist, my goal for every tutorial or online course is not just to read, but to explain with the empathy and clarity required for the message to be properly absorbed. I provide services for corporate training projects at companies such as Amazon, AGBAR, or DKV, academic content for UPF and UOC, and health informative clips for hospital patients and centers like Cosmocaixa.
My versatile and dynamic voice can transition from a sweet, approachable tone for children to a senior and rigorous one for corporate training, always ensuring a clear narration that transforms learning into an engaging and professional experience.
Voice for E-learning
E-learning, tutorials, and online training have transformed learning trends, setting the standard for schools, academies, and training companies looking to adapt to new digital education and training techniques. This type of learning allows user interaction with materials through digital tools. It is a constantly growing sector that demands professional voices to deliver high-value educational narration, as well as to facilitate sessions and presentations.
The voice chosen to narrate e-learning content is crucial for facilitating modern learning, and many video production companies now specialize in this field.
The Emotional Value of the Female Voice
According to experts in communication and expression skills, a woman's voice is more effective for communicating information due to its tone and rhythmic frequency. In fact, women hold top audience ratings in news media broadcasting.
Women are often more expressive and emotional—skills developed over centuries as those primarily responsible for passing language down to children. Furthermore, a female voice naturally sustains a topic longer, uses more gestures, and conveys emotions more easily. It tends to be prudent when expressing opinions and supports claims with clear examples.
However, the most important factor lies in an anthropological aspect reflected in cultural stereotypes and social patterns:
-On one hand, there is the mother-child bond in teaching, a significant factor stemming from our ancestors. Even today, the mother is often seen as the one to TEACH, transmitting knowledge and the foundations of culture. Thus, female voices are preferred for telephone systems; a sweet, almost maternal voice reaches the hearts of clients, making them more attentive during communication.
-On the other hand, according to neurolinguistic studies, the female voice produces clearer perceptions in communication. This is why it is the preferred voice type for customer service (due to its approachability, warmth, and reliability).
Another point to consider is the ability to deliver more words in the same amount of time, which proves more cost-effective when a project's budget depends on its duration.
Production of E-learning Voice-overs
An online tutorial can be more entertaining, economical, and effective than conventional learning. New technologies have changed how we interact, and with that, our educational and social needs.
E-learning is applicable to any sector; however, choosing the right voice-over to deliver specific content is fundamental to conveying the intended message. Therefore, in corporate video production, both content and presentation must be considered. We must carefully choose the style of voice for our e-learning projects—whether it should be a female or male voice-over, a young or fresh voice, a maternal or educational voice, a senior and experienced voice, an authoritative voice, or a natural and approachable one. Thus, we would choose:
Course Narration:
–An explanatory voice, clear and direct: a didactic and pedagogical voice that guides the listener by explaining concepts and procedures is ideal for theoretical courses that are not overly complex.
–A conversational voice, relaxed and friendly: a dynamic voice with a comprehensible rhythm—a voice committed to its arguments. In short, a voice to educate or transmit knowledge in a more relaxed and informal way.
– A testimonial voice, natural and close with acting: Often, characters are used in different scenarios to simulate real-life situations. Here, we can play with vocal ages and introduce various accents. This requires a voice actress capable of playing a role and, often, synchronizing the voice with on-screen characters—essentially, a voice for dubbing.
Tutorials and Demonstrations:
-The instructional or tutorial voice is used to guide the recipient through specific tasks step-by-step. This requires outstanding diction, a slower-than-normal pace, and a patient tone.
-Additionally, we are often asked for REINFORCEMENTS AND REMINDERS, which require a motivational, upbeat voice to reinforce key concepts and encourage the student or employee.
Taking this into account, content can be extensive or brief, specific or detailed: Micro-learnings, language courses, corporate training, information nuggets, tutorials, university essays, recipes... Online teaching is constantly renewed and adapts to any format and platform.
What is the Best Professional Voice for E-learning?
The answer seems simple: A pedagogical voice, a connected and involved narration that maintains interest, with a tone and language suitable for the target audience—neither too high nor too deep. A voice connected to the narrative that connects with students, clients, or employees... with a conversational, natural tone and clear, approachable delivery.
However, if it sounds too cold, monotonous, or robotic, the listener will lose interest. That is why I always advise against using synthetic voices. Nobody likes listening to a robot, and above all:
It’s not about reading; it’s about explaining!
Here, I want to highlight the importance of working in parallel with the scriptwriter. I once asked my clients to write with the same intention. I remember my first university class on Radio Scriptwriting: short sentences, avoiding subordinate clauses, accessible language... But watch out! We often encounter technical terms and scientific words. Even if the voice artist isn't an expert in that technical language, we must strip it of its heaviness. That’s where vocal dynamism comes in—the narrator's "3-2-1"—to emphasize and stimulate the listener, even connecting with them emotionally.
On the other hand, I am sometimes asked about vocal timbre: a voice that is too high or deep can either be tiring or annoying. Usually, a middle-ground timbre is best, with few exceptions.
The best voice for e-learning depends on several variables: the target audience, the course content, the tone... Considering these factors:
- The Target Audience:
For children, we use a friendly and energetic voice; for adults, a more mature and professional one.
Depending on the content and cultural preference, we choose a male or female voice.
The language and accent will depend on the audience's native tongue, as it must sound as familiar and close as possible.
- Content:
If it is technical or scientific, we need a clear voice with good diction and an understandable rhythm.
If it is narrative content, we use a dynamic, expressive, and emotional voice that captures attention and maintains interest.
For a tutorial, a patient voice with a rhythm appropriate for the specific task is necessary.
- Tone:
It can be more or less formal as needed, and also motivational.
My Voice-over for E-learning
As a voice-over artist and vocal professional, my clients highlight my versatility in offering a unique message for every occasion. I have always strived to maintain a clear and precise voice, study the right rhythm, master the phonetics of the languages I specialize in (Catalan and Spanish), and seek a dynamic intonation that avoids monotony through pitch variations. I use a standard accent in both languages, sounding natural and avoiding repetitive "sing-song" patterns.
As a journalist and communicator (with a degree in Audiovisual Communication), I love and need to understand what my client is looking for in every training session, e-learning project, tutorial, essay, or learning game I narrate.
I am aware that I hold material designed for a specific type of listener with varying levels of knowledge. Narrating a text for primary school children is not the same as a technical manual for elevator installers or a tutorial for elderly people on how to use a syringe. Therefore, with my years of life experience—as a journalist, communicator, mother, daughter, and teacher—and, of course, with 25 years of voice-over experience, I have trained my voice and developed various demos with different tones, rhythms, and explanatory styles. Most importantly, I offer different vocal timbres: a child-friendly explanatory voice, an appealing teenage voice, youthful voices, and mature or senior voices. The challenge is finding THAT VOICE your listener needs.