To be, or not to be a friendly, respectful, full-time professional European Portuguese voice actor with a studio and remote connectivity. That is the question.
September 1, 2026
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Here’s what I am, and what I am not:
I am a Portuguese voice talent with a professional home audio booth.
I am a full-time professional, meaning I am generally always available.
I am reliable with deadlines, and I offer a fast turnaround (…)
VO1 and CO2: chronicles of a voice actor who just wants to breathe
July 28, 2026
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I bought a small device that measures air quality, humidity, and temperature. Basically, a will-I-pass-out-in-the-middle-of-recording-a-long-Portuguese-elearning-module detector. With it, I analyzed the air inside my voice-over booth.
I know I could have chosen to keep a canary inside, like they used to do in the mines to make sure the air was breathable. But it wouldn’t be fair to the little bird (…)
Warning: being a voice-over artist can be disgusting!
June 22, 2026
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Oh, boy! I just spat all over my screen!
I regularly record spots for the in-store PA system of a retail chain in Portugal, for whom I’m asked to sound extremely happy, speak with tons of energy, and just overflow with enthusiasm!
A voice professional sometimes has to mold it suddenly depending on the needs. The thing is, the same sonic instrument can be played in different ways according to how the voice-over is going to be used.
A funny situation occurs when your posture at the microphone is completely different for two gigs done back-to-back. is completely different for two gigs done back-to-back. For instance, it’s has just happened having to record two Portuguese voice-overs for different clients (…)
Yo! Fellow copywriters and translators, check this out!
Please don’t put “e/ou” in your portuguese scripts for voice-overs!
“E/ou” is literally “and/or”, a formal expression that means “one or both,” and it can be used in technical and legal texts, but… Do people actually use it in speech? (…)