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As technology keeps evolving, there are new devices and applications for daily day activities such as education. Especially on this topic, the presence of voice over has been growing in the last decades, introducing both changes and enhancements; and even giving a new panorama to education itself. From explainer videos through interactive games to be used outside of the classrooms, voice over has been spreading all over the world whether it has a narration, character or interactive approach.

One of the most prevalent reasons of such expansion is that voice over offers many advantages for whatever it is used; from corporate promotional, to the industry of films, education, television commercials, etc. The industry is big and the global market of voice over has been gaining popularity and prestige. In fact, the worth of this industry has been costed at 4.4 billion USD dollars.

It is, particularly, educational voice over which has been developing a lot through the years and reaching new geographical areas and different markets. Anyone, from ages 2 to 60 or more can learn through educational voice over, and can do so while being anywhere on the globe, at home, at an office or even while on a plane or a bus.

Nonetheless, besides its wide expansion, voice over for education is not the most popular type of voice work globally. In fact, according to the “Report on the Global Voice Over Market”, audio books is about 3.6%, while eLearning is 4.6%. The biggest is animation, with 53.2%, followed by 13.8% in corporate promotional.

The report also revealed that, even when eLearning is among the least popular types of voice work, it was the one that grew the most from the previous report (on 2015) to the last one (on 2017). This sector climbed over 5%. Another discovery was that the growth in North America exceeds the one of other parts of the world, putting the U.S. slightly ahead in terms of eLearning development. Experts state that this is only the tip of the iceberg in terms of what is to come for educational voice over as much expansion and growth is expected for the sector.

Nowadays, voice over is a method that has expanded not only to the students and teachers, but also to the parents, who continue to explore new technological options for a better education. This suggests that the educational voice over will become even more prominent. Indeed, some studies show that up to 65% of how people learn is auditory. Multi-media and Online Resources are replacing Chalkboards and Text Books.

Voice over constitutes a convenient tool whether when used for audiobooks, instructional videos, educational documentaries, eLearning and more. The studies showed that the role and prevalence of voice over keep evolving and are an important part of the educational sector growth, being one of the most interesting trends.

In the case of voice over artists who work in the education sector, they specialize in the matter and often work also for private schools, textbook publishers, testing agencies and a variety of nonprofit organizations. Some of their responsibilities include providing a set of recorded instructions for standard tests, narrating videos about how-to’s or providing voices for an educational audiobook, providing voices for e-learning courses, among others.

Also, there are some websites for specific areas that use voice over as an auditory learning tool. The advantage of voice over is that this kind of recordings reach auditory learners while offering a way to grasp concepts and internalize the information in a more effective way.

Being that eLearning is based on cognitive science principles, where multimedia learning is used to develop electronic technology for educational purpose. Educational technology has been growing rapidly for both, teaching and learning. Voiceover is an important part of effective learning because it is a component that helps attract and captivate the viewer, as well as places emphasis on key points. A very high percentage of how people learn and retain information is auditory, which is why it is so important that the audio used for educational purposes is high quality, organized for easy implementation and read in the correct style.

Educational platforms depend on voice over that tops clarity, tone and emphasis and pace that best suits the production. There is a specific way in which the materials need to be read in order to gain ease of retention and maximum clarity.

The use of online courses, presentations, training modules, tutorials, etc. are the assets in this industry, which means that these need to be all-time high. Besides, engineering experience is important for voice over services.

In the particular case of educational voice over, people with teaching experience have some type of advantage to get jobs in this industry. Nonetheless, there is a wide range of opportunities for voice over artists.

In addition, professionals who are fluent in other languages are also well positioned. Especially considering that language programs need voice overs in Chinese, Spanish, French, Portuguese, German and other languages. This also happens in the case of scripts earning English as a second language.

There is a greater demand for learning languages now more than ever. Moreover, this type of education has been based, since its origins, on “speaking and listening”. Up until now, this approach is one of the most commons for learning a new language, which is why courses for foreign and second languages predominantly use audio resources as a way for their students to effectively increase their language skills at any level. From grammar directed at children to special vocabulary for business, medicine, etc.

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