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Author: Nate Holloway

Rachel Ghiazza, Audible's chief content officer, speaking on stage at the Frankfurt Book Fair on 9 October 2026, with her name caption on screen, a frame from the fair's session video. Image: Frankfurter Buchmesse
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Audible Wants Every Book as an Audiobook in Every Language. Half of Its Listeners Would Try an AI Narrator, and Most Still Follow a Human One

Published October 10, 2026 Nate Holloway AI narration, Audible, Audiobook Narration, Frankfurt Book Fair, NielsenIQ, Rachel Ghiazza

Audible’s NielsenIQ survey of 18,000 listeners finds half would try AI narration and 65 per cent follow narrators they like. Five new countries come in 2027.

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Goku’s Voice Is Riding Around Japan on a Truck. Masako Nozawa Turns 90 Two Weeks After Dragon Ball Super: Beerus Begins

Published October 6, 2026 Nate Holloway anime voice actors, Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Super: Beerus, Goku, Koichi Yamadera, Masako Nozawa, Ranma 1/2, Seiyuu

Ad trucks for Dragon Ball Super: Beerus play Masako Nozawa’s narration ahead of the October 11 premiere. Goku’s voice turns 90 on October 25.

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Liam Neeson’s Spanish Voice Got an Extortion Call. He Answered With a Line From Taken

Published October 3, 2026 Nate Holloway Cali Pop Festival, Frieza, Gerardo Reyero, Latin American dubbing, Liam Neeson, voice care

Gerardo Reyero, the Latin American voice of Liam Neeson and Frieza, scared off an extortion caller with a line from Taken, then shared his warm-up.

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A Casting Website Puts SAG-AFTRA Voice Over Rates Into One Free Calculator

Published October 1, 2026October 1, 2026 Nate Holloway SAG-AFTRA, The Voice Realm, union rates, voice over rates

Union voice over rates sit in a dozen PDFs. A new free calculator adds up the SAG-AFTRA minimum for eight kinds of voice job, line by line.

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ElevenLabs Now Copies a Voice From 10 Seconds of Audio, in More Than 90 Languages

Published September 29, 2026October 6, 2026 Nate Holloway AI voice cloning, consent, dubbing, ElevenLabs, text to speech, voice actors

ElevenLabs’ new v4 model clones a voice from 10 seconds of audio and speaks 90 languages. What it means for voice actors, dubbing and consent.

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Google Can Copy a Voice From 30 Seconds of Audio. First, the Owner Has to Say Yes Out Loud

Published September 26, 2026 Nate Holloway AI Voices, audiobooks, consent, dubbing, Gemini, google+, text to speech, voice cloning

Google’s newest speech models can copy a voice from a 30-second sample, but only after the owner records spoken consent. What voice actors should know.

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Spain’s Dubbing Actors Take On Amazon’s Lip-Sync Tool. The Fight Is Over the Contract

Published September 21, 2026September 21, 2026 Nate Holloway Adoma, AI dubbing, Amazon, lip sync, Maxton Hall, Prime Video, Spain

Amazon’s lip-sync feature keeps the dubbed voices human. Spain’s dubbing association says the problem is the AI clause actors are asked to sign, and they’re refusing.

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Voice Actors Are Divided Over AI Clones. Is Licensing Your Voice the Next Career Decision?

Published September 1, 2026September 2, 2026 Nate Holloway AI voice cloning, performer rights, voice actors

For voice actors, artificial intelligence is no longer a distant technology waiting somewhere on the horizon. It is already being

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What Makes a Voice “Bookable”?

Published June 19, 2026June 19, 2026 Nate Holloway freelance voice actor, voice actor career, voiceover tips, voiceover Training

For aspiring voice actors, one of the most common questions is also one of the most misunderstood: What makes a

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The History of Mind the gap: the Voice in the crowd

Published April 20, 2016October 3, 2026 Nate Holloway mind the gap, voice over history

PODCAST (in Spanish) On April 15th 2016, Phil Sayer, whose voice echoes the famous “Mind the gap!” alerting passengers of

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2014 Emmy’s Voice-Over Category – Will Maurice LaMarche Again Take Home the Statuette?

Published August 15, 2014August 18, 2014 Nate Holloway celebrity, emmys

For the first time in 12 years, the Emmy Awards will give separate distinctions for the Voice-Over category.  This year

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Charlie Cox Has Already Recorded 40 Hours for a Sega Game With No Name. The Crew Had Been Expecting an American
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Charlie Cox Has Already Recorded 40 Hours for a Sega Game With No Name. The Crew Had Been Expecting an American

October 12, 2026 Jordan Pike Comments Off on Charlie Cox Has Already Recorded 40 Hours for a Sega Game With No Name. The Crew Had Been Expecting an American

The Expedition 33 star told IGN he recorded about 40 hours of lines for an unannounced Sega game, in an accent the crew expected from an American.

Dragon Ball Super: Beerus Opens in Japanese. Its English Dub Cast Was on Stage in New York, and No Dub Has a Date
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Dragon Ball Super: Beerus Opens in Japanese. Its English Dub Cast Was on Stage in New York, and No Dub Has a Date

October 12, 2026 Priya Raman Comments Off on Dragon Ball Super: Beerus Opens in Japanese. Its English Dub Cast Was on Stage in New York, and No Dub Has a Date
Jiří Štěpnička, the Czech Voice of Harrison Ford, Dies at 79. In March He Said the Role Had Been Stolen From Him
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Jiří Štěpnička, the Czech Voice of Harrison Ford, Dies at 79. In March He Said the Role Had Been Stolen From Him

October 11, 2026 Owen Castellano Comments Off on Jiří Štěpnička, the Czech Voice of Harrison Ford, Dies at 79. In March He Said the Role Had Been Stolen From Him
Mexico’s Lower House Tells Platforms to Pull AI-Altered Voices or Pay. Critics Call It the Anti-Meme Law, and a Cloned Announcer Shows Why It Matters
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Mexico’s Lower House Tells Platforms to Pull AI-Altered Voices or Pay. Critics Call It the Anti-Meme Law, and a Cloned Announcer Shows Why It Matters

October 11, 2026 Marcus Delgado Comments Off on Mexico’s Lower House Tells Platforms to Pull AI-Altered Voices or Pay. Critics Call It the Anti-Meme Law, and a Cloned Announcer Shows Why It Matters

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