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The Week in Voice: Three Goodbyes, a Warsaw Win and Simba in Quechua

Published November 13, 2026 Chloe Barnett AI Voices, audiobooks, Donnie Dunagan, Jarosław Łukomski, JoBe Cerny, Stacy Keach, week in voice, weekly wrap

Our Friday wrap: farewells to Donnie Dunagan, JoBe Cerny and Stacy Keach, a landmark AI voice ruling in Warsaw, and The Lion King in Quechua.

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Featured Articles Voice Over Articles 

The Week in Voice: Four Farewells, Your Voice in Court and a Pipefitter With Pipes

Published November 6, 2026 Theo Lindgren ACTRA, AI Voices, John Leeson, Matti Klemm, Paweł Tucholski, Ryuji Nakagi, Speakies, week in voice, weekly wrap

Our Friday wrap: farewells to Paweł Tucholski, John Leeson, Ryuji Nakagi and Zeus Stewart, AI voice fights in court, and Logan's new voice.

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Featured Articles Opinion Voice Over AI 

Opinion: ARC Raiders Says Actors Would “Go Crazy” Reading Every Line. Have They Met a Voice Actor?

Published November 3, 2026 Nate Holloway AI Voices, ARC Raiders, Embark Studios, opinion, voice actor contracts

Embark's audio director says actors would go crazy recording every ping line. Phone menus, courses and pickups say otherwise. Book the session.

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Pennsylvania’s AI Ad Law Covers the Radio Spot. From 21 December, a Misleading AI Voice Needs a Label You Can Hear

Published November 3, 2026 Jordan Pike AI advertising law, AI disclosure, AI Voices, commercial voice over, Pennsylvania, radio ads, SB 806, voice cloning

Pennsylvania's Act 99 counts an AI audio clip as synthetic content. Here's what that means for voice actors who read commercials and radio spots.

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The Week in Voice: Two Farewells, a Union Yes and a Cloned Podcast

Published October 30, 2026 Hana Mori AI Voices, awards, Equity, Eric Bauza, Patrick Stewart, SAG-AFTRA, week in voice, weekly wrap

Our Friday wrap: farewells to Eric Bauza and Patrick Stewart, SAG-AFTRA's AI dubbing win, awards in Madrid and Bogotá, and a hijacked podcast.

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A Hijacked Podcast Kept Publishing in Its Host’s Cloned Voice. Here’s How to Lock Down Yours

Published October 30, 2026 Chloe Barnett AI Voices, podcast security, podcast:locked, podcasts, RSS feeds, Spreaker, voice cloning

A quiet podcast came back with episodes its host never made, in what reporters say was his cloned voice. How it happened, and how to protect your own feed.

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SAG-AFTRA Voice Actors Ratify the TV Animation Deal. Your AI Replica Now Needs Your Yes to Dub You

Published October 29, 2026 Owen Castellano AI Voices, Breaking news, digital replicas, dubbing, SAG-AFTRA, TV animation, union contracts

SAG-AFTRA members ratified the 2026 TV animation contracts. A studio now needs consent before a replica dubs you into another language, and pay rises are backdated.

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Exclusive: The Original Voice of Google Voice Found Out Google Had Bought the Company Seven Months Later

Published October 28, 2026November 1, 2026 Kelly Roma AI Voices, exclusive, Google Voice, google+, GrandCentral, interview, Laurie Burke, voice actor contracts

Laurie Burke voiced GrandCentral, which became Google Voice, with no contract. She tells Voice Over Herald how she learned of Google's purchase.

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Opinion: Google Gave YouTube Ads an AI Voice by Default. Its Own Advice Says Use a Human

Published October 28, 2026October 28, 2026 Sarah Robbins advertising, AI Voices, Google Ads, opinion, voice actors, YouTube

Google now adds AI narration to silent YouTube ads by default, while its own data says a human voice converts better. Our columnist picks a side.

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Free AI Voices Now Run Offline on a Mac. Only One of Ollama’s New Speech Models Is Licensed for Paid Work

Published October 27, 2026 Sarah Robbins AI Voices, Gradium, licensing, Ollama, Phonon, text to speech, VO tech, voice cloning

Ollama now speaks with Gradium's Phonon voices on Apple Silicon Macs. The licence small print, the cloned voices and what it means for voice actors.

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The Week in Voice: Three Goodbyes, a SONARR Win and Kindle+ Goes AI

Published October 23, 2026 Theo Lindgren AI Voices, audiobooks, dubbing, voice over news, weekly wrap

Our Friday wrap: three farewells, Colin Cassidy's SONARR win, AI audiobooks in Kindle+, The Archers' studio and Andy García dubbing himself.

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