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Can you hear the difference between Slovak and Slovenian? Our new language quiz will find out
Guess the language

What does Icelandic actually sound like? And can you tell whether someone is speaking Malay or Indonesian? Our new listening quiz “Guess the language” will find out: the game…

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Farewell to Joachim Kerzel – a voice that remains
Joachim Kerzel

There are voices you recognise before you know whose they are. Joachim Kerzel had a voice like that. Dark, sandy, with that quiet smile in…

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Describe the voice. We'll find it.
AI voice search

What if you could simply describe a voice instead of searching for it? That's exactly what you can do on speaker-search.de from today. You…

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TLM 170, U 87, TLM 103: why we use which microphone
Our microphones

If you listen to a German documentary from the eighties, you recognise the sound before the first sentence is over. Warm, dark, a bit like…

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Seeing out the year together at speaker-search
Christmas 2024

Last Saturday our “Loft-Kultur” celebrated its tenth edition. Together with around 150 guests, including voice artists, clients and friends,…

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German Audio Description Award 2024 – “Where Is Anne Frank”
Audio Description Award

The audio description for Ari Folman's film “Where Is Anne Frank” won the German Audio Description Award (Deutscher Hörfilmpreis) 2024 in…

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Seminar: “Raising your voice with clarity – giving yourself space”
Workshop

Our agency loft in Berlin's Schillerkiez has always been a space for ideas and exchange, too. On 21 October, Susanne Hauf and Nora Jensen…

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The little language lexicon: the Danish language
Lexicon: Danish

In our blog series “The little language lexicon”, today's topic is the Danish language. It is descended from the language of the Vikings,…

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And the winner is...
Oscars 2021

Thomas Vinterberg's film “Another Round” (Der Rausch) won the Oscar for Best International Feature Film at the 2021 Academy Awards. We…

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What does “Solidarität stimmt!” mean today?
Live talk

What does solidarity mean right now? Four experts from the fields of voice, communication and culture talk about their experiences since the…

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Accessible film with our voice artists
Audio description “Another Round”

On 25 March 2021 the award-winning film “Another Round” (Der Rausch) opens in Germany. For Kinoblindgänger gGmbH we recorded the audio…

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Our voices can do satire, too
Browser Ballett

Since 2016 the “Browser Ballett” has been delighting the online community. Our voices have been part of the format as off-screen voices…

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Our voice artists for an ARTE voice-over
USA after the election

Part six of the ARTE documentary series “Aus der Traum?” paints an in-depth portrait of the USA after the election. Our voice artists…

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Why solidarity is more important than ever!
Solidarität stimmt!

Back in April 2020 we founded the initiative “Solidarität stimmt!” (Solidarity rings true!) within our industry. You can find out exactly…

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Season's greetings with the Fujitsu Christmas spot 2020
Christmas spot

Not even Father Christmas can avoid digitalising his business. In its entertaining 2020 Christmas spot, Fujitsu helps him do it – with our…

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Nominated for the German Audio Description Award 2020
“For Sama”

Next Wednesday the German Audio Description Award 2020 will be presented. We are nominated in the Documentary category for the accessible…

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A new audiobook for “Solidarität stimmt!”
The Little Prince

For our solidarity initiative “Solidarität stimmt!”, Liz Phoebe Korndörfer has recorded Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's “The Little Prince”. We…

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Lindenstraße star Gunnar Solka reads for “Solidarität stimmt!”
Sechs Tage (Six Days)

Actor and Lindenstraße star Gunnar Solka is reading the Berlin novel “Sechs Tage” (Six Days) for our initiative “Solidarität stimmt!”. The…

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Our first audio series has launched
The Divine Comedy

Our current audio series, part of the initiative “Solidarität stimmt!” that we founded, has been running for a week now. Voice artists are…

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How we look ahead together in solidarity
Solidarität stimmt!

Together with voice artists, we have founded the initiative “Solidarität stimmt!” (Solidarity rings true!). Every day we give you a short…

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Information for our voice artists
Coronavirus update

Information for voice artists on the current coronavirus pandemic. We'd like to inform you about the measures we've already taken to protect…

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Vernissage: The Becoming of Forms
Welcome Christmas!

Of course we couldn't let 2019 end without one more proper celebration with friends and companions! And that's what we did last Friday.…

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Warm voices for cold days
October 2019

The days are getting shorter, golden leaves cover the streets and temperatures are dropping. Before the autumn blues catch up with you,…

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We're hiring: project manager (m/f/d)
We're hiring!

We are looking for a full-time senior project manager with experience in film and audio production to join our voice agency.

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Summer goes international – our new voices
August 2019

Cairo, Boston, Tallinn, Vienna, Bern, Hamburg and of course Berlin – in August speaker-search sounds more international and more varied than…

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10 new voices for our voice database in July
New voice artists July 2019

In the middle of summer there are 10 new voices at our agency. Today we're introducing them to you in our voice blog. So before you head off…

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No summer break for us!
New voice artists June 2019

Summer is here! But there's no summer break for us: as on every first Friday of the month, we're introducing our new voice artists. Or to…

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Image spots for the Mercedes-Benz EQC
Mercedes-Benz EQC

For our client Looping Group we handled the voice recording and sound mix for the image spots for the new Mercedes-Benz EQC. You can see –…

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May makes everything new
New voice artists May 2019

“Alles neu macht der Mai, macht die Seele frisch und frei. Laßt das Haus, kommt hinaus!” (May makes everything new, makes the soul fresh and…

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Loft-Kultur: vernissage for the exhibition by Tobias Hermeling
Exhibition “clone”

Last Saturday the time had finally come. As part of our Loft-Kultur series, we opened our new exhibition with works by the artist Tobias…

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Spring starts with fresh voices
New voice artists April 2019

Spring, sunshine, fresh voices! In April we expanded our German-speaking pool. We present six new voices in our database. They're well worth…

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Kicking off gamesweekberlin in the House of Representatives
Berlin Games Breakfast

Games Week Berlin starts next Monday. In the run-up, the Bündnis 90/Die Grünen parliamentary group in the Berlin House of Representatives…

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Girls'Day 2019 – the job of a sound engineer
Girls'Day 2019

For one day, Emma and Jona got to know the job of a sound engineer. In our recording studio, our sound engineers Johanna Wienert and Fabian…

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Berlin's “Galerie Gesellschaft” will curate the Loft-Kultur exhibitions in future
Loft-Kultur

In future, the exhibitions in our Loft-Kultur series will be curated by the Berlin “Galerie Gesellschaft”, headed by Heike Saborowski. We…

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Even more variety of voices at speaker-search
New voice artists March 2019

The weather may leave a lot to be desired, but our selection of new voice artists that we'd like to introduce today certainly doesn't. We're…

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New voice power at speaker-search! – 2
February 2019 – part 2

Two weeks ago we introduced some of our new arrivals for February 2019. Today comes the second half, with equally outstanding voices.…

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New voice power at speaker-search!
February 2019 – part 1

Before the Berlinale begins and all eyes turn to the festival, we'd like to introduce our new voices for February. There are 16 new voice…

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New year – new voices at speaker-search
January 2019

The new year is only a few days old and we're already presenting new voice artists at our agency. Today a warm welcome goes out to France,…

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Into the Christmas season with magical voices!
December 2018

Another year has flown by: for the last time in 2018 we're presenting our new voice artists. Have a listen and discover the voices of…

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Ringing in the Advent season
Welcome Christmas!

With what was probably the first Christmas party of the year, we not only rang in the Advent season but also looked back on a successful…

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New voices – as colourful as autumn leaves
November 2018

Japanese, Hungarian, English, Greek, Czech, Swedish. In November we have new voices in these languages in our database. A warm welcome to…

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Recording engineer / sound designer
Reinforcements wanted!

We are looking for freelancers to strengthen our recording studio team (recording engineer / sound designer), focusing on sound design for…

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Gender roles and voice – stereotypes in front of the microphone
Panel discussion

In cooperation with the vds (Association of German Voice Artists), Loft-Kultur is breaking new ground: gender roles and voice – stereotypes…

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Our new voices in October – part 2
October 2018 – part 2

In October, too, we won over so many new voice artists for speaker-search that we had to split their introduction into two dates. Today we…

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Warm voices for cold days – bring on the autumn!
October 2018 – part 1

Two weekends in one week, but today is the real Friday – and the first of the month. Time for us to introduce our new voice artists: two…

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Kicking off the new Loft-Kultur season
Loft-Kultur – finissage

The new Loft-Kultur season is under way. And right at the start, something familiar: “Schwarzes Terrain” (Black Terrain). With the…

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Friday at last!
September 2018 – part 2

Today we present the second part of our new voice artists for September. We're delighted to welcome well-known German dubbing actors and…

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The little language lexicon: the Hebrew language (Ivrit)
Lexicon: Hebrew

In our blog series “The little language lexicon”, today's topic is Ivrit – the Hebrew language. We'd like to tell you why, for many…

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Thank God It's Friday!
September 2018 – part 1

As always on the first Friday of the month, we're introducing the new voices at speaker-search. And because once again we just couldn't help…

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It hardly gets any cooler – part 2
August 2018 – part 2

This month we have a particularly large number of new voices in our database. So today it's round two of the introductions: including the…

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It hardly gets any cooler – part 1
August 2018 – part 1

In August we're delighted to welcome 16 new voice artists to our database. As usual, we're presenting the first eight today, on the first…

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Something for your ears once again!
New voice artists in July 2018

The start of the school holidays, summer vacation – but also the first Friday of the month: time to introduce our new voices for July.…

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Cool voices for hot days!
New voice artists in June 2018

Of course we don't want to keep our new voice artists from you in June either. Open your ears and listen: no fewer than twelve wonderful…

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Join us in welcoming our new voices!
New voice artists in May 2018

Summer has begun! While many people have already packed their holiday things and are raring to go, we'd like to introduce our new voices for…

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Girls' Future Day in the recording studio
Girls'Day 2018

Today was Girls'Day 2018. Taking part again this year was a matter of course for us. Together with our sound engineer Fabian Lackas and…

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The little language lexicon: the Luxembourgish language
Lexicon: Luxembourgish

Luxembourgish is a good example of how important a language can be for national identity. A Central German variety or a language in its own…

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We're taking part again this year: Girls'Day 2018
Girls'Day 2018

Girls'Day – Girls' Future Day – has been around since 2001. Back then there were 1,800 participants; last year more than 100,000 girls got a…

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Fresh voices in spring!
New voice artists in April 2018

The weekend is just around the corner once again, and the sun is smiling at us through the windows. But before we say goodbye for this week,…

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Nomination for the German Audio Description Award 2018
German Audio Description Award 2018

Yesterday the 16th gala of the German Audio Description Award took place at Kino International in Berlin. We were nominated in the…

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The little language lexicon: the French language
Lexicon: French

Today is the “International Day of the French Language” – so of course it's a must for us to dedicate today's instalment of our blog series…

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The little language lexicon: the Italian language
Lexicon: Italian

From the Roman Empire and the works of Giovanni Boccaccio, Pietro Bembo and Alessandro Manzoni to the “Italiano del Duemila”: in our series…

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Warm voices for cold winter days!
New voice artists in March 2018

Despite what feels like minus 30 degrees, we're not hibernating – instead we've been out looking for new voice artists for our database for…

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Reinforcement for our team
Welcome!

Since 15 February we've had reinforcement: Stefanie Tilgner is supporting us as project manager. The graduate translator has been working in…

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Vernissage “Schwarzes Terrain” by Marcus Fauser
Schwarzes Terrain

On Saturday we opened our new exhibition “Schwarzes Terrain” (Black Terrain) by Berlin artist Marcus Fauser with a vernissage as part of our…

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We say “ترحيب!”, “Welkom!”, “Servus!” and “Willkommen!”
New voice artists February 2018

As on every first Friday of the month, today we're introducing our new voice artists. In February we're delighted to welcome great new…

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Kami – spirits of protest in Dresden
Audio guide Kami

On the last weekend in January, Sven Sauer and Bony Stoev publicly presented their installation “Kami” on the Neumarkt in front of the…

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The little language lexicon: the Vietnamese language
Lexicon: Vietnamese

Today our language lexicon takes us to South-East Asia, to Vietnam. We introduce a language that has been little studied by linguists…

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“Schwarzes Terrain” – Marcus Fauser
New exhibition

From 5 February 2018, as part of “Loft-Kultur”, we are showing an exhibition by Berlin artist Marcus Fauser. In his abstract paintings,…

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We're starting 2018 with new voice artists!
New voice artists in January 2018

In the new year, too, we've already won over new voices for our database. A warm welcome to our agency to Jelena, Patrick, Stefanie, Viola,…

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Until 19 January 2018: Thomas Platt – Cognitive Shuffle
Cognitive Shuffle

The exhibition “Cognitive Shuffle” with works by Berlin artist Thomas Platt is on show at our premises until 19 January 2018 and can be…

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The little language lexicon: the Bulgarian language
Lexicon: Bulgarian

“Leberwurst” (liver sausage), “Backenbart” (sideburns) and “Zeitnot” (time pressure) – what sounds very German at first also exists in…

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Nomination for the German Audio Description Award 2018
Audio Description Award 2018

speaker-search has been nominated for the German Audio Description Award 2018 for its audio description of Andres Veiel's documentary…

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“Gefühle nach'm Kalender” – a Christmas edition of Loft-Kultur
Loft-Kultur

A Christmas edition of Loft-Kultur not only invited guests to the midissage of Thomas Platt's exhibition “Cognitive Shuffle”, but also…

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Sveiki atvykę at speaker-search!
New voice artists in December 17

In December, too, there are new voices at speaker-search. This month we've seen a big increase in German voice artists in particular, but…

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New on board: we say ahoy!
New voice artists in November 17

Besides voice artists from Austria and Germany, this month we've also gained new voices in Chinese, English and Indonesian. We're delighted…

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The little language lexicon: the Greek language
Lexicon: Greek

The Homeric epics, the dramas of Sophocles, the writings of Plato or the New Testament: Western culture has been profoundly shaped by Greek…

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Welcome to our voice agency!
New voice artists in October 2017

“Herzlich willkommen!”, “Welcome!”, “Hartelijk welkom!”, “Szeretettel üdvözöljük!” and “добре дошъл!” – a very international “welcome…

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Loft-Kultur: exhibition “Cognitive Shuffle” by Thomas Platt
Cognitive Shuffle

With a vernissage as part of our salon series “Loft-Kultur”, we opened the exhibition “Cognitive Shuffle” by Berlin artist Thomas Platt at…

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Welcome to our voice agency!
New voice artists in September 17

On the first Friday of every month we introduce new voice artists at our agency. This month Emma Watson, Tom Cruise and SpongeBob are among…

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The little language lexicon: the Icelandic language
Lexicon: Icelandic

Today our blog series “The little language lexicon” takes us to a mystical place of fire and ice just below the Arctic Circle, where a…

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Leon Boden voices a new willhaben.at spot
TV spot with Leon Boden

Leon Boden is the voice of one of the new TV spots for the Austrian online classifieds portal “willhaben.at”. The German dubbing voice of…

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The little language lexicon: the Czech language
Lexicon: Czech

Today our blog series “The little language lexicon” is about the Czech language, which is spoken by a total of 13 million people. Yet this…

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The little language lexicon: the Maltese language
Lexicon: Maltese

In our series “The little language lexicon”, today we introduce Maltese. The language of the island of Malta once developed from Maghrebi…

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Welcome to our voice agency!
New voice artists in August 2017

Even in August, during the holiday season, we've added new voices to our pool. In German, English, Portuguese and Finnish we now offer even…

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The little language lexicon: the Portuguese language
Lexicon: Portuguese

Today in our series “The little language lexicon” we introduce a language that spread around the world in the 15th and 16th centuries and is…

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The little language lexicon: the Chinese languages
Lexicon: Chinese

In our series “The little language lexicon”, today we venture into a language area larger than Europe. Find out in our article why speakers…

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The little language lexicon: the Finnish language
Lexicon: Finnish

In our series “The little language lexicon”, today we head far north and introduce the Finnish language. And to go with it, of course, there…

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The little language lexicon: the Polish language
Lexicon: Polish

Today we're launching our new blog series “The little language lexicon”. Here we gather interesting facts about the languages represented at…

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Welcome to our voice agency!
New voice artists in July 2017

“Herzlich willkommen!”, “ברוכים הבאים”, “Welcome!” and “Bienvenue!” – in German, Hebrew, English and French we welcome our new voice artists…

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The path to becoming a professional voice artist
Becoming a voice artist?

One of the questions we're asked most often is: how do I become a dubbing artist? As simple as the question may sound at first, the answer…

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Welcome to our voice agency!
New voice artists in June 2017

In June, too, we're introducing our new voices, and this time we say “Herzlich willkommen!”, “Servus!”, “Grüezi!”, “Bienvenue!” and…

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Loft-Kultur premiere – KlavierStimmen
KlavierStimmen

On 1 June 2017 our salon series “Loft-Kultur” got under way. At the premiere we welcomed around a hundred guests from media, culture,…

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Communication and exchange beyond everyday work
Loft-Kultur

We're looking for the inspiring moment that goes beyond the normal everyday life of an office and recording studio, and we're creating a…

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Welcome to our voice agency!
New voice artists in May 2017

The start of a new blog series: on the first Friday of every month we'll introduce new voices in our database. You can read – and above all…

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Finding the right voice artist – part 1: advanced search
Voice search I

Finding the right voice is probably the most fundamental step towards a perfect voice recording. Our new blog series is all about exactly…

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When you listen to a film...
Kinoblindgängerin

Barbara Fickert is blind. Even so, she's a regular at the cinema, experiencing the latest releases. In this interview she talks about her…

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Nomination for the audio-described version of “24 Weeks”
Audio Description Award 2017

Our audio description for the film “24 Weeks” (24 Wochen) has been nominated for the German Audio Description Award, which will be presented…

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Even more reinforcement? We keep growing!
speaker-search is growing!

We're pleased to introduce another new face at speaker-search. Like Julia, Alessandro has been strengthening our team since 15 January. He's…

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Audio description for a Berlinale competition film
Beuys@Berlinale

Andres Veiel's documentary “Beuys” is competing for the Golden Bear at this year's Berlinale. speaker-search produced the audio description,…

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Reinforcement for our team: Julia Eiler introduces herself
Welcome aboard!

Julia Eiler has been strengthening our team since 15 January 2017. She has begun her apprenticeship as an audiovisual media management…

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New spot for Flitz with Mario Hassert
Mario Hassert live!

We produced the radio spot for the new Flitz app. Everyone had so much fun recording with Mario that he took out his smartphone and simply…

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Voice samples in clear categories
Well sorted!

A tidy house, a tidy mind – and if clients quickly fall for a voice because they find exactly what they're looking for, that's not bad…

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Protokoll B stages Digital Digestion
Dress rehearsal

As part of 48 Stunden Neukölln, Protokoll B is staging “Digital Digestion” on our agency premises, bringing the internet into the analogue…

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Voice artists for a new Groupon spot in 4 languages
New Groupon TV spot

speaker-search produced the voice recordings in German, English, Italian and French for Groupon's new TV spot. Here you can see the Italian…

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Official opening in Schillerkiez
Housewarming party

Last Friday, together with around 300 voice artists, clients and friends, we officially inaugurated our new premises in Neukölln. At the…

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When voice and picture come together...
Show us your videos!

A lot has happened here in recent months: our move has allowed us to expand, and we've built a completely new studio. Since we don't want to…

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Our research continues
Documentary “Volunteers”

Over Easter we were in south-eastern Turkey to continue researching our documentary “Volunteers”, which is currently in development. Our…

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The 14th German Audio Description Award ceremony
Audio Description Award

On 15 March 2016 the 14th German Audio Description Award was presented at Kino International in Berlin. Audio-described versions of films…

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A visit from Michael Douglas
Michael Douglas

Today we had the pleasure of recording Volker Brandt, the German dubbing voice of Michael Douglas, in our recording studio. Even after 10…

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A short documentary about the refugee crisis
Documentary Lesbos

Together with cameraman Stefan Lehmann, our team is currently on Lesbos producing a short documentary about the refugee crisis. It focuses…

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Our new green screen in action
Chroma keying

In our new premises we have set up a small studio for photo and film shoots, which we are constantly expanding. The latest addition is a…

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Media partner of the Independent Film Party
Independent Film Party

This year, too, good!movies and AG Verleih hosted the “Independent Film Party” on the occasion of the 66th Berlin International Film…

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The Cinema for Peace Awards 2016
Cinema for Peace Gala

The highlight of the Cinema for Peace Gala, held annually in Berlin, is the presentation of awards for feature films and documentaries…

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One year at speaker-search!
Apprenticeship anniversary

For years we have been training apprentices as “audiovisual media management assistants” and “media designers for image and sound”. Our…

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Lots of space for more ideas
We've moved

We've finally moved into our new agency and production premises. The factory loft in Neukölln's Schillerkiez offers 300 square metres of…

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Over 300 m² of production space in Schillerkiez
New studio

On 4 January 2016, after a long period of planning and construction, the time will finally have come: we're moving into our new production…

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Layout session fee instead of individual fees
Layout session fee

The current fee list for German voice artists (GDS 2015/2016) has introduced a layout session fee as a flat rate for the first time.…

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For new clients: audiobooks at a special price
Audiobook offers

In September we're offering new clients special introductory deals on audiobook production. We'd like to show you how, with more than 10…

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From September 2015: new workshops
Voice workshops

From September, our new voice workshops with Richard Gonlag and Olaf Jelinski get under way. Over the past few months we have developed a…

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New software in our studios
Steinberg Nuendo 7

After Yamaha provided us with a test version for the release of Nuendo 7, we have now put the latest version of the software into production…

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Your own casting tool
New shortlist

The new version of our shortlist is online from today. You can now bookmark not only voice artists but also every individual voice sample,…

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