Edinburgh Castle on its rock above Princes Street Gardens at golden hour with the old town spires beyond

Edinburgh voiceover artistsA city of festivals. Your script deserves a headliner.

Free auditions of your script from hand-picked Scottish and British voiceover artists, usually within the hour. Compare the reads, book the one that fits, and your files arrive within a day. No studio, no agent, no queue on the Royal Mile.

✓ Every voice reviewed by a real person
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The Castle, from the Gardens
Dialling code 0131 GMT, BST in summer The Castle, on an extinct volcano A festival for every month Agencies in Leith and the New Town Auditions usually within the hour Finished files within a day Every voice reviewed by a real person Dialling code 0131 GMT, BST in summer The Castle, on an extinct volcano A festival for every month Agencies in Leith and the New Town Auditions usually within the hour Finished files within a day Every voice reviewed by a real person
UK voices

Scottish and British voices for Edinburgh briefs

Voices who record for Edinburgh agencies, studios and businesses from broadcast-quality home studios around the country. Press play. No ticket required.

The agency question

Why Edinburgh's leaving the agency behind

Edinburgh knows a good performance when it hears one, it has a whole August for it. What it never had patience for was the old way of booking a voice: a call to an agent in the New Town, a shortlist in a few days, a studio slot the week after, and an invoice with an agency fee on it. The city that runs the biggest arts festival on earth was casting voices by appointment. Not now.

Agencies still have their place. It's just not between you and the deadline.

The agency way

  • A shortlist picked by the agent, not by your ears
  • Showreels recorded for somebody else's script
  • Studio hire in the New Town, at New Town prices
  • Office hours, so a Friday brief waits until Monday

The online way

  • Scottish, British and Irish voiceover artists reading your actual script, free
  • Auditions usually within the hour, day or night
  • Broadcast-quality home studios, finished files within a day
  • One public rate card, and re-records are free if a read misses your notes
The unfinished classical monument on Calton Hill at dawn with the old town below
Calton Hill · At first light
The briefs

What Edinburgh records.

Edinburgh briefs lean polished. Corporate and investor films for the finance houses along the Exchange, explainers for the tech firms in the university quarter, tourism and whisky pieces for the whole of Scotland, e-learning for the universities and the public bodies, festival trailers every summer, and audiobook and documentary narration for the publishers. The read has to sound considered, and the auditions will show you which voice is.

  • Corporate and investor films
  • Tech and app explainers
  • Tourism and whisky
  • E-learning and training
  • Festival trailers and promos
  • Audiobooks and documentaries
  • On-hold and IVR
  • Public sector and health
How it works

Three steps, no studio.

  1. 1

    Post your script

    Free. Say what it's for, how it should sound and when you need it.

  2. 2

    Auditions arrive

    Hand-picked British, Scottish, Irish and Welsh voiceover artists read your actual script, usually within the hour.

  3. 3

    Book, pay, done

    Pick the voice, pay online, and the finished files land within a day. Re-records are free if a read misses your notes.

Only in Edinburgh

Things every Edinburgh brief already knows.

0131

The dialling code

Say it on an on-hold script and the whole of the east knows where you are. Say in the brief how Scottish the voice should be, from a lilt to the full Leith.

1947

The year the Festival began

Edinburgh has heard every kind of performance since. It knows a first-take read when it hears one.

GMT

Edinburgh time

Post your script at the end of the day and the first auditions usually land before the One O'Clock Gun the next morning. Most days, a lot sooner.

Questions

Edinburgh, asked and answered.

Do I need a studio in Edinburgh?

No. Every voiceover artist on the site records in a broadcast-quality home studio and delivers finished files ready for the edit. Nothing to book, nothing to hire.

How quickly will I hear voices?

Post your script and auditions usually start arriving within the hour, seven days a week. Finished recordings usually land within 24 hours of booking, often faster for short scripts.

Can I get an Edinburgh accent rather than a Glasgow one?

Yes. Say Edinburgh, east coast, Highland or just soft Scottish in the brief, and how strong you want it. Pick Scottish from the accent chips to see only those voices, and let the auditions settle it.

Is this a voiceover agency in Edinburgh?

Not in the old sense. No agent, no studio to hire, no markup. Voiceover artists we've reviewed one by one audition your script for free, and you book the one you like.

What does an Edinburgh voiceover cost?

The rate card is public and set by the length and use of the script. Edinburgh pays the same as anywhere else, and you'll see the price before you post.

More answers in the full F.A.Q.

Also recording for
Edinburgh Voiceover CentralDepartures 23:13
  1. 23:15London voiceover artists1On time
  2. 23:18Manchester voiceover artists2On time
  3. 23:22Birmingham voiceover artists3Auditions boarding
  4. 23:27Glasgow voiceover artists4On time
  5. 23:33All UK voiceover artistsAllCalling at all stations

Please stand well back from the platform edge. The next voice is approaching. Auditions usually within the hour, finished files within a day, and there is no replacement bus service. Mind the gap.

Edinburgh, let's hear it.

Post your script now. The first auditions are usually back within the hour.