A teacher who specializes in the improvement of voiceover skills in students but who also may teach other subjects or areas. Many people purport that, ideally, this teacher should have experiences as a voiceover talent, but this may not be the case, for instance, as some coaches (many, of substantial reputations worldwide today) have extensive experience as copywriters, booking agents, radio or television on-air announcers, casting directors, audio producers, film producers, television producers, audio recording engineers, audio recording studio owners, advertising agency professionals, or theatrical or film acting coaches.

Some voiceover coaches are credentialled (degreed by a college or university) often, in the areas of speech, communications, vocal pedagogy, educational subjects, singing, or other areas. This may (or may not) impact the teacher's abilities and skills as a voiceover teacher. It is always wise, however, to inquire about a teacher's background and experiences. One of the areas in college that usually does impact a person's ability to teach is having studied pedagogical methods such as classroom teaching skills, understanding the learner, adult education techniques, practical teaching skills, and similar subjects.

A knowledge to some degree of the anatomy of the human voice, how humans produce speech, the speech organs, and even voice and speech dysfunctions is a decided "plus" in a voiceover coach. Additionally, a voiceover coach with knowledge acquired through study of the principles of human speech production could be valuable to students in improving vocal tone, articulatory prowess, and other speech necessities of the voiceover talent. The teacher might also be equipped, through study, to identify vocal dysfunctions or problems best addressed by a physician skilled in malfunctions or diseases of the human voice.A voice and speech therapist, or a teacher who has studied this area, but who has not become licensed by a state or governing body as a therapist, can be most helpful to voiceover students in this regard.

A teacher skilled in theatre or drama techniques can be most useful to students of voiceover in the area of "voice acting." That is, portraying characters of various types as a voiceover performer, performing accents or dialects, and similar jobs. A teacher experienced in on-air radio or television announcing can be useful to voiceover students seeking announcer skills.

Every teacher brings to a student various strengths and skills. No teacher is all-encompassing and all students of voiceover should be aware that study with a variety of teachers in both private and classroom or seminar settings is always adviseable. Bettye Zoller Seitz

A person who sells his or her voice as a product to be used with other media either as a disembodied voice or dubbed with a live action or animated body. A voiceover talent may or may not have a particularly pleasant voice, but has the consistent ability to use his or her voice to achieve a desired effect, at times incorporating different dialects, accents, characters, or emotions to communicate a particular message or evoke a particular feeling. A voiceover talent may also be referred to as a voice over talent, talent, voice talent, voice actor or voice over artist, and less accurately as a narrator or announcer.

Someone who is looking for a voice talent or voice producer.

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Term for someone who is worried about their past voiceover auditions and how they did, to the point where it becomes physically and emotionally draining.