The closest experience I've head to voice over services was in the 4 month internship I did with the Interpreters Unit at the Passaic County Superior Court. Interpreting is the oral translation of one language to the other. The simultaneous version of it is much like voice overing, because your are talking "over" the other person in a different language to the receiver of the interpretation.
The tone is quiet and professional since you don't want to interrupt the other speaker. This is especially true in the court room setting when the judges and lawyers are present, while maintaining a respectful volume so that the recorders can hear you.
I also occasionally practice my simultaneous "voice over" interpretations at my place of work with the Optometrist, a non spanish speaker, and his Spanish speaking patients.
Montclair State University
Jan 2013
Bachelor of Arts in Spanish with a concentration in Translation Spanish for International Business Minor
Essex County College
June 2008
Applied Associates in Ophthalmic Dispensing Graduated with Highest Honors
Spanish Interpreting Intern Sept.2011-Dec.2011
Superior Courts of Passaic County Vicinage
Interpreting Unit
Paterson, NJ
Personal Studio in the making.
My full time work as a Licensed Optician with the Walmart Vision Center in North Bergen, NJ allows me continuous, 40 hours a week, interactions with a multitude of different personalities, cultures and age ranges. To clarify, my responsibilities as an Optician include filling eyeglass and contact lens prescription for the visually impaired as well as performing adjustments and repairs on eyeglasses. The business of eyewear comes in selling your client the latest and greatest lens technology in the finest and most exclusive frame fashions. Not exactly doing that at WALMART, but I did exactly that for 6 years with the corporation Luxottica, better known as Lenscrafters. In the 8 years total of experience in the field of retail, I have come to realize the true strength of my voice. From the tones and accentuations of certain words used to welcome and assimilate a customer needs down to the taut and monotone voice that could come off as annoyed and rude. Now in a "high volume, bi-lingual, urban district," I find myself adapting to a completely different mass of voice skills. The wonders of retail and customer service have afforded me the talent of voice manipulation to persuade others or evoke emotions and sentiments about a their experiences in buying glasses.