Student to full-time
Joined as a VO Journey student and built a full-time voice business in under two years. Over 250 audiobooks narrated. Now she runs Launch Pad.
Angela Ohlfest · VO Journey alum and coach
Our narrators have published over 750 audiobooks through Academy Voices. Four live classes a week get you ready, taught by working voice actors. The prices are right here: no sales call.
Every member gets free access to Academy Voices, where our narrators record real audiobooks for real authors. You get finished, published work with your name on it, and a coach's ear on the way there.
Most voice over training stops at practice scripts and audition volume. We think you should have something real on your résumé by the time you leave the nest.
audiobooks published by our narrators so far. A few of them are below.
A real moment from Thursday's Launch Pad class with Angela Ohlfest, the class you start in.
That's how every class works: you read, you get a note, you read again. Monday, Tuesday and Thursday are recorded, so you can watch it back.
More than 190 narrators have published audiobooks through Academy Voices. Here are a few who keep coming back for more. And in our July 2025 member check-in, 54 of the 80 members who answered told us they'd booked paid voice work in the previous six months.
Joined as a VO Journey student and built a full-time voice business in under two years. Over 250 audiobooks narrated. Now she runs Launch Pad.
"I won my third audiobook of the month!"
"My 2nd audiobook was released on Audible, with my 3rd in production now!" Then the author of his first book referred him directly, with 7 projects to take to audio.
"I have basically finished building the new studio, now officially dubbed 'The Barn', and I'm starting production on Bigger Than the Bag."
"I just got my first job! I need to submit the 15-minute sample this week on a 10-hour book."
"Longest book to date done and dusted!" (14 hours, 27 minutes)
"I was so thrilled to narrate Wrath of the Fallen, Book Three in the Trespass of Angels series."
"Listening to this has given me a push in the right direction. Really good. Loved it."
"I got my first royalty-share payment from Audible this week. It wasn't huge, but it was something."
"With consistent time and effort you have helped to greatly improve my voice acting/narration career!"
"I credit Anthony Pica's content to finally getting me actually recording and earning through voiceover work."
No sales call. The prices are right here. Every plan is month to month, so move up, down or out whenever you like.
Join, come to class, and see how it feels. If it isn't for you, email us within 30 days of your first payment and we'll refund it in full. No questions asked.
You don't need to know where you fit. Start where you are, and move up when you're ready. Most people start at step one or two.
1Set up your space, learn the basics and do your first reads with Angela every Thursday night. No experience needed.
2Acting, the business side, and a script workout where you perform and get notes. This is where people get good.
3Narrate real audiobooks on Academy Voices. Finished books, your name on them, and a reason to keep showing up.
4A 30-minute one-on-one with a coach every month, on whatever you need: a demo, a genre, your marketing.
All classes are live on Zoom, in the evening, Eastern time. Miss one and the recording is waiting for you (except Wednesday, on purpose).
How to make a script sound like a real person talking. Taught, with reads.
How to find clients, quote a job, read a contract and spot a scam before it costs you.
Private roomNot recorded, on purposeYou perform, you get notes on the spot. Never recorded, so it's a safe room to take risks.
The class for getting started: gear, first reads, audiobooks and your first steps into paid work.
Plus a monthly tech class with Caesar, monthly challenges, duet script practice with other members, and a Discord community that's busy every day.
The people giving you notes do this work themselves.
Full-time voice actor (BMW, Jeep, McDonald's, Ralph Lauren). Started the academy to teach what he had to figure out the hard way.
25 years in advertising, casting and copywriting. Heard for Lego, Harley Davidson and Target. A no-nonsense coach who helps you find your own sound.
A VO Journey alum who built a full-time business in under two years. Over 250 audiobooks narrated and more than 5,000 clients served.
Sound engineer, audiobook narrator and producer. Takes the voodoo out of mics, rooms and editing so tech stops holding you back.
Every price we charge is on this page. There's no sales call and no hidden "next level" pitch. You can move plans or cancel from your account any time, and if it isn't for you in the first 30 days, email us and we'll refund your first payment.
AI is taking some of the cheapest, fastest jobs. It isn't replacing performers who can act, take direction and run a business, and that's what we train. We also teach you to protect your voice, with AI clauses in contracts and knowing what to sign and what not to.
No. Voice over needs every age and every kind of voice,. Audiobooks in particular need mature, warm, real voices. What matters is learning to act with the voice you have.
YouTube can tell you what to do. It can't listen to your read and tell you what to change. Here you read live, get notes from working voice actors, and read again, every week. That's the part that makes you better.
Some do, some don't, and we'll be straight with you. Most books on Academy Voices are royalty share, where you earn a cut of sales. Some pay per finished hour. Either way you get published work with your name on it, which helps you land the paid jobs. We won't promise you an income.
No. A lot of our members started with nothing but a phone and curiosity. Launch Pad is built for exactly that, and every class welcomes brand-new people.
Less than you think. Start with what you have. Caesar's tech class and Launch Pad will tell you what's worth buying and what isn't, so you don't waste money.
Evenings, Eastern time: Monday 6pm, Tuesday to Thursday 8pm. Monday, Tuesday and Thursday are recorded. Wednesday's Script Workout isn't, on purpose, so people feel safe trying things. You also get seven years of past classes.
It's our audiobook community. Members narrate real books for real authors, with help from people who've done hundreds of them. It comes free with every plan.
From your account, any time. No call, no form.
Email us within 30 days of your first payment and we'll refund it in full. No questions asked, and no forms to fill in.
Start with Launch Pad at $37, or CORE at $39 for your first month. Either way, you're covered by our 30-day money-back guarantee.
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