App Narration by Kim Handysides

Apps are part of life on mobile and in-app voice over can be critical to an app’s success. The best app narration either makes your life easier or entertains you when you’ve got some downtime. Their goal is to give a great experience to users. Some apps don’t rely on voice over because may affect the speed of their load time or sound has nothing to do with their function. You don’t really need voice over if you’re playing solitaire. But you do if you’re learning a new language, it’s essential. The voice work I did as one of the DuoLingo voice actors is a great example of that. One of the most popular language-learning programs in multiple languages not just ESL (English as a Second Language), the DuoLingo app rolls out bite-sized language lessons along with written, audio, and visual elements an example of micro-learning at its best.

Some apps with voice over coach us in exercise programs, fitness, and health, mediation, even cooking. One of the first apps Kim narrated was for UBI Soft’s Nintendo series My Cooking Coach just over 10 years ago. She was cast as hers was the only voice that was clear and distinguishable through the tiny low-grade DS speakers. Since then, she’s narrated hundreds of cool apps. Financial apps for banking and investment. Home security apps, HPC and patient-focused medical apps, even apps for vets.