Courses expose 'everyday people' to voice acting

0 Comments | Philadelphia Inquirer, The, June, 2008 | by Bonnie L. Cook Inquirer Staff Writer

Words seem to roll effortlessly off the tongue of Kent Nelson, a 58-year-old voice actor from Plymouth Meeting. Actually, Nelson studied for months to achieve his polished sound, briefly at Montgomery County Community College, and later with a national voice coaching firm. You might know Nelson as the voice on TV urging you to ride Amtrak.

He has recorded voice-overs for training films aimed at doctors and Rite Aid pharmacists. Now approaching retirement, Nelson hopes to land steady voice-over work to augment his home improvement business. "I don't want to be rich and famous; I just like to eat regularly," Nelson said with a grin. A growing number of voices are needed to record voice mail prompts, training films, museum narrations, audio books, video games, radio and TV...

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