You Might Be a Voice Actor If... The thing is, us voice actors have to use every trick in the book. And this trick is one that works.

AI training is everywhere right now. The demand is insane. I’ve done AI videos before, but I’m seeing so much of this generative AI—this is what all companies are competing in right now and trying to train. Generative AI needs to be fed. It needs a constant supply of new information, new ideas, and new content in order to function. But the reality is, it’s not really “learning.”

So, What Is a “Donut” in Voiceover? First off, yes—it’s a silly term. And yes, it’s spelled just like the pastry: donut (not “doughnut”). But in the voiceover world, it means something very different. A donut is a hole or blank section inside a piece of copy—typically in commercial scripts. That empty space is deliberately left open so the client can rotate in a different message later.