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Swiss German

35 posts from Work & blog.

Swiss German in flux: how the use of the language is changing, for voice over artists too
October 2025

Swiss German in flux: how the use of the language is changing, for voice over artists too

The 'Nöis Gschmöis' app from the University of Zurich collects dialect data from everyday life and shows how S…

Still from the video: Big Sack - the practical waste disposal solution - Kauf. Füll. Wäg.
May 2025

Two commercials for tradesmen's products

Radio campaigns in Zurich German and Bernese German for Big Sack and Albiro: hard, clear and on a level with e…

E-learning narration for an international platform
October 2023

E-learning narration for an international platform

Voice over for GoodHabitz: more than two hours of varied e-learning content narrated in Swiss German for an in…

YouTube advertising campaign for children's toys
February 2023

YouTube advertising campaign for children's toys

Voice over in Zurich German for an online campaign by Smyths Toys, booked by a Dublin agency and recorded in m…

TV commercial voice for Italian olive oil
July 2021

TV commercial voice for Italian olive oil

An international TV commercial for the Italian olive oil brand Barbera, translated into Swiss German and recor…

Still from the video: 220 kV cable line at the Gotthard pass
June 2021

Project video voice over for the energy sector

A project video for the energy sector: the 220 kilovolt overhead line at the Gotthard is being dismantled and …

Swiss voice for the launch of a tech start-up
March 2021

Swiss voice for the launch of a tech start-up

A Swiss health insurer and a technical university are launching a start-up accelerator for women in tech. I tr…

What makes a good speaking voice?
February 2021

What makes a good speaking voice?

Speech and presentation coach Robert Schmid on voice training, language and Swiss dialects, in an SRF radio in…

The dialect diversity of German-speaking Switzerland: an exhibition in Stans
June 2020

The dialect diversity of German-speaking Switzerland: an exhibition in Stans

An exhibition at the Nidwalden Museum in Stans explores the wealth of dialects in German-speaking Switzerland,…

Advertising campaign for the relaunch of an online shop
October 2019

Advertising campaign for the relaunch of an online shop

A warm advertising campaign for the online shop Microspot, with the voice over switched from High German to Be…

How-to videos and corporate films for Swiss companies
September 2019

How-to videos and corporate films for Swiss companies

German production companies often look for a Swiss voice over artist for their Swiss clients. Here is why a lo…

Swiss German or German for videos?
December 2018

Swiss German or German for videos?

Swiss companies often want High German in their videos and book voices from Germany. Why a Swiss voice over ar…

Still from the video: Swiss voice over artist for corporate videos
October 2018

Swiss voice for corporate videos

A Swiss German voice gives a product video or corporate film a local connection. As I speak both Bernese Germa…

Still from the video: Audio claim for an online commercial
March 2018

Audio claim for an online commercial

Sileo Swiss shows in its web spot how useful a restore is after an incident. On a live link, the production co…

Still from the video: Bernese advertising voice for a TV commercial
January 2018

Bernese advertising voice for TV commercials

For a Smint TV commercial a neutral Swiss German was called for. A Dutch sound studio and the client joined th…

Briefing checklist for booking a voice over
December 2017

Briefing checklist for booking a voice over

What a voice over artist needs to know before the session: tone, pronunciation, dialect, availability, the sch…

Station voice for Radio Infinity
December 2017

Station voice for Radio Infinity

The Swiss hit radio station Radio Infinity has a new station voice for its relaunch: I record all announcement…

Swiss words in the new Duden
August 2017

Swiss words in the new Duden

The latest edition of the Duden is in the shops. Swiss television reported on the words contributed by Switzer…

Still from the video: Swiss voice over artist for a festival commercial
June 2017

Commercial voice for a festival advert

Phone battery flat? At Swiss festivals this summer, Mobilezone's charging station helps out. I voiced the comm…

Still from the video: Swiss voice over artist
February 2017

Kikkoman TV commercial in Swiss German

Kikkoman produced a country-specific version of its spring campaign for Switzerland with my voice in Swiss Ger…

New radio commercials in Bernese and Zurich German
October 2016

New radio commercials in Bernese and Zurich German

Two new radio commercials with my voice: one in Bernese German for the projection show on the Bundeshaus, one …

Still from the video: voice over for a TV commercial in Swiss German
June 2016

TV commercial voice for a cheese advert

Swiss TV commercials tend to use the same handful of voices. For the cheese producer Baer and its 'Chäs Häppil…

Still from the video: Swiss commercial voice for Fust TV commercials
January 2016

Commercial voice for Fust TV commercials

My Swiss German voice can now be heard in the Fust TV commercials. Several commercials are planned this year, …

November 2015

Voice over for a cinema commercial

A cinema commercial for an SME celebrating its anniversary, produced by Rise and Shine, in which the company t…

Dubbing voice for a Bazooka commercial
August 2015

Dubbing voice for a Bazooka commercial

For Bazooka I turned into a would-be wrestler and shouted my way through the challenge, recorded in my own boo…

Voice over for the Onlineprinters commercial
April 2015

Voice over for the Onlineprinters commercial

A TV commercial for Onlineprinters.ch adapted for the Swiss market, with my voice in Bernese German at the end…

Voice for the Activia TV commercial
March 2015

Voice for the Activia TV commercial

For the first time in a while, the latest Activia TV commercial features a male voice. Danone chose my voice i…

Still from the video: TV commercial in Swiss German
January 2015

TV commercial in Swiss German

My voice features in the new TV commercial for the Quanilla quark bar. The spot was recorded from Zurich for a…

Still from the television show narrated by Andy Zimmermann
October 2014

TV voice over for a television show

A voice over for television shows in Zurich German, Bernese German or High German. Since October 2014 my voice…

Still from the online video «Das Haus der Generationen» for the Swiss Children’s Museum
October 2014

Online video voice over

A voice over for corporate videos in Zurich German, Bernese German and High German. Together with Foto-Huwi, m…

Still from the video: voice over artist for TV commercials in Swiss German
May 2014

Voice over for TV commercials by Zahnarztzentrum.ch

I voiced the claim in the six testimonial TV commercials for Zahnarztzentrum.ch, broadcast on Tele Züri and Te…

In-store announcement for a retail chain
February 2014

In-store announcement for a retail chain

For a retail chain in southern Germany I recorded a point-of-sale announcement in Swiss German, pointing Swiss…

Still from the video: Swiss pension funds, pension fund advice and pension fund comparison
December 2013

Bernese German narration for Pensionskasse.com

For the German production company Plainmotion I translated the Pensionskasse.com explainer video into Swiss Ge…

November 2013

New page on Swiss dialects in media productions

A new page explains which Swiss dialect is used in which kind of media production, and why the choice matters.

Event voice over for a festival
May 2013

Event voice over for a festival

For the Lipton City Festival, which toured seven Swiss cities, I welcomed the concert crowd in various Swiss d…