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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…

Video narration for Zoo Zurich
June 2025

Video narration for Zoo Zurich

Narration for a video about Zoo Zurich's commitment to amphibian conservation, recorded in my studio and shown…

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…

Trailer commercial for a streaming service
October 2024

Trailer commercial for a streaming service

For the Swiss launch of Joyn by Seven.One I voiced the official trailer: a fast-cut, high-energy commercial fo…

Human Intelligence: Swiss voice for Electrolux
June 2024

Human Intelligence: Swiss voice for Electrolux

More than 30 commercials for Electrolux Switzerland, recorded in German in a live session with a Swedish sound…

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…

Nationwide brand campaign for microspot.ch
November 2022

Nationwide brand campaign for microspot.ch

For more than five years I have voiced every microspot.ch campaign. For the third brand campaign I recorded al…

Commercial for the NGO Amnesty International
July 2022

Commercial for the NGO Amnesty International

A fundraising appeal for Amnesty International on the war in Ukraine, recorded in my booth near Zurich with th…

Video narration for health prevention
February 2022

Video narration for health prevention

Through the agency Maybaum I narrated several videos for the Insel Gruppe event series 'Gesundheitsforum', whi…

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…

Social media commercial for GROHE
July 2021

Social media commercial for GROHE

I voiced a social media commercial for the GROHE Blue tap, recorded in my own booth with the agency, the sound…

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…

Voice over recordings during the coronavirus pandemic
November 2020

Voice over recordings during the coronavirus pandemic

The pandemic made remote recording the norm. Live streamed voice over sessions without physical contact betwee…

Voice over artist for an advertising campaign in the Swiss market
October 2020

Voice over artist for an advertising campaign in the Swiss market

Commercials for the nationwide Kabelio campaign on TV, online and radio, recorded in High German and in Swiss …

Andy Zimmermann is now a member of the VPS, the association of professional voice over artists
September 2020

Andy Zimmermann is now a member of the VPS, the association of professional voice over artists

After ten years as a voice over artist I have joined the VPS, the Swiss association of professional voice over…

Water safety prevention campaign
July 2020

Water safety prevention campaign

The canton of Ticino launched a prevention campaign about the dangers of its rivers and lakes. I recorded the …

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,…

6 steps to a successful online meeting
April 2020

6 steps to a successful online meeting

Online meetings bring different challenges from meetings on site. Six practical steps, from the invitation and…

Technical guide to online meetings
April 2020

Technical guide to online meetings

The audio and video side of online meetings: microphones, headsets, transmission quality, when to switch the w…

Billboard voice for the Meteo programme on SRF
March 2020

Billboard voice for the Meteo programme on SRF

Billboard spots for Microspot.ch are running before and after the Meteo weather broadcasts on Swiss television…

Information video for cantonal authorities
March 2020

Information video for cantonal authorities

Cantonal authorities increasingly use explainer videos to inform the public, whether about a current crisis or…

TV commercial for strong men
January 2020

TV commercial for strong men

Since January 2020 this TV commercial for a well-known sports nutrition brand has been running online and on t…

Voice for a public sector explainer video
November 2019

Voice for a public sector explainer video

My voice for a new explainer video by the Swiss civil protection service, showing what to do in a major emerge…

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…

How do customers become fans?
July 2019

How do customers become fans?

My master's thesis on fan customers is handed in. A note on why my voice over work took a back seat for six mo…

Billboard spot for TV sponsoring
March 2019

Billboard spot for TV sponsoring

For the TV sponsorship of a major motorcycle manufacturer, a short billboard spot with my voice was produced f…

Still from the video: Swiss voice over artist for an anniversary video
December 2018

Anniversary video for the ZHAW

The ZHAW School of Management and Law is 50 years old. This explainer video, narrated by me, retraces the even…

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…

Radio voice for commercials
July 2018

Radio voice for commercials

Radio commercials are where it all started. Since being discovered as a Bernese German voice, I am booked for …

Still from the video: TV commercial for the football World Cup
June 2018

TV commercials for the football World Cup

During the World Cup in Russia, Microspot.ch is running a campaign for its World Cup bargains in the SRF adver…

Still from the video: TV sponsoring with a Swiss voice over artist
April 2018

TV sponsoring and billboard voice over

Programme idents have a place of their own in the schedule: short, pointed elements that give a show its spons…

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…

November 2017

Voice over for the new Microspot campaign

Since September 2017 I have voiced the weekly offer spots for Swiss online retailer Microspot.ch, recorded fro…

Voice over artist for audio plays
August 2017

Voice over artist for audio plays

A workshop at Sollbergersounds in July 2017 focused on the characters of the children's audio play Trixie & Tr…

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…

Swiss voice over artist for a TV commercial in Germany
July 2017

Swiss voice over artist for a TV commercial in Germany

Since 15 May the Pokerstars commercial 'Maverick Minds - kostenlos nach Vegas', voiced by me, has been running…

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 For Commercials: Pokerstars :  Beat The Clock
May 2017

TV commercial voice for Pokerstars.net

For a year now I have been the Swiss voice of the online poker platform pokerstars.net, recording in a Zurich …

Still from the video: the new food law - the essentials in 3 minutes
February 2017

Voice over for an explainer video on the new Swiss food law

The new Swiss food law comes into force on 1 May 2017. The explainer video by the Federal Food Safety and Vete…

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…

Still from the video: McDonald's Switzerland - app and selfie
January 2017

Commercials for McDonald's

Six spots for an in-store and web campaign by McDonald's Switzerland introduce the new app with a witty metaph…

Voice over for an IT security e-learning course
October 2016

Voice over for an IT security e-learning course

For the Geneva e-learning agency eSkills I voiced a course that raises IT security awareness among staff in th…

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 …

August 2016

Explainer video voice over for the Lungenliga

The Lungenliga's health coach 'ready4life' gives advice on everyday stress, resolving conflict and medical hea…

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…

Voice over for jingle inserts
June 2016

Voice over for jingle inserts

For the Hewlett Packard Enterprise customer event I produced announcements used before and during the keynotes…

Training video narration for an application
May 2016

Training video narration for an application

My voice narrates the training video for an application by the IT company ELCA, which helps health insurers ke…

Still from the video: Swiss Voiceover for TV-Ad PokerStars KnockoutPoker
May 2016

Swiss voice for an international TV commercial

The TV commercial for PokerStars KnockoutPoker with footballer Neymar Jr. was recorded via livelink for a Lond…

Still from the portrait video for Hotel Schützen Steffisburg
April 2016

Portrait video and TV commercial for a hotel

A portrait video and a regional TV commercial introducing the Hotel Schützen in Steffisburg, where guests can …

Evacuation announcement in four languages
March 2016

Evacuation announcement in four languages

A four-language evacuation announcement produced for a Swiss museum: German, English, French and Italian, reco…

February 2016

Voice over for a 4B product video

A product video for the window specialist 4B, showing potential customers how a replacement window job runs an…

Still from the animated video «Die Herkunft der Regenbogen» (The origin of rainbows)
February 2016

Voice over for an animated video

Instead of a classic birth announcement, a couple commissioned a poetic animated video that tells of their bab…

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, …

In-store radio voice for Müller
December 2015

In-store radio voice for Müller

Since October my voice has been heard in the commercials on the in-store radio in the Swiss branches of the Mü…

Writing copy for voice recordings
November 2015

Writing copy for voice recordings

Listeners cannot re-read a sentence they have missed. Five points that make a script work for the ear - and wh…

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…

Voice recording for a corporate presentation
September 2015

Voice recording for a corporate presentation

The slides of a corporate presentation stay the same, but the people presenting them change - a recorded narra…

Voice over for an IGO-Post explainer video
August 2015

Voice over for an IGO-Post explainer video

An explainer video for IGO-Post.ch showing how easily promotional items can be ordered - voiced on the road fr…

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…

Source-Connect Now: THE alternative to Skype and ISDN
July 2015

Source-Connect Now: THE alternative to Skype and ISDN

How Source-Connect Now streams high-quality, low-latency audio straight between Chrome browsers - and why it m…

Voice over for the Nurserina explain-it video
June 2015

Voice over for the Nurserina explain-it video

Nurserina brings back office management software for nurseries and day care centres to Switzerland. I was book…

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…

Explainer video voice
February 2015

Explainer video voice

My voice can be heard in a new Nestlé explainer video on the latest findings in breast milk research, setting …

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…

The impact of the voice
December 2014

The impact of the voice

Why voices work the way they do: timbre, character and message, and what a professional voice over artist has …

Online video voice over UBS - corporate TV video voice over
December 2014

Corporate TV voice over

ActionTV.ch produced a video for a bank's internal corporate TV to promote a training course introducing UBS c…

Voice over for an award video
October 2014

Voice over for an award video

For the Entrepreneur Of The Year awards I voiced ten nomination films together with a female colleague — her v…

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…

Dubbing voice for e-learning and games
September 2014

Dubbing voice for e-learning and games

As a dubbing voice I lend my voice to animated films, e-learning projects and games. For an online course I vo…

Voice for a website - voice over for web shops &
August 2014

A voice for your website

Greet the visitors to your website with a voice and stand out from the crowd. For an SME I voiced a newsletter…

Radio voice over and billboard presenting voice over
August 2014

Radio and billboard voice over

Booked as the voice for the intro and outro of a regular show format on Radio Energy Zürich — a fresh, dynamic…

Radio commercial voice over for events, voice over for radio advertising
July 2014

Radio commercial voice over for events

Looking for a voice over to promote your event with a radio commercial? In July 2014 I voiced this spot for th…

Promotional voice over
June 2014

Promotional video voice over

I voiced a promotional video about the Swiss open air festival summer. The German production company booked a …

Radio advertising voice
May 2014

Voice over for SME radio advertising

Three radio commercials for the web hosting specialist Infomaniak.com, promoting cloud servers, web design and…

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…

Voice over workshop in High German and stage German
March 2014

Voice over workshop in High German and stage German

A weekend workshop in Munich with Michael Zimmerer to improve my High German, and new ways of telling a text m…

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…

Website in English
December 2013

Website in English

I have published an English summary of my voice over services for the international market, aimed at clients l…

Voice over for a UBS communication video
November 2013

Voice over for a UBS communication video

A communication video was produced to show the major bank's commitment to renewable energy. You can hear the v…

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.

Three new radio commercials on air
September 2013

Three new radio commercials on air

Currently on various radio stations: three new radio commercials for the band Kings of Leon, the Dörflifäscht …

Voice over rates
July 2013

Voice over rates

What does a professional voice over artist cost? The price depends on the length of the recording, the type of…

Narration for an e-learning tool
July 2013

Narration for an e-learning tool

An e-learning tool on a staff management instrument was developed for Switzerland's largest employer. My voice…

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…

Still from the video: Visitor Center: Tête de Moine show dairy | Habegger AG
April 2013

Narration for a making-of video

Andy Zimmermann's voice was used as the voice over for a video about a project Habegger completed at a cheese …

VPS, the Swiss voice over association
February 2013

VPS, the Swiss voice over association

Why I am not a member of the Swiss association of professional voice over artists: the association does useful…

Still from the video: learning the piano - PianoClub with Sven Haefliger
January 2013

Web video voice over for a product video

My German voice over presents the Piano Club from Klavier-lernen.tv, a premium subscription giving unlimited a…

Still from the video: TV commercial for Luxusbörse Zurich, broadcast on TeleZüri
May 2012

Voice over for a regional TV commercial

I voiced the TV commercial for Luxusboerse.ch, produced with Filmpartner.ch and broadcast on Tele Züri. The fi…