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- The term voice-over refers to a production technique where a disembodied voice is broadcast live or pre-recorded in radio, television, film, theater and/or presentation.
- The voice-over may be spoken by someone who also appears on-screen in other segments or it may be performed by a specialist voice actor. Voice-over is also commonly referred to as "off camera" commentary.
- It may be used as a character device. Directors may add a voice-over late in the production because the plot or a character's motivation isn't immediately clear.
- Voice-over technique is likewise used to give voices and personalities to animated characters.
- It may be used as a creative device. In film, the filmmaker places the sound of a human voice (or voices) over images shown on the screen that may or may not be related to the images being shown. Consequently, voiceovers are sometimes used to create ironic counterpoint. Also, sometimes they can be random voices not directly connected to the people seen on the screen. In works of fiction, the voice-over is often by a character reflecting back on his or her past, or by a person external to the story who usually has a more complete knowledge of the events in the film than the other characters.
- They may be used as an educational or descriptive device. The voice-over has many applications in non-fiction as well. Television news is often presented as a series of video clips of newsworthy events, with voice-over by the reporters describing the significance of the scenes being presented; these are interspersed with straight video of the news anchors describing stories for which video is not shown.
- Live sports broadcasts are usually shown as extensive voice-overs by expert announcers over video of the sporting event.
- Voice-over commentary by a leading critic, historian, or by the production personnel themselves is often a prominent feature of the release of feature films or documentaries on DVDs.
- Finally the may be used as a commercial device. The commercial use of voice-over in advertising has been popular since the beginning of radio broadcasting.
