Here are some websites where you can get paid to read lines of text at home:
Twine
At Twine, they have many different types of freelance work you can do, mainly in the creative space.
You may find remote jobs where you are doing software development, graphic design, etc.
Sometimes, you can find voiceover work here as well.
An average Voiceover Artist reportedly can earn around $35/hour, according to Glassdoor reviews.
One example of a Voiceover Artist job I found here recently was where you could get paid to read a script for YouTube Shorts videos that are only up to 1 minute each.
ACX
At ACX, you can get paid to narrate ebooks from Amazon and turn them into audiobooks for Audible.
You just need to get the right equipment for recording high quality audio, create a profile on their website and start auditioning for different gigs.
Voices
At Voices, you can get paid to do all sorts of voiceover services including ads, podcasts, videos, and more.
National commercials for big brands pay the most, often between $5,000 and $25,000.
Audiobooks pay $200-$300/ finished hour.
Therefore, you can make up to $3,000, depending on the length of the audiobook.
Explainer videos are considered the easiest voice over jobs because they are short, usually between 30 and 60 seconds, and they use simple language to explain a new idea or to introduce a new product.
Blend
At Blend, you can also get paid to do freelance work like voiceovers and translation.
If you are mostly just interested in reading lines of text, here are the types of voice artist work they have:
- eLearning: timed and untimed
- In-game narration/character recording
- Interactive Voice Response (IVR) and all contact center and telephony apps
- Non-paid ad videos (online, social, YouTube)
- Pre-roll paid ad videos
- Telematics and in-car GPS
- Voice recordings for text-to-speech (TTS; synthetic voice)
- Podcasts
- Audiobooks
- Much more!
Datavio
At Datavio, you can get paid to do small audio collection jobs that only take around 30-45 minutes to complete.
All you do is read some lines of text that will be submitted for improving AI assistants and other voice services.
You usually get paid around $20 via PayPal for each one of these gigs.