I just asked a client about a quote he had asked me to send, to see whether he’d heard back about the job.
He had and the client he was dealing with had said they were going to do the voiceover internally. I had another conversation recently with a company that had spent a significant amount of time and through creating videos of their work only to add a voice from someone internally and found it fell flat and didn’t do the job justice.
This is why we call ourselves professional voiceovers. Not only have we spent years learning how to use our voice and honing our craft, but we’ve also invested in our kit. I have the most beautiful and sexy looking microphone in my voiceover booth which I sought advice on and tested out, I compared it with others and mic chat is a thing within the voiceover community. You may well hear details of microphone models being discussed in awe by those in the know. My mic and my set-up is a part of my service, as for the last decade I have had a professional home studio. I had it built by a carpenter pal who created a special red telephone box, that is kitted out with just what I need and I have spent many hours working in it with clients around the globe. 
I’m not recording into my phone or a USB mic into my laptop.
I’ve also spent hours training, learning with coaches or doing courses. I’ve been to conferences and awards ceremonies, I’ve even won one. I’ve given talks on voiceover and even been invited to schools for careers days. I take what I do seriously, yet the art of ‘voiceover’ still seems to be something, that occasionally someone thinks they can just do the job themselves.
What often happens in these situations is that the job ends up coming through as the client realises that they aren’t quite getting the result they’d hoped for, or they release the video and it doesn’t get the traction they had hoped. So more time has to be spent on their part, which is frustrating and a shame.
The voiceover world is a fascinating one, there are a lot of people who say they can deliver your voiceover and of course, it’s down to you.
I do hope however that like you’d assume your accountant knows what they are doing or your hairdresser, you’ll give the same appreciation to us voiceover folk who have spent years building up our skills to deliver a service to you that makes you happy and makes your project work. If you’d like to talk more about working together, do drop me a line