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Amharic voice-over

Native Amharic voice actors, cast for your audience and directed by our team. You hear a shortlist and approve a written quote before recording.

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Samples

We send Amharic samples chosen for your script.

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Human
Real human voices
Every voice is a professional actor in a booth. No synthetic voices.
Native
Their first language
Cast from speakers who grew up with the language your audience speaks.
Directed
A director on every line
We listen for meaning, pace and pronunciation in the session, not after it.

Amharic voices

No public Amharic demos yet. We record samples on your own lines instead.

Samples on your own lines

Send a few lines of your script and we come back with Amharic voices reading them.

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What Amharic voice-over is hired for

Ethiopia
Addis Ababa speech is the broadcast standard.
The diaspora
Communities in the US, Europe and the Gulf.
Health and NGO information
Agencies publish audio.

Typical projects

Telecoms and banks
NGOs and health agencies
Media producers
Consumer brands

Amharic in a voice-over brief

Amharic is a Semitic language and the working language of the Ethiopian federal government. It is written in the Ge’ez syllabary, where each symbol represents a consonant with a vowel. It is related to Tigrinya, but the languages differ in sound and vocabulary. Government, health and banking communication use it widely. A brief names the audience, the register and whether other Ethiopian languages will follow, and a native reviewer checks the script.

Accent and direction notes

What our director listens for in a Amharic session.

Ge’ez script
Amharic uses a syllabic script of its own.
Semitic grammar
Related to Arabic and Hebrew, with its own sounds.
Other languages in Ethiopia
Oromo and Tigrinya have their own pages.

What casting decides in Amharic

Amharic or other Ethiopian language
Different audiences.
Register
Public notices are formal.

How we work

Casting
We shortlist voices for your language, audience and tone, and explain the difference between them. You choose, and approve a written quote.
Direction
A director runs the session against your brief: meaning, pace and every agreed pronunciation. You can listen in remotely.
Delivery
Every file is checked against the script word by word and technically, then delivered in your format and naming.

What decides the price

No price list: every quote is written for your project and states usage and the delivery date.

Length: Word count or running time of the finished audio.
Use and territory: Internal, online or broadcast; where it runs and for how long.
Voice: Some languages and voice profiles are scarcer than others.
Picture and files: Recording to timecode, splitting and naming add work.