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Bengali voice-over

Native Bengali voice actors, cast for Bangladesh or West Bengal and directed by our team. You hear a shortlist and approve a written quote before recording.

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Samples

We send Bengali 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.

Bengali voices

No public Bengali 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 Bengali voices reading them.

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What Bengali voice-over is hired for

Bangladesh
Dhaka speech is the standard of the national media.
West Bengal and Kolkata
Kolkata speech has its own words and sounds.
The diaspora
Large communities in the UK, the Gulf and North America are reached with a familiar voice.

Typical projects

Banks, telecoms and fintech
NGOs and public bodies
Consumer brands
Learning teams

Bengali in a voice-over brief

Bengali is written in a script of its own and is the language of Bangladesh and West Bengal, with a literary tradition that includes Tagore and Nazrul. Standard colloquial Bengali used in broadcast differs from the formal literary form. Bangladeshi and Indian Bengali differ in vocabulary and rhythm. A brief states the country, the register and the treatment of English terms.

Accent and direction notes

What our director listens for in a Bengali session.

Two countries, two flavours
Bangladeshi and West Bengali speech differ in vocabulary and sound. The brief names the audience.
Formal and colloquial
Written Bengali is more formal than speech. Scripts say which the actor reads.
Conjunct letters
Many characters combine; proofing by a native reader prevents misreads.

What casting decides in Bengali

Bangladesh or India
References and vocabulary change.
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.