ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi

Hawaiian voice-over

Hawaiian-language voice actors, cast for your project and directed by our team. You hear a shortlist and approve a written quote before recording.

Tell us about your project

Samples

We send Hawaiian samples chosen for your script.

Request Hawaiian samples

Human
Real human voices
Every voice is a professional actor in a booth. No synthetic voices.
Fluent
Pronunciation you choose
Cast from fluent speakers and readers, with the pronunciation tradition agreed before recording.
Directed
A director on every line
We listen for meaning, pace and pronunciation in the session, not after it.

Hawaiian voices

No public Hawaiian 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 Hawaiian voices reading them.

Tell us about your project

What Hawaiian voice-over is hired for

Hawaiʻi
Hawaiian is co-official in the state and used in education and culture.
Education and revitalisation
Immersion schools and publishers produce content.
Tourism and place names
Operators need correct pronunciation of names.

Typical projects

Cultural organisations
Schools and publishers
Tourism brands
Public bodies

Hawaiian in a voice-over brief

Hawaiian has a small set of consonants and vowels, and it relies on two marks: the ʻokina, a glottal stop, and the kahakō, a macron showing a long vowel. Leaving them out changes the word. Immersion schools and cultural groups have revived the language, and place names across the islands use it. A brief asks for the marks to be in the script, the purpose of the recording and the reviewer.

Accent and direction notes

What our director listens for in a Hawaiian session.

ʻOkina and kahakō
The glottal stop and long vowels change words and must be written in the script.
A small speaker base
Availability is confirmed before quoting.
Place names
Names have set spoken forms.

What casting decides in Hawaiian

Native speaker or trained reader
We confirm which is available.
Register
Cultural work is expressive.

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.