Hebrew Voiceovers

Hebrew voice over, and the script problem nobody sees

Everyday Hebrew is written without most of its vowels. Native readers resolve the ambiguity from context without thinking about it, which works perfectly for ordinary words and fails for exactly the words you care about most: product names, surnames, technical terms and anything borrowed from another language.

An actor reading an unfamiliar name cold will make a reasonable guess, and the guess is recorded. We mark the pronunciation of every name and specialist term in the script before the session, so nothing depends on a guess.

Hebrew addresses men and women differently

In Hebrew the word "you" and the verbs that go with it change for a man, a woman and a group. English copy that talks directly to the listener, "you'll love it", "start your free trial", has to choose.

Advertisers handle this in different ways: the masculine form as a default, which some audiences now read as exclusionary; the plural, which is inclusive but less personal; alternating versions; or rewriting the line to avoid direct address. There is no single right answer, but it has to be decided before recording rather than left to whoever translates the script.

Right to left, on screen

The voice is the easy part. Hebrew on-screen text runs right to left, and supers, lower thirds and end cards built for left-to-right languages usually need to be rebuilt, not mirrored. If your video carries text, plan for it alongside the voice; our localisation team handles both.

Scheduling around the Israeli week

The working week in Israel generally runs Sunday to Thursday, with Friday short and Saturday off for most studios and talent. A session you expect on a Friday afternoon may not happen until Sunday. We build that into the schedule rather than discovering it on delivery day.

Where Hebrew voice over is used

• Commercial voice over for TV, radio and online
• Corporate voice over and elearning voice over, strong in Israel's technology sector
• Explainer voice over for product and onboarding video
• IVR voice over and telephone voice over
• Animation voice over and documentary voice over
• Dubbing and subtitling

What you get

• Custom demos from native Hebrew voices, read to your script
• Pronunciation of names and terms marked before the session
• Gendered address agreed with you, not assumed
• A native reviewer checking the delivered audio
• A fixed quote covering recording, direction, editing and usage

Send the script and the target duration. Demos and a fixed quote usually within 24 hours, or see how hiring works.