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Igbo

Igbo voice-over

Native Igbo 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 Igbo samples chosen for your script.

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Real human voices

  1. Human

    Real human voices

    Every voice is a professional actor in a booth. No synthetic voices.

  2. Native

    Their first language

    Cast from speakers who grew up with the language your audience speaks.

  3. Directed

    A director on every line

    We listen for meaning, pace and pronunciation in the session, not after it.

Igbo voices

No public Igbo 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 Igbo voices reading them.

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What Igbo voice-over is hired for

  • South-eastern Nigeria

    The home region.

  • Lagos and the diaspora

    Large communities in cities and abroad.

  • Radio and film

    Broadcasters and film producers.

Typical projects

  • Telecoms and banks
  • Consumer brands
  • Media producers
  • NGOs

Igbo in a voice-over brief

Igbo is a tonal language, and the same spelling can mean different things depending on pitch. That is why a script for a recording should be checked by a native reader, with tone marks added on any word that could be misread. Dialects across the south-east differ enough that a standard form, based on Central Igbo, is used for writing and broadcast. When a brief says “Igbo”, we ask which audience is meant, whether the script is already in standard Igbo, and how much English the speakers would naturally mix in, because the answers change the voice we shortlist.

Accent and direction notes

What our director listens for in a Igbo session.

  1. Tonal language

    Tones change meaning.

  2. Dialects

    Dialects differ widely; a standard is used in writing.

  3. English mixing

    Speakers mix English.

What casting decides in Igbo

  • Standard or dialect

    The audience decides.

  • Register

    Radio is conversational.

How we work

  1. Casting

    We shortlist voices for your language, audience and tone, and explain the difference between them. You choose, and approve a written quote.

  2. Direction

    A director runs the session against your brief: meaning, pace and every agreed pronunciation. You can listen in remotely.

  3. 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.

Igbo voice-over questions

Can you add English?

Yes.

Which dialect?

Standard by default.

Who reviews?

A native reviewer.

Related languages

Tell us about your Igbo project

Four questions. A draft script or a word count is enough; you get a written quote before anything is recorded.

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