Bahasa Melayu

Malay voice-over

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

Samples

We send Malay samples chosen for your script.

Request Malay samples

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.

Malay voices

No public Malay 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 Malay voices reading them.

Tell us about your project

What Malay voice-over is hired for

  • Malaysia

    Kuala Lumpur speech is the broadcast standard.

  • Brunei and Singapore

    Malay is official in both, with local speech.

  • Regional campaigns

    Brands run Malay and Indonesian versions.

Typical projects

  • Banks, telecoms and retailers
  • Public bodies
  • Consumer brands
  • Learning teams

Malay in a voice-over brief

Malay is the national language of Malaysia and Brunei and an official language of Singapore. Malaysian Malay and Indonesian share a common origin, but spelling, vocabulary and rhythm differ, and listeners hear the difference. Written in Latin letters, it is polite in public settings and relaxed in advertising. Urban speakers mix in English. A brief names the country, the register and the English words that stay, and a native reviewer checks the text before recording.

Accent and direction notes

What our director listens for in a Malay session.

  1. Close to Indonesian, not the same

    Words and spellings differ; listeners notice a mismatch.

  2. English mixing

    Urban speakers mix English.

  3. Formal and colloquial

    Public notices are formal.

What casting decides in Malay

  • Malay or Indonesian

    Local audiences expect their own standard.

  • Register

    Retail is friendly.

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.

Malay voice-over questions

Is Malay the same as Indonesian?

Close, but standards differ.

Can you add Indonesian?

Yes.

Who reviews?

A native reviewer.

Tell us about your Malay project

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

Tell us about your project

Get a quote