Setswana

Setswana voice-over

Native Setswana 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 Setswana 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.

Setswana voices

No public Setswana 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 Setswana voices reading them.

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What Setswana voice-over is hired for

Botswana
The national language.
South Africa
An official language spoken in the north-west.
Health and public information
Agencies publish audio.

Typical projects

Banks and telecoms
NGOs and health agencies
Public bodies
Retailers

Setswana in a voice-over brief

Setswana belongs to the Sotho-Tswana group and is written in Latin letters. Its words carry noun-class prefixes that must agree across a sentence, so a script translated word for word from English often reads awkwardly even when each word is right. The language is national in Botswana and also spoken in parts of South Africa, where usage and spelling can differ slightly. Before recording we ask which country the audience lives in, whether the tone should be formal, as in public notices, or conversational, as on radio, and which English terms should stay in English.

Accent and direction notes

What our director listens for in a Setswana session.

Tonal language
Tones shape meaning.
Noun classes
Agreement across the sentence.
English in business
Formal settings use English.

What casting decides in Setswana

Setswana or English
Different audiences.
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.