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Urdu voice-over

Native Urdu 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 Urdu 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.

Urdu voices

No public Urdu 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 Urdu voices reading them.

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What Urdu voice-over is hired for

  • Pakistan

    Urdu is the national language and the medium of media and ads.

  • India

    Urdu is spoken in many communities, with its own cultural tradition.

  • The diaspora

    Communities in the UK, the Gulf and North America.

Typical projects

  • Banks, telecoms and retailers
  • Media and film producers
  • NGOs and public bodies
  • Learning teams

Urdu in a voice-over brief

Urdu is written in Nastaliq, a flowing form of the Arabic-based script, and its vocabulary draws on Persian and Arabic. Speech is close to Hindi, and many listeners understand both. Poetry, particularly the ghazal, shapes the language’s cultural prestige. A brief states the audience, the register and whether the text is poetic or plain.

Accent and direction notes

What our director listens for in a Urdu session.

  1. Right to left

    Scripts and on-screen text run right to left, in Nastaliq or Naskh.

  2. Close to Hindi in speech

    Speech is close to Hindi, with more Persian and Arabic vocabulary.

  3. Poetic register

    Urdu poetry has set rhythms and a formal diction.

What casting decides in Urdu

  • Urdu or Hindi

    Vocabulary tells listeners which they are hearing.

  • Register

    Poetry and public notices differ.

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.

Urdu voice-over questions

Is Urdu the same as Hindi?

Close in speech but different in script and vocabulary.

Can you add English?

Yes.

Who reviews?

A native reviewer.

Related languages

Tell us about your Urdu 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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