Professional Voice-Over Artist in Mumbai, India

This is largely dependent on the script and the director’s vision. Research shows that male voices are believed to be more authoritative, and female voices, on the other hand, are considered to be more soothing. However, these are broad generalisations, and there is no ‘one-size-fits-all’ when it comes to choosing an artist for professional voice-over and dubbing services. That said, a generally accepted thumb rule is to choose the gender of your voice-over and dubbing artist based on who you are communicating to; i.e., use a male voice-over and dubbing artist if the majority of your target audience is expected to be male.

For short voice-over projects, I have delivered in as little as 1-2 hours, depending on the studio’s availability. Just as a precaution, I ask my clients to give me at least one business day, but the usual turnaround time on any project is the same day (outside of bulk projects like e-learning or audiobooks).

It depends. Most of the corporate/explainer videos are between 2-3 minutes in duration, so follow the above-mentioned costing. Typically, no matter what the duration, the first 3 minutes are costed at a fixed rate, and then for every minute thereafter, it will be a pro-rata cost on a per-minute basis. Go here to learn more about corporate film voice-over services.

There are plenty of good software or digital audio workstations (DAWs) for voice-over and dubbing services in India, which are used for recording. Most of the studios I work in use Pro Tools, which is the industry standard as far as voice-over or even music recording is concerned. Other well-known recording software includes Cubase, Logic, Studio One, Ableton, and FL Studio.

This is usually done by the video editor. However, if it’s just a matter of putting the voice-over to a video without any edits required to the visuals, then this can be done by the sound engineer in software like Pro Tools.

My primary language is English, and I do all kinds of scripts in this language. I also do Hindi scripts, but usually stick to shorter scripts in this language, as I require the script to be written in Roman English.

At my usual narration pace, one minute of recorded audio works out to about 150-160 words.

I work with a video production company. 

Certainly, that is a possibility as long as the rates match mine.

Upon completion of the recording, I share it with the client for approval. If there are any small edits that are required during that session, I will do them on the spot within the same session without charging an additional fee.

However, the studio clock is still running, so the extra studio time that the client/agency takes for approvals will be billed as per actuals. In the case of projects where I have committed any error, those will be fixed without any charges. Any corrections from the client/agency side that are required after the date of the original recording will be treated as a new recording and billed as per my usual rates.