Guides for people who commission voice over
Each guide solves one task of your job: briefing a voice, preparing a script, choosing between dubbing and subtitles, picking the right variant of a language. Short answer first, then the detail.
Brief and casting
Ask for the right recording and choose between candidates.
- How to write a voice over brief: a checklistSix questions that fit on one page and say what you imagine.2 min read
- How to compare voice over samplesNext. No page yet.
- Voice over scratch trackNext. No page yet.
Script and production
Prepare the text, fit it to the picture and know what ADR is.
- How to write a voice over script: numbers and acronymsWrite for the ear: short sentences, and numbers, acronyms and names spelled the way they should be said.2 min read
- How to sync voice over with videoNext. No page yet.
- What is ADRNext. No page yet.
Multilingual and dubbing
Choose between voice over, dubbing and subtitles, and the variant of each language.
- Voice over vs dubbing vs subtitling: how to chooseWhat each one does to the original video, and five questions that choose between them.2 min read
- How to localize a video into several languagesNext. No page yet.
- Arabic dialects for voice overNext. No page yet.
- Castilian vs Latin American Spanish voice overNext. No page yet.
- What is audio descriptionNext. No page yet.
Technical and delivery
Formats, levels and corrections.
- Voice over audio formats and levelsNext. No page yet.
- How to ask for voice over correctionsNext. No page yet.
Formats by project
What to prepare for each kind of project.
- IVR and on-hold promptsNext. No page yet.
- E-learning localization checklistNext. No page yet.
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