Voiceover and Dubbing Services
With over 2,000 native talents in more than 100 languages and dialects, we surely have the right tone of voice for your project. We offer different solutions for your foreign voice-over needs depending on your budget and requirements.
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Audio Samples
Zeezah L
Hausa
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female
adult
Visio W
Afrikaans
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male
adult
Thabiso M
Zulu
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male
adult
Susan M
Swahili
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female
adult
Smangele W
Zulu
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female
adult
Presto
Afrikaans
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female
adult
Nosihe
Zulu
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female
adult
Michael
Swahili
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male
adult
Meycryuy W
Afrikaans
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male
adult
Melasma
Amharic
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female
adult
Marchand
Afrikaans
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male
adult
Lindo V
Zulu
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male
adult
Jennifer K
Swahili
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female
adult
Jamaldeen
Hausa
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male
adult
Gabriel
Swahili
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male
adult
Eniye K
Swahili
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female
adult
Derrick
Afrikaans
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male
adult
Dave A
Amharic
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male
adult
Collea
Zulu
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male
adult
Brad K
Afrikaans
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male
adult
Languages Available
At Prime Group we identify 2 kinds of audio recordings
Non-Timed Voices
If you have a text, a script, tutorial, presentation, advertisement etc and you just need a good professional native voice to make it alive and get the message across, just send us the lines. We cover most languages and ensure a quick turnaround at cost-effective rates.
We produce quality-checked spoken audio without time constraints at a throughput rate of 15 audio minutes per studio hour, including recording, monitoring and post-production.
Dubbing
Every time there is a video or an animation and you want to deliver the audio in a foreign language, you need to dubb.
Dubbing is the process of replacing the original speech or dialogue with the translated spoken audio.
There are 4 types of dubbings to consider
Timed Audio
UN Voice-Over
Phrase Sync
Lip Sync
Timed Audio
Timed Audio
Also known as off-camera or straight read, timed audio is a voice-over used when there are no “talking heads” in the video and pure narration is required.
The audio should match each segment of the video, pictures, animation or titles, therefore the translated script should respect the timings of those elements. It takes one studio hour to record and post-produce 20 minutes of timed audio.
UN Voice-Over
UN Voice-Over
It’s used for radio and TV reports, news and documentaries especially for interviews. The voice onscreen speaks in his or her native language for up to 3 seconds , then the speech fades out and the translating voice takes over. The native language is still heard on the background, keeping both the authenticity and emotions of the original speaker. It takes one studio hour to record and post-produce 15 minutes of UN Voice-Over.
Phrase Sync
Phrase Sync
Close attention is still made to the original timing of the piece but there is no focus on mirroring lip movement of the characters onscreen. The original voice is muted and replaced by the foreign voice, who starts and ends his or her speech at the same time as the character. For a successful phrase sync, translated dialogue lines should be as long as the original script, to allow that timing match. It’s used in e-learning, tutorials and corporate presentations. It takes one studio hour to record and post-produce 10 minutes of phrase sync.
Lip Sync
Lip Sync
The translating voice-over artist matches the speed, tone and personality of the original character so that the two sync together. The result is that the onscreen person looks as if he was originally speaking that language. This requires a time consuming process of adapting the translation both to the length of the original phrases and the lip movements of the onscreen character. This technique is used in the movies as it requires an important budget. If the script is duly adapted for lip sync it takes one studio hour to record and post-produce 5 minutes of lip sync.
TTS Synthetic Voices
The new frontier of human-sounding audio is called Text to Speech or TTS, where computers can provide a synthetic voice perfectly understandable but lacking prosody and emotion.
However TTS can be a cost-effective solution for short messages on the fields of IVR telephony, software, audio prompts for impaired as well as warnings and disclaimers.
What we do
Commercials for radio, TV and Internet
E-learning
Life Sciences
Web, Internet, Apps
Video Games
Tutorials, Webinars
Corporate Presentations
Documentaries and Features
In-flight Messages
Phone, Public Address
Workflow: How we handle your project
From the choice of the right voices to final delivery of files, we apply the greatest possible care to follow in detail and full confidentiality our client’s guidelines.
- What you need
- We provide
- You order
- We record
- We deliver
- You pay
- Your feedback
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Tell us what you need
• Click on quote to let us know your project details
• Pick the language/s you need for your audio
• Provide your voice talent preferences: age, voice tone, etc.
Or choose the voice by clicking on casting
• Tell us your production specs: media, script extension (words or minutes),
edition details, is it non-timed or timed audio, etc
• Let us know your company details so that we can contact you
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We provide a quote and a delivery date
• We address to you by e‑mail a quote outlining the prices for the requested services
• We provide a turnaround time in business days
• We assign the chosen and available voices/languages for your project
• We specify terms & conditions
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You order, we book talents & studio
• You order by signing our quote or write an e-mail approving it
• You provide the script with instructions and pronunciation guidelines (jargon, brand names, etc)
• If you order timed audio, send us your video or animation
• We book the chosen / available voice talents and the studio
• We let you know a schedule for the recording
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We record and post-produce
• You provide the script with instructions and pronunciation guidelines (jargon, brand names, etc)
• If you ordered timed audio, send us the video or animation
• We record the voices in our studios
• We direct the talents. You can also do it through video/audio conference (Skype)
• We monitor, clean and edit following your requirements
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We deliver
• We send you the audio files or the video with the integrated foreign audio track
• You will receive a link which will allow you to listen to the recordings in preview mode
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You pay
• If you like the recording, you click on the secure payment page
• You can choose Mastercard or VISA
• You will receive a link to download the master audio / video
• We also accept PayPal and Wire Transfer
• We will send you an invoice
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We welcome your feedback
• We appreciate your comments and remarks
• We stand by for eventual retakes, pick-ups, add-ons, etc
• We keep your files and scripts for 3 months
