Assamese voice over services

It depends on the audience, and it is worth deciding rather than inheriting from the source. Assam has its own numeral forms, distinct from Devanagari and Western digits, and they are what older and rural readers follow most fluently — which matters for prices, dates and quantities. We will recommend based on who the content is for.

No, and it is worth being clear about why. They are separate languages with separate literatures, and in Assam the assumption that one covers the other is a live sensitivity rather than a technicality. There is also a practical problem: the scripts differ, so Bengali fonts and pipelines render Assamese text incorrectly. Tell us the audience and we will quote Assamese properly.

Not automatically. Assamese uses two letters Bengali does not, so systems and fonts configured for Bengali produce the wrong characters or none at all. It shows up in on-screen text rather than in the audio, which is why it usually survives all the way to delivery. We test the rendering on your target platform before we hand anything over.

Chiefly because of one sound: Assamese uses a voiceless velar fricative that no other major Indian language has, and a fluent non-native reliably fails to produce it. It is the clearest marker of a native speaker, and for anything broadcast or published it is not something we compromise on.

Yes — Assamese is distinct from Bengali and we use native Assamese talent so it resonates in Assam. Send your script and we'll quote a native recording.

Standard Assamese, based on the Central dialect, is the most widely understood form and the safest choice for national or general-audience content. Regional variants (Eastern, tied to areas like Sivasagar, or Western dialects) connect more directly with audiences in those specific districts. We advise on the right fit before anything is recorded.

It depends where the audience is, and the two are not interchangeable. Assamese is the language of Assam; Bengali is spoken in West Bengal and Bangladesh, and by a large minority inside Assam itself, particularly in the Barak Valley. The two are related and share vocabulary, but their grammar and pronunciation differ, and a Bengali recording does not read as natural Assamese to an Assamese-speaking audience. Tell us the state or district you are targeting and we will advise before anything is recorded.

Short scripts are usually back within 24–48 hours; longer or multi-voice work takes a little more, and your Assamese project manager confirms a firm date up front.

The costly assumption with Assamese is that Bengali will cover it. The two share most of a script — Assamese adds its own ৰ and ৱ — and are separate languages with separate audiences, and Assam is a state where that distinction carries political weight as well as linguistic. Casting a Bengali voice is noticed. Beyond that the quote is a session fee plus a usage licence, itemised, with our Price Match Promise.

Yes, and check the font before anything is burned in: many faces marketed as Bengali lack the two Assamese letters, so those characters fall back to a substitute and the caption line changes weight mid-word.

Most of what we record in Assamese is government, development and education communication — material people are meant to act on rather than be impressed by. We direct for plainness and clarity in that context, and we will say so if a script has been written more formally than its audience needs.

We hand over Assamese voice over files in any standard format — WAV, MP3, AIFF and beyond — to broadcast specification, as separate tracks or a single combined file.

Less than people expect: the script, or the draft of it, its total running time or word count, where the recording will be used, and the date you need it by. If the script is not signed off yet, send the draft anyway — we would rather quote on what exists than wait for a version that eats your deadline. A named project manager comes back with an itemised quote, normally within four working hours.

More than half of enquiries get a reply within thirty minutes during office hours (Monday to Friday, 9am to 6pm UK time), and the itemised quote normally follows within four working hours. After that you have one dedicated project manager who owns the job from brief to final file — not a ticket queue, and not a different name on every email. If it is easier, call +44 207 095 5730 and ask for them by name.

Yes, and it is one of the commonest reasons people get in touch. Tell us it is for a pitch and you get a figure you can put in front of your own client, itemised so it stands up to being picked apart, with no obligation and no follow-up sales calls if the pitch goes elsewhere. If it lands, the quote still holds and we already know the project.