Cebuano voice over services

Not reliably. Cebuano and Tagalog are separate Austronesian languages and they are not mutually intelligible, so a Filipino recording is not a weaker version of a Cebuano one — for a monolingual speaker it simply does not land. Many people in the south do follow Filipino because it is the national language and is taught everywhere, but that is a fact about individuals rather than a coverage guarantee. If the south matters to your campaign, record it.

No, and it is the most common misunderstanding we correct on Philippine projects. Filipino is based on Tagalog. Cebuano is a distinct language with its own grammar and core vocabulary. They share Austronesian structure and a layer of Spanish and English loanwords, which makes them look related on the page, but a speaker of one does not understand the other without having learned it.

Speakers call it Bisaya, or Binisaya. Cebuano is the term used in language catalogues, including ours, and it is what you will search for, but if your copy or your brief uses Bisaya it signals that you know the market. We are happy either way and will follow whichever you use.

Yes, and for a national campaign we would usually recommend it rather than choosing one and hoping. We cast each with its own native talent, and scheduling the two as a set keeps terminology and tone consistent across both versions while costing less than two separate commissions.

For Cebuano, yes — both our voices are London-based, which is unusual for the language and means an in-person session in our studios is a real option rather than a theoretical one, subject to availability. If you would rather not travel, you can direct live over Source-Connect, Zoom or Teams instead.

Deliberately. Philippine audiences code-switch into English constantly, and a script that scrubs every English word out sounds stilted, while one that leaves them all in sounds like it was not adapted at all. We make those calls at adaptation stage with a native linguist rather than leaving them to the booth, and we will flag the ones we think are borderline so you can decide.

Yes, with native Cebuano linguists. It is worth commissioning the translation and the voice over together, because the register decisions and the English code-switching are easier to settle once rather than twice, and the recording then matches the approved script exactly.

Consumer advertising and FMCG campaigns, public-health and government information, financial services and remittance products, eLearning and workplace training, broadcast and radio, and corporate communications for organisations operating across the Visayas and Mindanao.

Files shaped to the destination: WAV, MP3 or split stems, mastered to your broadcaster's loudness target.

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.