Filipino voice over services

For a domestic audience, Philippine English is usually the right answer. It is an established variety used in broadcast, business and education, with its own vocabulary and accent, and briefs asking for «neutral English» here often mean it without knowing the term. Tell us the audience and we will recommend between that, a neutral international read and Filipino itself.

It is understood almost everywhere thanks to schooling and national media, but more people speak Cebuano at home than Tagalog, which is what Filipino is based on. Understood is not the same as native, and in the Visayas and Mindanao a Cebuano version lands differently. If those regions matter to the campaign, we would price both.

Almost certainly, and the question is how much. Taglish is the normal register of Manila media and advertising, and a script in careful pure Filipino reads as a government announcement rather than a brand. National urban campaigns carry a lot of English; public-information content for rural provinces carries far less. We will recommend where to sit for your audience.

Often, yes — and it is one of the practical advantages of this market. The Philippines is the world's largest hub for English-language customer service, so there is a deep pool of Filipino talent with genuinely neutral English alongside their native Filipino. We will audition the same voices in both so you can hear whether one performer carries the pair.

Advertising and youth content often use Taglish, while formal content stays purer Filipino, and we match your brand. Share the brief and we'll advise in the quote.

It depends on your audience. Filipino, based on Manila Tagalog, is understood nationwide and is the safe default for national campaigns, advertising and eLearning. If your project is aimed specifically at Cebuano-, Ilocano- or Hiligaynon-speaking regions and you want it to feel truly local, we can cast talent in that regional language instead. We advise on the right choice for your target market before recording.

It depends on the tone you're after. Code-switching between Filipino and English, known locally as “Taglish,” is extremely common in Philippine media, advertising and everyday speech, and can sound more natural and relatable for consumer brands. Formal content such as government communications, eLearning or legal material usually calls for cleaner, fully Filipino delivery. We can record either register, or a blend, depending on your brief.

In most cases, yes. Standard Filipino is understood by the large Filipino diaspora in the United States, the Gulf states and elsewhere, and a neutral Manila-based read travels well internationally. If your project is aimed at a specific overseas Filipino community and you want a particular regional accent, we can cast accordingly.

Expect 24–48 hours for shorter pieces; larger scripts or busy talent schedules can extend that, so we agree the timeline with you at the outset.

Every Filipino voice over is quoted individually. Recording starts from an all-inclusive Basic Studio Fee covering studio time and a sound engineer, with a usage licence added for broadcast, advertising or online campaigns. Filipino rates depend on script length, talent and how the audio is used — send your script for an exact, no-obligation quote, backed by our Price Match Promise.

Yes. Alongside Filipino voice over we provide Filipino dubbing, subtitling and translation, so you can localise a whole project with one team. Combining services keeps terminology, tone and timing consistent across every version.

You get your Filipino audio in whatever format your workflow needs — WAV, MP3, AIFF and more — at broadcast spec, split into separate files or delivered as a single mix.

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.