Punjabi voice over services

Gurmukhi for Indian Punjab, Shahmukhi for Pakistani Punjab. They are different writing systems rather than different fonts, and a reader of one cannot read the other, so this decision comes before anything else if your project has subtitles, captions or on-screen text. Shahmukhi also runs right to left, which affects layout. Tell us the market and we will confirm the deliverable before we start.

Yes, and it is unusual in its family for being one. Pitch can distinguish words, so a non-native actor approximating the accent flattens contrasts that carry meaning. The result sounds off to a Punjabi audience even when the vocabulary is right, which is the main reason we cast native speakers rather than covering Punjabi from a Hindi or Urdu roster.

No. They are separate languages, and the tone system means an approximation does not survive contact with a native audience. If your campaign needs several South Asian languages we record each with its own native talent and schedule the sessions together, which is usually cheaper than commissioning them separately.

Regularly, and there is a useful shortcut for those briefs: Britain's Punjabi community came overwhelmingly from Indian Punjab, so Gurmukhi and the Indian variety are normally the right default rather than a coin toss. We would still confirm it with you, but it means a UK campaign usually needs one version rather than two.

It depends where the audience is. Beyond the script, the two draw on different sources for formal and technical vocabulary, so a read that is correct for one can sound foreign to the other. Tell us the market when you send the brief and we shortlist accordingly; for UK diaspora audiences we will ask which community the campaign is aimed at.

Native script, in whichever of the two your market uses. If you only have a romanised version, send it and we will have a native linguist prepare a clean script before the session — romanisation loses the tone distinctions and leaves pronunciation open to interpretation.

Public-information and health campaigns, corporate video and internal communications, eLearning and compliance training, advertising aimed at Punjab and at UK Punjabi audiences, banking and remittance content, documentary narration, and broadcast and OTT material for Punjabi-speaking viewers.

Most short Punjabi projects are delivered within 24 to 48 hours; longer or multi-voice work is scheduled with your dedicated project manager, who confirms a firm date up front.

Whatever your delivery paperwork says: WAV or MP3, separate stems where needed, at the stated sample rate, bit depth and 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.