Urdu voice over services

Sometimes, and it depends entirely on how formal the script is. In casual speech the two are effectively the same language and a conversational read can serve both audiences. In formal register they diverge, because Urdu draws its higher vocabulary from Persian and Arabic while Hindi draws its from Sanskrit — so a corporate, legal or news-style script will not carry across. Send us your script and we will give you a straight answer before you commit budget.

It depends which register you mean, which is why the question is harder than it looks. Spoken casually they are close enough to count as one language; written and spoken formally they are not, and they use completely different scripts — Urdu in right-to-left Nastaliq, Hindi in left-to-right Devanagari. For casting purposes, treat them as separate and ask us if a single recording will do.

It is the calligraphic style Urdu is conventionally set in — sloping and cursive, unlike the upright naskh style used for Arabic. It matters because subtitling pipelines often substitute naskh by default. The result stays readable but looks wrong to an Urdu reader, so it is worth specifying Nastaliq to whoever is building your captions. We deliver Urdu subtitles set correctly.

Regularly. Urdu was the fourth most common main language in England and Wales at the 2021 census, so public-health, council, banking and utility campaigns use it to reach UK communities. Tell us it is a UK brief — the register is often lighter than for content aimed at Pakistan, and we direct accordingly.

Not reliably, and it is the wrong risk to take on formal content. Beyond the vocabulary divergence, an Urdu script is written in Nastaliq, which a Hindi reader does not read. We cast native Urdu speakers. If you need both languages, we record them separately and schedule the sessions together.

Urdu in Nastaliq, ideally. If you only have a romanised version or a Hindi Devanagari one, send it and we will have a native linguist prepare a proper Urdu script — that pass also surfaces any places where the register needs deciding.

Corporate video and internal communications, eLearning and compliance training, public-information and health campaigns, advertising aimed at Pakistan and at UK Urdu audiences, banking and remittance content, documentary narration, and broadcast and OTT material for Urdu-speaking viewers.

Most short Urdu 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.

Your Urdu audio is delivered to your specification: uncompressed WAV, MP3 where size matters, stems where the mix happens elsewhere, at the LUFS target you set.

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.