The Voice of India

The country that calls English its second language.  The home of more outsourced American jobs than any other country.  A place that practically worships US popular culture.  Why wouldn’t they want native North American or British-speaking voiceovers?

They do. 

The trick is to find a reputable company that actually pays it’s talent, and is responsive/responsible as a lead-generator.

I wish I could tell you which companies those are.  I have worked with VOICE ARTISTES, and they seem above-board.  But keep in mind, they don’t mess with SAG and AFTRA, and the global market is not up to par with the US market in compensation for jobs…so your rate sheet may not work there.

Below is an email I got yesterday.  Maybe some of you did too.  I CAN NOT vouch for the efficacy of this overture, and have not replied myself…but I reprint it below for anyone who may want to test the waters. 

Please let me know if you find out anything…or not…I’m not asking anyone to give away lucrative job leads, just to be so kind as to let us know if it’s a sham.

Their return address is:  [email protected]

CourVO

Hello,

We are writing from Cosmic Global Limited, a translation, localization and voiceover company located in India. We work with freelance translators and voiceover artists located world-wide and can undertake jobs for all Indian and European languages and most Asian and African languages.

No work is too small for us and no language too rare!

We are currently building our database for our upcoming voiceover projects.

If you are interested in a collaboration, kindly provide the details as listed below –
1. Language details:
2. Specify your native language:
3. Gender (Male/Female):
4. Area of specialization (Legal, medical, technical, IT & software, banking & finance, business, literary, general etc):
5. Are you an agency or freelancer?

6. Recording output per hour and turn around time to record 1 hour of finished audio:

7. Delivery format (.mp3, .wma, .wav, .ra, mp4 etc):
8. Latest Demo of a minimum duration of 2 minutes recorded in Stereo and Mono format would be required without background music and noise. Please upload the sample in the below FTP location.

While uploading, please rename the file as – "sample_your name_language" and please mention the same in your reply.
FTP Details for uploading the demo –
Host address: ftp.cosmicftp.com
Username: voicover
Password: Voice123

Please note "V" is a capital letter in the above password.

9. Setup of Studio (system specification and peripherals used for recording):

10. Basic voiceover artist Rate/hour of the finished audio output:

11. Studio cost per hour of the finished audio output:

a. Home Studio –
b. Professional Studio –
c. PC recording –
12. Payment terms.

13. Contact information (Skype, Gtalk, telephone, fax and cell numbers along with postal address)

14. Latest CV (Curriculum Vitae) is also required to be sent by email.

In case you have received this message previously or have already sent us your information in the past, we apologize for the inconvenience.
Awaiting your response ASAP.

Thanks & Regards,

Vasavi
Resource Dept.
Cosmic Global Limited.