English (US Southern Accent) Voice Actors Needed for Fictional Character Recording
We are hiring English (US Southern) voice actors to perform multi-character dialogue recordings to help train internal Text-to-Speech (TTS) models. You'll be voicing fictional characters with varying styles, accents, and personalities. This will be a SINGLE person recording project, but you will be expected to perform different voices..
This is non-broadcast, non-commercial work for internal research and development purposes only. Your voice will not be used in public-facing or paid media.
Project Scope:
- Record 3 hours of audio performing dialogues between 2+ characters
- Adjust voice, tone, and accent based on character descriptions
- Ensure clear differentiation between characters
- Deliver RAW, high-quality WAV files according to project specs
- Complete up to 2 rounds of revisions (for talent errors)
Skills Needed:
- Voice Acting
- Character Voice Work
- Native English US (Southern Accent) Speaker
Audition & Selection Process:
- Submit an audition using only ONE of the sample scripts attached in the Upwork job post.
- IMPORTANT: If your name starts (First Name) with A-K please select ONE of the first three scripts. If it starts with L-Z, please select ONE of the second three scripts for your audition.
- Please submit auditions with the following audio specs:
- Format: 24-bit / 48 kHz / mono / unprocessed .wav
- Minimum: -60 dB noise floor
- No plugins, compression, or post-processing
- Clean recordings with minimal background noise, breaths, and clicks
- The audio MUST be narrated by a human. AI is NOT allowed.
- After you are selected, the three hours of audio will need to be delivered within one week.
Few reminders while recording the script in a . WAV format:.
- Please make sure to provide the required emotions needed as mentioned in the script
- Please read the full script including narrators not only characters
- Please do not speak too close to the mic.
Skills Required
- Voice Acting
- Character Voice Work (multi-character differentiation)
- Native English speaker with Southern US accent
- Deliver 3 hours of RAW, high-quality WAV files (24-bit / 48 kHz / mono / unprocessed)
- Adhere to audio specs: minimum -60 dB noise floor, minimal background noise, breaths, clicks; no plugins/compression/post-processing
- Submit audition using designated sample script based on first-name rule (A-K or L-Z)
- Audio must be human-narrated; AI-generated audio is not allowed
- Deliver final files within one week of selection and complete up to two rounds of revisions for talent errors
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