Pricing at Masters of Voice is determined by “number of characters”, “delivery date” and “the intended use of the voice-over.” We are able to deliver voice-overs with longer scripts and faster delivery time than listed below, so please feel free to contact us.
Non-broadcast business, web, point-of-purchase, event voice-overs, etc.
Number of Japanese characters |
3 business days delivery |
1 week delivery |
Proofreading / Recording Fee |
Proofreading / Recording Fee |
|
~100 Characters | US$56 | US$42 |
~200 Characters | US$80 | US$60 |
~300 Characters | US$102 | US$75 |
~500 Characters | US$146 | US$109 |
~1,000 Characters | US$211 | US$159 |
~2,000 Characters | US$330 | US$248 |
~3.000 Characters | US$439 | US$327 |
~4,000 Characters | US$538 | US$401 |
4,001 Characters~ | Please contact us | Please contact us |
Broadcast (TV, cable, radio commercial spots)
Number of Japanese characters | 3 business days delivery | 1 week delivery |
Proofreading / Recording Fee | Proofreading / Recording Fee | |
~100 Characters | US$140 | US$105 |
~200 Characters | US$200 | US$150 |
~300 Characters | US$255 | US$187.5 |
~500 Characters | US$365 | US$272.5 |
~1,000 Characters | US$527.5 | US$397.5 |
1,001 Characters~ | Please contact us | Please contact us |
A separate fee for Japanese translation and proofreading will occur.
Non-broadcast business, web, point-of-purchase, event voice-overs, etc.
Number of English words |
3 business days delivery |
1 week delivery |
||
Recording fee |
Translation & proofreading fee |
Recording fee |
Translation & proofreading fee |
|
~50 Words | US$58 | US$14.7 | US$45 | US$14.2 |
~100 Words | US$85 | US$29.4 | US$65 | US$28.4 |
~150 Words | US$107 | US$44.1 | US$82 | US$42.5 |
~250 Words | US$156 | US$73.5 | US$119 | US$70.9 |
~500 Words | US$226 | US$141.8 | US$164 | US$136.5 |
~1,000 Words |
US$350 | US$283.5 | US$270 | US$273.0 |
~1,500 Words | US$459 | US$425.3 | US$348 | US$409.5 |
~2,000 Words | US$560 | US$546.0 | US$421 | US$525.0 |
2,001 Words~ | Please contact us | Please contact us |
Broadcast (TV, cable, radio commercial spots)
※We are currently not translating and recording English broadcast scripts to Japanese.
*We will produce a custom quote for scripts longer than 4,001 Japanese characters or 2,001 English words, so please feel free to contact us.
*The above delivery date includes recording, editing, and online delivery of the voice-over. Retake will be outside the scope of the above delivery dates.
*We are in business during Monday – Friday, 9:30am – 6:30pm JST. For urgent requests, we will try our best to respond to you outside business hours and over weekends and holidays. However please be mindful that we cannot guarantee a timely response outside our business hours.
You are able to select and appoint your voice-over talent of preference. However, depending on the talent and their schedule, it may not be possible to meet your delivery date requirement. In addition, please be aware that depending on the content of your script the final reading may be different from the voice samples.
We offer one free test reading of one sentence from your script by one voice-over talent. Please let us know from which voice-over talent you would like the test read.
We can deliver the audio data in WAV (Windows Wave) or MP3 (MPEG Audio Layer-3) formats. The following are the specific recording formats:
WAV: 44.1khz/16bit/stereo、mp3: 128kbps/44.1kHz/stereo
Please make your payment via Paypal before the delivery date. We will not deliver the final voice-over before confirming your payment. We are open to discussing post-delivery payment plans for frequent customers.