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📋 Hiring a Professional Brazilian Portuguese Voice Actress
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1. What's the better way to hire a voice actress for my voiceover project?
2. Can you organize a Recording Session with an Engineer?
3. Can I be sure you'll follow my instructions?
4. Is it true that you offer UNLIMITED revisions & warranty?
5. What equipment will be used during the recording?
6. Can you go to another studio to record?
7. Can we schedule a remote live-directed session?
8. What's your turnaround time?
9. Where can I download your voice-over demos?
10. Could you record a sample of my script?
11. Do you accept projects related to AI?
12. What payment methods do you accept?
13. How much does it cost to hire a voice actor?
14. Do you charge for the Commercial Rights fee?
15. Do you charge for the Broadcasting Rights fee?
16. Do you sign NDAs & contracts?
17. Do you offer the Buy-out, in perpetuity option?
18. Do you offer exclusivity?
19. Could we work within a fixed budget?
20. Do you have a versatile voice?
21. Do you charge for re-recordings?
22. Which voiceover awards have you received?
23. Do you teach how to do voice-overs?
24. Are you available to record urgent, last-minute voiceovers?
25. Do you accept audition invitations?
26. Which Brazilian Regional Accents do you offer?
27. Can you propose a voiceover casting?
28. Which additional voiceover services can you provide?
29. 29. What other creative/multimedia services can your team & associated professionals offer?
30. Can I hire you through other P2P, marketplaces and voiceover casting platforms?
Voice-over Resource Page with FAQ
Amanda is constantly updating this user-friendly list resource for the voiceover-buyers' industry with important questions and new information that has been positively impacting her work with partners and clients.
Visit this page or write to her whenever you like to be up-to-date in terms of voice-over industry tendencies, rates, agreements, best-practices, tips on how to hire a voice actor, and a variety of transparent answers related to her craft, vocal design processes, methods, warranties, and more.
Everything here is focused on giving you what you need to achieve an even higher expected result for your Audiovisual, Film, Game, Education, Multimedia, Dubbing, Translation & Localization project.
1. What's the best way to hire a voice actress directly for my voiceover project?
Based on industry & customer experience research and on my role as a producer, creative and managing director at A2Dots Production Ltda., the better way to hire is through email and limiting the number of voice talents you get in touch with:
The fewer voice actors you get in touch with and the more vetted and qualified they are for your personal preferences and project's requirements.
The more you have time and energy to be specific with them and to show them the quality of your project.
In return, they express better interest, attention, quotes and ultimately results in their auditions or final recordings.
WhatsApp, video calls, phone calls and messages in voiceover casting websites can also be optional mediums to carry voiceover projects on and must be used wisely.
It's also common for me to use Trello/Atlassian, Todoist, WhatsApp groups, Google Spreadsheets, Dropbox, Frame.io and Vimeo review tools and other apps to help us get the job done - with creativity, speed and elegance.
To know more about my optimized processes, workflow, best practices, outstanding client satisfaction and projects results, visit this insightful article The Easiest & Safest Way to Hire Non-Union Voice Actors.
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2. Do you organize a recording session with the presence of a sound & audio engineer? Can my client listen and watch the session?
Yes and yes. I can record other talents while being the audio engineer or with my partner audio engineer and host flawless mix-review and playback sessions with guests. Therefore, you and the client listen and watch the session on Teams, Zoom and other teleconferencing apps simultaneously.
This way, you and your customers can participate in the recording session remotely and provide real-time feedback while watching and listening to HD audio and video with pre-mix-reviews. In my studio, we play back the recorded voice with the image during the session, so that the customers can evaluate the result and validate the take or not.
Additionally, we can accommodate any time zone in our sessions.
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3. Can I be sure you'll follow my instructions?
Yes, because I create a personalized project file, and fill a brief form, where we define the scope of the project, including the original script ready to be recorded; file(s) you expect to receive at the end; preferences, expectations, instructions, everything you want me to follow and respect.
After our conversation, I'll use my framework to transform your instructions into well-planed, flawless, tailored voice-over.
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4. Is it true that you offer UNLIMITED revisions and warranty?
Yes, I offer unlimited revisions and warranty over the original script and brief in my original quotes. I offer this advantage as a built-in bonus because of the mutual trust between my clients and I. This way, you can also be sure to have a professional voice artist taking care of all aspects of your project and committing to your expected result, from the beginning until the very end.
If you need any adjustments or pickups, or are not yet satisfied with the results, we'll get back to the project's brief and your instructions to have an objective, clear reference in any case of modification, improvement, or revision request.
The planning, recording, and delivery of my services are guided by your brief.
If you think we could experiment with something different or adjust anything, we'll discuss what can be improved to meet your needs and to find out which aspect of your expectation was different from my delivery and the brief.
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5. What equipment will be used during the recording?
I record in a treated, isolated vocal booth on a Neumann TLM 103 condenser microphone and an Arturia Minifuse4 audio interface.
I can use ProTools or Adobe Audition CC.
My audio has been approved and requested by multiple engineers and studios for the most demanding voiceover projects. See more about my professional voiceover studio specs.
If needed, we can use Source Connect Standard or other remote recording software of your preference.
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6. Can you go to another studio to record?
Yes, I can. Let's discuss the details through email.
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7. Can we schedule a remote live-directed session?
Yes, absolutely. Because of the extraordinarilly successful experiences with American and European studios, I encourage you to book a meeting, call or remote-directed session if you have specific, minute requests regarding the performance/pronunciation or if you would like to direct me and see the magic happen as we were together in the studio.
You can monitor my performance recording and provide real-time feedback through most teleconferencing apps (Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, WhatsApp, Skype...) or you can record me in real-time through Source Connect, Session Link Pro, VST Connect, and Clean Feed.
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8. What's your turnaround time?
I usually reply in 30 minutes and deliver urgent recordings in less than 1 hour, regardless of business hours.
If the project is up to 30 minutes of finished, edited audio, and it doesn't require such urgency, I can deliver on the same day.
Feel free to tell me your needs and concerns so I could adjust my availability to match your schedule.
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9. Where can I download your voice-over demos?
You can download my demos at the Download Voice Over Demos page. You can also find more samples of previous works on ideos on my Vimeo profile and soon you will also find more demos in my website cloud storage of English & Brazilian Portuguese Voice Over Samples.
If you didn't find the tone, style, interpretation, vocal attributes, or traits you are looking for, send me a message.
I have a plethora of additional demos and specific samples in my repository.
🎙 What tone or style are you looking for? Ask Amanda.
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10. Could you record a sample of my script?
Yes, I can record a sample if it is needed.
Send me a message with the script, the artistic direction and a short explanation of why you need a tailored sample.
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11. Do you accept projects related to AI, text-to-speech or synthetic voice?
Yes, I do, both as a voice actress and an audio engineer. However, since our first communication, it must be clear that the project is an AI-related project and how I or my voice will participate in the process - if it is:
- for Artificial Intelligence training,
- for AI cloning and modeling of my voice or style of speaking,
- to help generate and polish an AI voice sample or AI voice demo for a client,
- to edit, analyze, QA or engineer AI speech,
- to offer consultation and expert advice on voice, phonemes, and AI voices in Brazilian Portuguese,
- or for other purposes and tasks.
The other 2 crucial topics that must be discussed are compensation and exclusivity/contracts/conflict. Nowadays, there's a plethora of ways to use voice in AI-driven projects and I'm happy to welcome them for an initial discussion and quote as long as the controlled usage and compensation are consistent and they are intended to help, educate, and entertain people in the right and good way.
The same goes for the actors I cast for bigger projects. Be your project small or big, please let me know if your project is related to AI voice development. After we discuss the details, usage, contract, and budget, I'll invite and work only with actors who feel comfortable and comply with AI voiceover projects.
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12. What payment methods do you accept?
I receive payments through:
- domestic & international bank transfers (proprietary accounts in Europe, UK, USA and Brazil)
- Payoneer & Wise
- credit cards
- in Euros (€), American Dollars (US$), Sterling Pounds (£) and Brazilian Reais (R$).
Send me a message if you want to pay with any other method or currency.
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13. How much does it cost to hire a voice actor?
It depends on the project's size, its artistic, technical and studio requirements, as well as the usage and exposition of the voice and performance. The math is simple: I charge based on the time, infrastructure and energy invested in the task. Most projects fall into this simplified category. If the project has a special kind of usage, request or paid promotion, we'll find an agreement on the final price and the rights' concession.
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14. Do you charge for the Commercial Rights fee?
Almost always, but that's not something to worry about.
It simply means that I acknowledge my voice will be used for commercial purposes, that I allow you to use it under the circumstances you mentioned, and that the service's price reflects that.
In other words, if my voice will be associated with a brand, a product, a company, a firm, a commercial ideology or a third-party property that can involve money and commercial transactions, I'll concede commercial rights.
So if my voice will not be used in a small, personal, non-lucrative, limited occasion, and if you are a business, agency, company, studio, or developer intending to expand your idea or sell a product, video or service with my voice, chances are you'll receive the commercial rights included in the quote, without even needing to think about it or requesting it.
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15. Do you charge for the Broadcasting Rights fee?
Sometimes. Broadcasting Rights and their price reflect the size and the quality of the audience, along with my formal authorization of the usage of my voice in extraordinary situations: usually for paid advertisement and promoted content.
If the project will be broadcast (TV, Radio, Streaming, Internet...), paid to be advertised, used in paid channels or boosted/promoted posts, the audience will be bigger than if it were only organic.
The expected revenue and impact of a paid advertising are high, so it is the exposure, the revenue from the use of my voice, the requirements and the expected peak performance of the voice actor.
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16. Do you sign NDAs and contracts?
Yes, always when it is requested and I can comply with it (in case of being exclusive to a brand or competitor, for example).
I also delete permanently those files that are under NDA and as a consequence, I also don't expose in my portfolio those projects that are asked not to be shared.
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17. Do you offer the Buy-out, in perpetuity option?
It's a possibility. If the project requires a buy-out or my permission to split, rearrange, and re-sell my vocal recordings, send me a message and we'll discuss the details.
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18. Do you offer exclusivity?
I've been offering exclusivity for some brands, so if your project requires exclusivity and non-competitor relations, it's a clause that we can discuss and agree on.
Please send me a message with the details or the full contract.
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19. Could we work within a limited, fixed budget?
Yes, I'm aware of the industry standard rates but I'm not tied to them or limited to them.
Price is only one of a dozen things that must be aligned to work on a project.
I don't dismiss a project simply because of the budget.
Requirements, size of the project, quality of audience, level of difficulty, quality of communication, and the project's organization - those are some of the characteristics that impact the price as well as everyone's well-being throughout the project.
So even if you have a limited or pre-fixed budget, know that this is not what's most important.
It may be possible to readjust the quote or the workflow according to your budget - if I can, I'll do it, with the highest quality, as always.
For this, I stay flexible enough to accommodate reasonable budgets, especially for large projects.
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20. Do you have a versatile voice?
Yes, I have a flexible voice in terms of age, emotions, timbres and pitch range.
Voice acting is an art and I have been performing and studying the vocal technique and exercising my creativity since I was a kid.
If you are not as confident as I am of my full vocal range and acting skills, you can ask me about my previous works with a specific vocal characteristic or request an audition, if crucial.
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21. Do you charge for re-recordings?
In summary, I'm very flexible and offer unlimited revisions for all my initial quotes.
Of course, no project has needed such an amount of revisions and 90% of the projects are approved in the first delivery, but that's a way to tell my clients that I'm fully committed to the result and their expectations.
In case of budget limitation, it might be possible to adjust the revision terms to accommodate your fixed budget. In this scenario, we'll agree on a fixed number of revisions.
So there is no additional cost if you find any divergence between my delivery and your instructions or want to try 2-3 different intonations or interpretations before I record the final, full, edited version.
An additional fee can be applied in the case of an abrupt change in the artistic direction, original brief or script, for example, or if in the case of a limited budget, we agreed on a fixed amount of revisions and by any chance we ran out of revision rounds.
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22. "The voice actress Amanda de Andrade have won many voiceover awards in her voice acting career." Is that true?
My answer might be controversial: different from Awards for Advertising, Films & Brands (which I'm interested in), I don't have an interest in Voice Over awards. I don't submit works for Contests, Awards, or recognition. For Voice-over, it's a relatively new trend to have awards for this industry (a decade or so) and I see more and more homogeneity, unclear judging parameters, a massive effort to make it spread, biased connections and winners, and astounding unpreparedness among the jury. Additionally, I've never used it to measure my success and the success of my clients, customers, and partners. We measure success differently: through results, metrics, and direct effects on business, audience, and relationships. Maybe with time, the hype can turn into something more solid, transparent and trustworthy.
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23. Do you teach how to do voice-overs?
No. Currently, I only offer programs and individual/group mentoring and coaching on Public Speaking, Oral Communication and Vocal Design for C-level executives, entrepreneurs, public speakers and non-voiceover professionals who want to tailor their voice and presence.
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24. Are you available to record urgent, last-minute voiceovers?
Yes. Call me or send me a message at +55 48 99108 6227 or send me an email at projects@amandadeandrade.com and I'll reply immediately, from Europe to US West Coast business hours.
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25. Do you accept audition invitations?
Yes. Please send me an email with:
- the brief/artistic direction (the more info, the better for us both),
- budget/compensation/usage/client's name (if it can be disclosed),
- and your company name/credentials.
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26. Which Brazilian Regional Accents do you offer?
I was born in São Paulo so I speak native, official, broadcasting, Neutral accent from São Paulo. I also called Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina and Minas Gerais home, so I offer a light Carioca accent from Rio de Janeiro, a Manezinho accent from Florianópolis, and a Mineiro accent from Belo Horizonte.
I travel a lot to other countries and, for this, beyond being a Native Brazilian Portuguese speaker, I also offer:
- International English, not identifiable and truly global-spirited,
- or non-native, completely fluent US, UK or transatlantic accents,
- or English with a Brazilian Accent,
- and LatAm non-regional Spanish from Latin American countries.
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27. Can you propose castings of native Portuguese Brazilian voice-over talents?
Yes, I provide tailored castings for voiceover for Advertisements and Commercials, Film & Media, Dubbing, Virtual Tours and VR, Training, Video Games and Animation. I offer castings with high efficiency and high-performing actors and actresses to achieve the expected result during the session.
So whenever you need a casting in BRPT, I commit to finding the talent, even if the briefing changes or the voice profile changes (female to male, or male to female, or young to middle age, etc). More than finding the voice artist, I help you communicate with him or her and get the perfect take from the voice talent. It's a commitment my studio (A: Production Ltda.) prides itself on with 100% success in the last decade of casting in Brazilian Portuguese for Marketing and Creative Agencies in Europe, the USA, Latin America, Africa and Asia.
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28. Which additional services can you provide beyond VO recording?
Besides voiceover sessions and raw voiceover recordings, I also offer/perform:
- voice editing (very basic to full sound mastering)
- mirroring of an existing voiceover
- synchronization
- file splitting & naming
- translation & proofreading
- voiceover production (mixing & mastering)
- diverse voice casting
- voice actor direction in sessions
- ADR & dubbing (lip sync)
- voice director role
- dubbing director role
- language director role
- casting director role
- audio engineer role
- creative director role
- music production & post production
- vocal/sound design
- sound UX & sound branding
- consultancy
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29. What other services can your team or associated creative professionals offer?
I have been working with global creative directors, motion designers, brand specialists, linguists and other elite creative freelancers in all areas of creativity, voice, brand, marketing, art and communciations.
In addition to having an internal skilled team of 4 working closely to me in some areas, I also have a vetted group of talents I invite to wider and more complex projects with:
Language, Brazilian Market, Accessibility & Inclusivity Services
- Translation from the main languages to Brazilian Portuguese and vice versa,
- Nationalization / Localization to Brazil
- Transcreation
- Subtitling and CC
- Audiodescription
- Management of initiatives tailored to the Brazilian Market and its peculiar cultural/regional/social niches.
Visual, Video & Motion
- Brand Development
- Full-service Advertising assets creation
- Storyboard
- 2D & 3D animation
- Graphic Design for marketing assets, internal material, animatics
- Articulate Storyline design and programming for Education, training and eLearning
- Art Direction
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30. Can I hire you through other P2P, marketplaces and voiceover casting platforms?
Yes. I can either offer services directly through my company registered in Brazil (with all the registration proofs, non-VAT, W-8 BEN and other documentation) or through agencies, agents and other platforms, with the same high-end customer service and ultimate final quality throughout them. I have multiple reviews, accolades and proven success on them.
My services are also offered at marketplaces, P2P websites, voiceover casting rosters, agencies and through some agents. Quotes and costs might vary depending on the intermediaries, platform fees, and correspondent payment terms and methods.
Additional services and usage rights can also vary depending on the marketplace's policies and packages.
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Do you have any questions about voiceover, sound studio, Brazilian Portuguese, demos, auditions or voice services? Send your question to Amanda.