VO-BB - 20 YEARS OLD!

Moe Egan · Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 9:37 am Post subject: Name Pronunciation

Helpl!!

I've just gotten a job that requires voicing over 4,000 individual first names. Problem is, many of them are ethnic - I'm trying to find a resource on line that will help with name pronunciation- ALL names. Any ideas? I just see a retake hell looming before me.
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Jeffrey Kafer · Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 10:02 am Post subject:

Try Forvo.com
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Moe Egan · Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 10:24 am Post subject:

Thanks Jeff, but forvo is kind of lacking in proper nouns

I'm gonna ask client if he's got a guy who could sit in with me for the tough names. His script, he should help, yes? Or is a VO expected to dig up the pronunciation?
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Moe Egan · Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 10:47 am Post subject:

I thought of something else- FWIW- baby name dictionaries with pronunciations.

Found this one. http://babynamewizard.com/ I'm batting about 300 right now...but better than zero.
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Eddie Eagle · M&M Joined: 23 Apr 2008 Posts: 2393

For high profile names http://names.voa.gov/

Moe Egan · Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 11:25 am Post subject:

I wish they were high profile. Shocked

It's just a list of almost every possible first name someone in the US could have.
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heyguido · Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 11:39 am Post subject:

I've used The Name Engine in the past for corporate voicemail gigs....
Good with ethnic pronunciations, but organized by ethnicity, which isn't always apparent at first glance....
www.thenameengine.com
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todd ellis · Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 2:21 pm Post subject:

talk to connie - as i recall she does quite a bit of that.
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Donna · Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 5:43 pm Post subject:

Moe, try this one:

http://www.hearnames.com/

I haven't played with it much, so no recommendations, but like forvo and howjsay, there are actual people speaking actual names for you.

Good luck!
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