Audiobook narration that holds attention for hours.

A warm, even, neutral Indian-English voice for business, self-help, and non-fiction titles — narrated with the stamina and consistency that long-form listening demands, and mastered to retail standard.

Why the voice matters

Hours in good company.

An audiobook is the most intimate format there is — your words, in someone’s ears, for hours at a stretch. A read that wavers, tires, or grates loses the listener long before the last chapter.

Narration is a stamina discipline as much as a vocal one. I pace the performance, protect the voice, and keep meticulous notes so a whole title — or a whole series — stays even and immersive throughout. The listener should forget there’s a narrator at all, and simply stay with the book.

What I narrate

Business & leadership

Management, strategy, and entrepreneurship titles read with the measured authority the subject deserves.

Self-help & personal growth

A warm, encouraging read that sounds like a trusted voice in the listener’s ear, not a lecture.

Non-fiction & how-to

Practical, instructional, and reference books narrated for clarity over hours of listening.

Memoir & narrative non-fiction

Story-driven non-fiction carried with pace and feeling, keeping the listener inside the narrative.

Thought leadership & corporate

White-paper books, founder stories, and brand titles produced to a professional standard.

Educational & academic

Course companions and study titles read for comprehension and easy navigation by chapter.

Why authors choose me for it

Stamina

Hour ten sounds like hour one

Long-form is its own discipline. I pace and protect my voice across a full title so energy, tone, and pronunciation stay even from the first chapter to the last — no drift, no fatigue creeping into the read.

Consistency

Built for series and sequels

Detailed session notes mean I can return months later for a follow-up title and match the original exactly. A series sounds like one narrator, because it is.

Pickups & corrections

Clean fixes, no seams

Author tweak or a missed line? Pickups are recorded in the same setup and dropped in invisibly — same mic, same room, same level — so corrections never betray themselves.

Retail-ready audio

Mastered to distribution spec

Per-chapter files, consistent loudness, a clean noise floor, and topped-and-tailed room tone — delivered to the technical standard audiobook platforms expect.

From manuscript to retail, simply.

Share the manuscript

Send the manuscript along with any pronunciation notes — names, places, and terms — and a sense of the tone you’re after.

A sample first

I record a short sample from your actual book so you can approve the voice and pace before we commit to the full title.

Record & master

Narrated and mastered chapter by chapter to broadcast and retail standard in my treated Chennai studio.

Deliver & pick up

Per-chapter files delivered to spec, with a round of corrections and pickups handled cleanly in the same setup.

New to commissioning narration? My short guide to writing a brief covers exactly what I need to quote accurately and get the read right from chapter one.

How pricing works

Priced by the finished hour.

Full-length audiobooks are priced by the finished hour of audio — the industry standard, and the fairest way to reflect the recording, editing, proofing, and mastering behind every hour a listener hears. Shorter spoken-word pieces, like a single sample chapter, can be priced by the total word count instead.

Genre, density, and the amount of pickup work all move the figure, so rather than post a number that can’t see your manuscript, I’d rather quote yours properly. Tell me the length or word count and I’ll come back with a clear, no-obligation quote.

Tell me about your book

FAQ

Audiobook narration, answered

How do you price audiobook narration?
Full-length audiobooks are priced by the finished hour of audio — the standard for the format, and the fairest reflection of the recording, editing, proofing, and mastering behind every listening hour. Shorter spoken-word pieces, such as a sample chapter or a short non-fiction guide, can be priced by the total word count instead. Tell me the manuscript length or word count and I will come back with a clear quote.
What does “per finished hour” actually mean?
It refers to an hour of completed, edited audio — not an hour spent in the booth. Producing one finished hour typically takes several hours of recording, editing, proofing, and mastering, which is why the format is priced this way across the industry.
Which genres do you narrate?
I narrate in English, with a focus on non-fiction: business and leadership, self-help, how-to, memoir, narrative non-fiction, educational, and corporate titles. I do light character separation where a book calls for it, but full multi-character fiction with heavy accent work is outside what I take on — I would rather point you to a specialist than over-promise.
How do you handle corrections and author pickups?
A round of pickups is part of the process. Because every chapter is recorded in the same setup, corrections and author changes drop in seamlessly — same mic, same room, same level — with no audible join.
What is your turnaround for a full book?
It depends on length, but I batch recording to keep the sound consistent and give you a realistic, chapter-by-chapter schedule up front. If you have a release date, tell me early and I will plan the production around it.

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Send me your manuscript.

I’ll record a free sample from your actual book so you can hear the voice before you commit.