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.