The Master Guide / 10 Voice and lip sync · Voice and Arabic dialects

Voice failures and fixes

Find the symptom; make the one fix it names.

Symptom	Likely cause	Fix
A dialect line sounds MSA	The canonical line isn't really in dialect, or the voice isn't native	Rewrite the canonical line in dialect words; then recast
One word misread	Its marks or spelling	The fix ladder, one rung per attempt
An English brand word in a native-English accent	Latin script inside Arabic	Arabic-script spelling and an alias
A tag word spoken aloud	A bare or misplaced tag	Describe a voice quality; move it next to its words
A line too long for the beat	The copy	Rewrite it shorter (your approval; the client's too if approved copy changes). Never stretch it
Take A passes, take B fails	Normal v4 variation	Keep both; choose by ear
The voice changed between scenes	A setting or the model drifted	Re-read the recorded voice and settings; regenerate with the locked values
A brand misheard in the transcript only	Scribe, not the take	Add it to the keyterms and transcribe again before regenerating anything
The transcript "corrects" dialect words to MSA	Expected: transcription normalises dialect	The native ear decides dialect, not the transcript
A line in Saudi, Gulf or another non-Egyptian dialect with no reviewer	—	It stays a draft and never goes to the client