“Aye, that'll do.”
The Highlander
Strong Scottish with rolled Rs, hard consonants and no wasted words.
- Male
- Scottish
- Adult
- Rolling
- Rugged
- Direct
Sample script
Aye, it's cold. It's been cold since March. You'll get used to it or you'll go home.
How it reads
The Highlander is rhotic and heavily rolled, with the short clipped vowels of central Scotland. Consonants land hard, which gives it more attack than any other accent voice here.
It is direct to the point of bluntness and resists being made to sound polite, so it suits scripts with some bite.
Scottish place names and Gaelic-derived words are pronounced correctly rather than phonetically guessed.
Best for
- Historical and documentary video
- Game characters
- Outdoor and adventure content
- Comedy and sketches
At a glance
- Category
- Accents
- Gender
- Male
- Accent
- Scottish
- Age
- Adult
- Character
- Rolling, Rugged, Direct
Writing for it
Let sentences run
This voice holds its shape across longer clauses, so full sentences read better than clipped fragments.
Punctuate for the pause
A full stop gives a longer gap than a comma, an ellipsis longer still. Use them to place the beat.
It cuts through a mix
The texture here survives music and effects, so you can sit it lower against a loud bed.
Questions
Strong Scottish with rolled Rs, hard consonants and no wasted words. It is a male Scottish voice in the accents category, characterised as rolling, rugged, direct. The Highlander is rhotic and heavily rolled, with the short clipped vowels of central Scotland. Consonants land hard, which gives it more attack than any other accent voice here.
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