Approved terms, never paraphrased
Brand and generic names, indications, dosing terms and trademarked phrasing pinned in a glossary, so each renders exactly one approved way.
For pharma & life sciences
Mechanism-of-action videos, HCP education, trial participant explainers and field-force training all carry wording that was argued over in review. Octavia localizes them with drug names and indications locked and the translated script approvable before any audio exists — so each language enters your MLR process as text, where changes cost least.
The specific reasons this content usually stays in one language.
A claim that cleared review in the source language can overstate, hedge or lose its qualifier in translation — and the translation is what that market’s regulator reads.
Local reviewers receive a dubbed asset, find a problem in the script, and the whole video returns to the agency for another round.
Participant information must be understood by people with no medical background, in their own language, and clear ethics review in each country.
The parts of the platform that matter for this work, rather than the full feature list.
Brand and generic names, indications, dosing terms and trademarked phrasing pinned in a glossary, so each renders exactly one approved way.
Transcript and translation are approvable before audio is generated, so affiliate reviewers mark up text instead of returning a finished video.
Scientific narration voiced per language and paced naturally rather than compressed, so it still sits with the animation it describes.
Participant information and consent explainers in each site language, with captions and a transcript to accompany the ethics submission.
Recorded expert panels transcribed and translated with each speaker kept distinct, for medical affairs teams in other regions.
Encryption, configurable retention, role-based access with SSO and no training on your content — for data that is confidential until launch.
Four steps from the file you already have to every language you need.
Load approved drug names, indications and safety phrasing — ideally from the glossaries your affiliates already maintain.
Generate the translated script, then stop: nothing is voiced until it is approved.
Affiliate medical, legal and regulatory reviewers approve each language as text, against the approved source.
Generate audio and captions from the approved script, and file the approved translation with your review record.
One upload in, every format you need to publish out.
Including the ones where the honest answer is a limitation.
No — and nothing should be described that way. Octavia speeds up the part before review: a translated script with locked terminology, ready to approve before any audio is made. Each language version still goes through medical, legal and regulatory review in its market, and the approved text is what you file. Octavia does not approve claims, and its output is not pre-cleared for any regulator.
Three layers. Lock brand names, indications, dosing terms and fixed safety phrases in the glossary so they are never paraphrased. Review the translated script line by line against the approved source before generation, paying closest attention to qualifiers — “may”, “in some patients”, “compared with placebo”. And keep fair balance and safety information in the same proportion and prominence as the source.
No. A consent explainer supports the conversation with site staff and the approved informed consent form; it replaces neither. Each language version will usually need ethics committee or IRB review alongside the written materials, and site staff must still confirm understanding with each participant. Video earns its place through consistency — every participant hears the same explanation — not by removing a step.
Only with that person’s written consent, covering which languages, which content and for how long — a standard speaker agreement will not have contemplated it. With consent in place, voice cloning keeps a KOL or medical director recognisable across markets. Without it, assign a professional synthetic voice per language and subtitle the original. Either way, the approved script is the only thing the voice should say.
Practical guides from the Octavia editorial team.
The same engine, pointed at a different kind of work.
Start with field-force training or a recorded advisory board — real volume, lighter review, and a glossary you can prove before promotional work.