Pakistan's Audio Entertainment Pioneer
Where Stories
Come Alive Through Sound
SoundWise Media is a Karachi-based audio production and distribution company dedicated to preserving and celebrating Urdu storytelling. We transform great literature into immersive audio experiences, reaching listeners across Pakistan and around the globe.
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SoundWise at a glance
Built for stories. Ready for the world.
Our story
Born from a love of Urdu literature.
Stories that reach every listener.
To produce the highest-quality Urdu audio content and bring it to every listener, whether they are in Karachi or California, on a commute or settling in for the night. We make Urdu storytelling accessible, immersive, and unforgettable.
An archive for generations.
A world where the richness of Urdu literature, its novels, poetry, and drama, is never lost to time. We are building the definitive audio archive of Urdu storytelling for generations to come.
What sets us apart
Three principles behind every SoundWise production.
Cinematic audio production
Multi-voice, fully scripted, sound-designed narratives that go beyond a single narrator reading text.
Global-ready distribution
Available on Audible worldwide and through leading Pakistani platforms.
Authentic literary roots
Writers and scholars ensure each adaptation respects the author's voice and intent.
What we do
End-to-end audio content services.From story to signal.
From script adaptation to global distribution, SoundWise Media handles every stage of bringing a story to life in audio. Here is what we offer.
Script adaptation & writing
We adapt novels, short stories, and literary works into fully dramatised audio scripts, retaining the soul of the original while making it perfect for the ear.
Audio production & recording
Professional multi-voice recording with experienced voice talent, sound design, music scoring, and post-production to deliver a cinema-quality audio experience.
Goyaa app — streaming platform
Our own audio entertainment app, Goyaa, delivers audio films, series, dramas, audiobooks, and live radio to listeners across Pakistan and beyond.
Global distribution via Audible
We license and distribute Urdu audio content through Audible, placing Pakistani stories in front of a global audience.
Telecom & platform partnerships
We partner with major telecom and digital entertainment platforms, including My Telenor App, to make our content available to millions of Pakistani listeners.
Rights & licensing
We manage audio rights, licensing agreements, and content partnerships, enabling publishers, authors, and estates to monetise their literary works in audio.
Our signature format
Audio-films — not just audiobooks.
Unlike a single narrator reading a book, our audio-films are fully dramatised productions featuring multiple voice actors, original sound design, and ambient soundscapes. Think of it as cinema — without the screen. Each title is carefully scripted, cast, and produced to give the listener a complete immersive experience.
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Every voice has a place in the story.
Milestones
Building a legacy in Urdu audio.
In a few years, SoundWise Media has achieved what once seemed impossible, placing Urdu storytelling on the world stage. Here are some of our proudest milestones.
Flagship scale240+Ibne Safi audio-films
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240+ Ibne Safi audio-films in production
SoundWise Media undertook the ambitious project of converting approximately 240 novels of legendary Urdu author Ibne Safi, one of the most beloved fiction writers in South Asian history, into fully dramatised audio-films. Each title is scripted and produced to the highest standard.
Licensed on Amazon Audible — reaching global listeners
Our content is officially licensed and distributed on Audible, the world's largest audiobook and audio entertainment platform. This places SoundWise Media and Urdu storytelling in front of audiences across North America, Europe, the Middle East, and beyond.
Launched Goyaa — Pakistan's own audio entertainment app
We created Goyaa, a dedicated audio app offering audio films, series, dramas, audiobooks, and live radio for Pakistani listeners. Available on Android, Goyaa is our platform for delivering premium Urdu audio content directly to audiences.
Distribution partnership with My Telenor App
Through a strategic partnership with My Telenor App, our audio content is accessible to millions of Pakistani subscribers, making Urdu stories available to listeners who may not have access to global platforms.
Pioneering the audio-film format in Urdu
SoundWise Media introduced the concept of the audio-film to Urdu content, a fully scripted, multi-voice, sound-designed production format that elevates storytelling beyond the traditional audiobook. We are the first to do this at scale in Urdu.
Platform partnerships
Trusted by leading platforms.
Our content is available through some of the most prominent audio and telecom platforms in the world. These partnerships ensure that Urdu stories reach listeners wherever they are.
Amazon Audible
World's largest audiobook platform's global distribution partner.
My Telenor App
Leading Pakistani telecom platform's domestic distribution partner.
Goyaa
SoundWise Media's own audio entertainment app for Pakistani listeners.
Ibne Safi Literary Estate
Rights holder for approximately 240 novels, our flagship content partner.
Pakistan's home for
Immersive audio entertainment.
Goyaa brings you the finest Urdu audio-films, dramas, series, audiobooks, and live radio, all in one beautifully crafted app. Close your eyes. The story begins.
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Why partners choose us
Serious craft. Clear rights. A ready audience.
Everything we do is built to make valuable Urdu stories easier to produce, license, and share with listeners everywhere.
Production quality
Our audio-films meet international production standards, something platforms like Audible demand of their content partners.
Rights expertise
We handle licensing, clearances, and distribution rights with professionalism, making the partnership straightforward.
Proven audience
Urdu-speaking audiences in Pakistan, India, and the diaspora represent a large and underserved market hungry for quality audio content.
Reviews
Stories that stay with you.
From long-time Ibne Safi fans to first-time audio listeners, here is what our audience says about the SoundWise Media experience.
Featured listener story
“I grew up reading Ibne Safi novels, but never imagined experiencing them like this. The voice acting, the sound effects, it feels like a radio drama from the golden age, but completely fresh. Absolutely hooked.”
“Finding SoundWise Media on Audible was a revelation. These audio-films are a genuine connection to home.”
“The production quality is unlike anything I've heard in Urdu audio. You feel like you're inside the story.”
“Now I can share this same world with my own kids through these audio films. SoundWise has done something truly special for Urdu culture.”
SoundWise Media content is available on Audible, Goyaa, and My Telenor App. Leave your own review on any of these platforms.