Narration Voice Over Script · Corporate brand story narration
Since the Spoon (Hardware Brand Story)
Corporate narration script for voice over practice: a warm brand story about a family hardware company that began with a bent spoon and a wrench.
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Length
- 173 words · ~1 min 9 sec
- Skills
- corporate narration, sincerity, conversational read
- License
- CC BY 4.0
The script
In nineteen sixty-two, Ruth Kettleby fixed her neighbor's lawnmower with a bent spoon and a borrowed wrench. He paid her in tomatoes. She took it as a sign.
Within a year, she'd opened a hardware counter in the back of her husband's garage. Within ten, it had a front door, a sign, and a line of customers who trusted her more than the instructions on the box.
Ruth had one rule. If a customer walks out more confused than they walked in, we haven't done our job.
Today, Kettleby and Daughters has forty-one stores across three states. We sell more online than Ruth ever imagined. But the rule hasn't changed.
Ask anyone at the counter how to fix a leaky faucet, and they won't just sell you a part. They'll show you. Bring in something broken, and someone will find the piece it's missing, even if it takes all afternoon.
We still don't have every answer. But we'll stay with you until we find one.
Kettleby and Daughters. Fixing things since the spoon.
Script by SceneDub (scenedub.com), CC BY 4.0. Original script drafted with AI assistance and edited by SceneDub; any resemblance to existing characters is coincidental.
Practise it now
The teleprompter scrolls at the speed you set in words per minute. Tick "Record audio while reading" to capture a take; the audio stays in your browser until you download it.
Coaching notes
- 'He paid her in tomatoes' is a small laugh. Don't push it; let it be a fond smile, and give 'She took it as a sign' a slight beat before it.
- Read Ruth's rule like a quote from someone you respect. Slow down on 'more confused than they walked in' so it sounds like a family motto, not ad copy.
- The tagline 'Fixing things since the spoon' only works if the listener remembers the spoon. Deliver it with knowing warmth, like an inside joke you now share.
Try it three more ways
- Read it as one of Ruth's daughters, now running the company, telling the story at a new store opening.
- Read it as a big-budget TV brand anthem with music swelling under 'But the rule hasn't changed.'
- Read it as a gruff old hardware clerk who worked beside Ruth for decades and doesn't usually make speeches.
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Frequently asked questions
How long is the "Since the Spoon (Hardware Brand Story)" script?
173 spoken words, about 1 min 9 sec at a conversational 150 words per minute and 1 min 20 sec at a slower 130 wpm. Your take will vary with pauses and character choices.
Can I use this script in my voice acting demo reel?
Yes. SceneDub's original scripts are licensed CC BY 4.0. You can perform, record, edit, and publish them, including in demo reels, classes, and auditions, as long as you credit "Script by SceneDub (scenedub.com), CC BY 4.0" where you share the recording or the text.
How should I practise this script?
Read it silently once, then perform it with the direction above: warm, sincere, lightly humorous, steady, ~140 words per minute. Record a take with the teleprompter, listen back, and try one of the alternate reads to stretch your range.