How Do I Sound?

[Guest 1up]

I've been practising for several months now; vigorously at first, but now not so much - I do speak at a compromise when out and about and am slowly making my default voice more natural as I become more comfortable being myself around others.

How do I sound? What things could you recommend I do to improve?

I could not decide on a sample to post because I'm a perfectionist, so I'll just send you a random one, they're all similar anyway

http://www.mediafire.com/?hifulqpn2mv4zco

[Guest Donna Jean]

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Wow....

I'll give you an "A+" on that ...you sound VERY good...totally passable....

But you need to get rid of the weird accent....

Donna Jean

[Guest sarah f]

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Wow....

I'll give you an "A+" on that ...you sound VERY good...totally passable....

But you need to get rid of the weird accent....

Donna Jean

I agree with Dee Jay in that you pass no problem. The accent thing though will be hard to do considering that is your normal accent. I think you are good to go with this voice.

[Guest 1up]

Haha, thank you very much!

I don't notice any odd accent, so that would have to be my regular one - otherwise how I spoke might have been that I was nervous, or just rambling. I'm curious as to what my accent sound like to you, lol.

[Guest sarah f]

It sounded like Australian to me.

[Paula ult]

For only a couple months practicing you are doing real good, i did notice that your pitch seemed to drop at times, with more practice and awareness that will correct itself.

Paula

[Guest JaniceW]

One of the best Aussie accents I have heard, you've got that accent down pat for sure. You will certainly pass as Australian. Oh you meant the female voice thng, well yes you do sound quite female. Your voice didn't sound strained to me.

[Guest 1up]

^ lol!

Thank you I do notice when my voice falls - i don't often speak in that higher range, that was one of my first recordings in which I found what it sounded like. practise practise practise. lol

[Guest Maria (Hilda)]

Did you record this with Audacity?

Can't run it on my OS.

[Guest 1up]

^ it's WMA - windows media audio, so I guess that means you can't get it to work on anything like a mac.

[JenniferB]

Your resonance definitely sounds female. I agree that sometimes your pitch falls a little too much. Also to me it appears you need to work on your inflection a little more. Generally the you want to hold the long vowels a slight bit longer before saying the next syllable. For example I, be, say, you. Some words are naturally held longer like "not". IMO the best way to learn inflection is to listen to other women speak. You can pick up on the inflections they use. Still you are good in inflections. I don't want to make it sound that I am too critical.I try to listen to inflections all the time and still make many mistakes. It's hard when you have to think of a sentence while you are saying it instead of flowing naturally without thinking.

Still your voice sounds very feminine and I doubt too many people will notice unless they are working on their voice too.

Jenny

[Guest LaurenZell]

TOTALLY sound like a woman! How did you do this?

[Guest Melancholy]

Australian.

But yeah, you sound fine. If I didn't know better I'd say that was a normal girl voice.

[Guest BeatriceT]

Good, how does it feel when you talk? Is it more straining?

[Guest Megan_Lynn]

I agree you sound very female. I personaly think as soon as you are more comfy using this voice the less it will bounce around. confidence plays alot. To an american used to hearing engish spoke a certain way in America yes you have an Ausie acent. Even here in the states you can usualy tell if someone is from the south or north from the way they pronouce things as well as New Jersey ,New York State even Maine have there own lingo. Examples being New Jersey will say wader insted of water...in Maine I as hearing lobsta insted of lobster..these are just some examples. In my opion a female Ausie acent is a very enjoyable to hear but this is just my opion.