Voice critique/feedback desired

[Guest creatorliz]

Hi everyone.

I'm MTF and 2 months HRT. I've gone through every voice practice resource I can find and am at the point where I can do multiple "female voices", so I'm really just trying to hone in on the one that sounds most natural for myself, so that I can habituate it and strengthen my vocal muscles to make it less straining.

Here's the closest I feel like I've gotten, I'm looking for critiques (harsh/nitpicky is fine) on how natural it sounds:

https://soundcloud.com/elizabeth-larsen/female-voice-analogue-video

I am reading from a voiceover script I wrote for a video I recorded using my male voice several months ago, if you want a comparison:

Thanks so much for your attention.

xoxo Liz

[Guest Kaili]

I thought it was pretty good actually. Especially with such limited practice. Advice I'd offer? Practice more, if you can use it full time for everything then it will become your normal voice. I remember when that happened for me last year. I mean it's really about practice and being able to talk for more than like 5 minutes Keep practicing and rerecord yourself in about a month. Compare.

[Guest chibi_usa]

I thought it was pretty good actually. Especially with such limited practice. Advice I'd offer? Practice more, if you can use it full time for everything then it will become your normal voice. I remember when that happened for me last year. I mean it's really about practice and being able to talk for more than like 5 minutes Keep practicing and rerecord yourself in about a month. Compare.

If you still can't do it that long I reccomend you talk to a friend about something that excites you for a long time. And continue talking about topics that excite you like... everyday. After that you can switch because you memorized the feeling so well.

[Guest Zeda]

Haha, wow! You have an excellent voice. It sounded like you started to feel strain at about 2:00 minutes and it took you a little bit to recover, but you did. It could have been something irritating your throat. I have difficulty when reading dry or technical data because my voice likes to drop down, so that was even more impressive to me o.o I listened to both videos and it sounds so different !

[Guest creatorliz]

Thanks very much, that's all very confirming and great advice! I am trying to practice daily -- mainly by reading things like this, and I'm noticing a lot of progress. Right now I'm concentrating on trying to bring myself consistently to this same voice resonance/pitch zone, and strengthening those muscles. I really do need to start using the voice full time at home around my wife, kids and friends... I want to be really prepared before I go full time at work.