adjectif ([info]adjectif) wrote,
@ 2005-01-10 09:59:00
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Voice
Voice is one of those critical, often difficult and extremely personal issues for anyone transitioning. It's also one that I find especially interesting due to my interests in linguistics and language. While it was a concern for me, I wasn't too worried as I've always had a pretty good ear for the sounds of language.

A month or so ago I figured out how to produce a reasonably female-sounding voice that didn't sound like a caricature. I played some with using frequency analysis tools (which were fun, but for me, unhelpful). The voice just came to me one night while lying in bed. I'm not yet able to articulate exactly how I'm creating the voice.

In order to give myself tasks in practicing the voice, I'm going to go through my old posts and record readings of them. I'll then post the readings as comments. I suppose that once I finish going through once, I may go back and start again. It should provide an interesting view of the evolution of my voice.

[Edit: Hahaha, practice will I? Okay, so that didn't happen... and I'm not totally happy with where my voice stands today but I am pretty confident that I'll achieve it.]



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Voice
(Anonymous)
2005-01-13 09:01 pm UTC (link)
When I transitioned, I found my voice in a similar way -- it just happened one day! I think that what I do is simply talk from my head as opposed to my chest, if that makes sense. It takes no effort at all (indeed, I now have to make an effort and think about it in order to reach the former lower registers!) and sounds completely natural.

Denise
http://musingsonlifelawandgender.typepad.com/

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