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[-] dandelion 2 points 1 month ago

how are you gendered on the phone (and in-person, though this depends a lot more on how you look as well, but if you visually pass the question is how do people gender you when you speak)?

In your clip you are able to speak softly which helps feminize the voice, but I wonder if I'm hearing correctly some weight inconsistencies which are being managed with volume.

There is a quality to the voice that feels a bit boyish to me, but overall I think the voice is on the fem side of androgynous. The stylistics really feminize the voice, even though I don't hear huge expressiveness (no dramatic pitch changes for example) it's not monotone either, and I think I'm hearing sharpness.

I would encourage recording a candid clip of your voice when on the phone or talking to someone else, at normal volumes. You might also try to capture what your voice sounds like when you need to be heard, like across a room or house, or over a din.

Candid clips are better for evaluating where you are really at with your voice, because we can control our voices more when we are reading a passage, and thus the performance is more artificial and will sound different than when just chatting.

Capturing a clip where you have to be louder will help identify places you might need to refine your voice in case there are weight issues at higher volumes.

Regardless, you've done a lovely job and I'm sure it has taken an immense amount of work to get here, so you should feel really great about your voice - to my ear it sounds like a practical voice that isn't overtly imbalanced or unnatural, while still being fem enough to allow you to pass as needed. Lots of people struggle to ever get there.

[-] Kayday@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Thank you for the robust feedback!

How are you gendered on the phone?

Since making this post I have started using it on the phone, and I have not yet been misgendered.

Weight inconsistencies being managed with volume... No dramatic pitch changes...

Yeah I definitely struggle with my range when using this voice. It's getting slightly better, but I have significantly fewer pitches to express myself.

There is a quality to the voice that feels a bit boyish to me

I think I know what you are referring to, but am not sure how to address it ;-;

Candid clip

I will try to upload one later, that would be a good idea!

You've done a lovely job and I'm sure it has taken an immense amount of work to get here

Thank you so much! It hasn't been easy, that's for sure.

[-] dandelion 2 points 4 weeks ago

I think I know what you are referring to, but am not sure how to address it ;-;

honestly I think it might be a combination of pitch falling back and its influence on weight - it just reads a bit heavy to my ears, and there might be some minor inconsistencies with resonance, but honestly I have a hard time separating brightness from pitch perceptually

Feel free to tag me if you make a new recording!

I have significantly fewer pitches to express myself.

same girl, ugh - it is such a huge pain to be unable to be as expressive as I want because my voice will break if it goes to high, and that leads me to become insecure and not even be as expressive as I could be!

I still think within your pitch range you probably have enough room for more pitch variation within the pitches you're speaking at, the clip came across as in that fuzzy area bordering flat or monotone at times (but definitely wasn't monotone, for sure). Regardless it's not that important, stuff like that is far less important than weight and size / resonance.

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