Poll of the Day > Do you like your voice?

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I'm fine with my voice. It's not deep but also not very high pitched. Of course I have times when my voice can go in that direction but overall it's fine.

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Yes. I'm probably Muad'Dib.

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When I speak, the voice I hear in my head sounds great.

When I listen to a recording of myself speaking, it sounds absolutely nothing like what I hear and I don't like it. Oddly deep and frustratingly monotone even when I know damn well I wasn't speaking in such a way. Like, if I didn't know it was my voice that was recorded, I'd swear it couldn't possibly be me talking, it sounds completely alien to what I personally hear.

No, I have a speech impediment, and sometimes I get the feeling that others think me a fool for this sole reason.
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I don't like my voice, I scare the cat when I sing, but I like my accent.

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I frequently get comments saying I have a great radio voice. Recording lessons and posting them on YouTube for online teaching in the past months has forced me to listen to myself talk. I quite like my voice.

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Si, es muy fuerte. Mucho gusto!

You know Skyrim? That game was based on my voice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip7QZPw04Ks

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It's not bad, but it definitely sounds different in my head than when I hear it recorded.

streamofthesky posted...

When I listen to a recording of myself speaking, it sounds absolutely nothing like what I hear and I don't like it.

While I like my voice it is different in my own head than on a recording or on the phone. I'm indifferent about that though.


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streamofthesky posted...

When I speak, the voice I hear in my head sounds great.

When I listen to a recording of myself speaking, it sounds absolutely nothing like what I hear and I don't like it.

This, then i developed my voice and now it's better

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Its the nicest. I talked to my lawyer on the phone for a few hours one night and I told her before-hand that its a good thing we both have nice phone voices.

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I find my voice a tad robotic and monotonous.
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My normal speaking voice is fine. But, when I talk on a phone or through drive thru speakers, people have told me I can sound like an elderly woman.

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I literally can't hear my own voice when I'm talking most of the time. I hear the words, but not really the actual sound.

When I do hear it, I wonder htf anyone puts up with it. I sound like a literal child. I hate it.

Recordings are the absolute worst. I'd rather die than actually hear my own voice. It annoys me so badly it actually makes me kind of mad.

I think Im indifferent. Plus, I cant really hear my voice. Because Im me, I cant really hear what I sound like normally. So, I can only hear when recorded...
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EclairReturns posted...

No, I have a speech impediment, and sometimes I get the feeling that others think me a fool for this sole reason.

I know a guy with a speech impediment. He was cute. And the speech impediment didnt really make anyone think less of him. And it kind of sounded almost like an accent...

myghostisdead posted...

I don't like my voice, I scare the cat when I sing, but I like my accent.

What kind of accent do you have?
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wwinterj25 posted...

I'm fine with my voice. It's not deep but also not very high pitched. Of course I have times when my voice can go in that direction but overall it's fine.

nah, mine is too soft, especially for being a big black dude.

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ChaosAzeroth posted...

I literally can't hear my own voice when I'm talking most of the time. I hear the words, but not really the actual sound.

When I do hear it, I wonder htf anyone puts up with it. I sound like a literal child. I hate it.

Recordings are the absolute worst. I'd rather die than actually hear my own voice. It annoys me so badly it actually makes me kind of mad.

Lol, that's great.

I don't. While the one I hear in my head is fine. On recordings like YouTube videos and such, my accent is much stronger than I realize and I sound like a dumb ass.

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streamofthesky posted...

When I speak, the voice I hear in my head sounds great.

When I listen to a recording of myself speaking, it sounds absolutely nothing like what I hear and I don't like it.

This. I remember watching a recording of me in high school and the difference was jarring. I asked a classmate if that's what I actually sound like and they instantly said yes. It bothers me anytime I think about it.

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pvegeta posted...

nah, mine is too soft, especially for being a big black dude.

I suppose most folk picture big dudes having a deep voice however with being a wrestling fan I know that isn't always the case. Brock Lesnar comes to mind.


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KogaSteelfang posted...

I don't. While the one I hear in my head is fine. On recordings like YouTube videos and such, my accent is much stronger than I realize and I sound like a dumb ass.

What kind of accent do you have?
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SunWuKung420 posted...

Yes. I'm probably Muad'Dib.

You rock.

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I'm one of those guys.

Yep.

The ones that thought they had a great voice for most of their lives.

I used to sing all the time! I sang at bars, I sang while cooking, I sang randomly when I woke up.

To me, my voice sounded GREAT!! My wife liked me singing, nobody ever said anything about me not having a great voice.

Then a few years ago, there was a singing app on my ipad, you could sing songs with other people. I did it, and then I heard myself singing.

I do not sing well.

I asked friends and they were like "Yeah, but your so enthusiatic" lol.

Nobody, in 40+ years, told my I couldn't sing.

I don't sing much anymore.

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wolfy42 posted...

I don't sing much anymore.

That's a sad story. I certainly don't sound good singing with my monotone voice but I enjoy trying!


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wwinterj25 posted...

That's a sad story. I certainly don't sound good singing with my monotone voice but I enjoy trying!

Prob has more to do with my place in life then the knowledge that my voice sucks, although I'm sure that would have factored in anyway.

I sang when I was happy, which doesn't happen much anymore. No more family, no friends where I live now, and I'm totally isolated down here in the basement. Kinda hard to find reasons to sing lately.

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https://voca.ro/6uQL4Pc7qGB

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It could be better, but I'm OK with it most days.

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LinkPizza posted...

What kind of accent do you have?

Some kind of southern/country hick type. It's not terrible I guess, it's just that I don't hear it when I speak. So it's surprising to hear played back.

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Boston accented gay voice. And yes, I get misgendered everyday on the phone at work, but I play-along. When you're doing medical insurance things, you don't want your homophobic and conservative clients to derail the subject.

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SunWuKung420 posted...

Yes. I'm probably Muad'Dib.

I'm currently reading Dune, it's pretty good

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I feel like I sound like a foul-mouthed female Burt from Sesame Street, so no.

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Muscles posted...

I'm currently reading Dune, it's pretty good

Suggest you read the first book, skip the second and third, and then read the rest.

Wish I had done it that way.

I read dune the first time when I was around 5 years old, I made it through dune, but it was only meh to me at that point. I didn't make it through the second book though.

Went back and read them all a few years later, enjoyed dune alot more (became one of my favorite books) but still wasn't a big fan of the second and I stopped midway through the third.

Was in my teens before I read the rest of them, which get quite good again after the third book (or did for me). Wish I had just skipped book 2 and 3 all together.

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I dont like my voice, especially when I hear it played back on video

I know exactly how my voice sounds because it is exactly my father's. And I don't mean it kind of sounds like it, I mean that even my family members need to see who is talking to know which one of us it is.

That said, I have kind of a stoner surfer dude voice, so not a huge fan. Still, it is oddly relaxing to people so I usually make a good first impression without trying that hard.

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KogaSteelfang posted...

Some kind of southern/country hick type. It's not terrible I guess, it's just that I don't hear it when I speak. So it's surprising to hear played back.

Same, I don't hear it when I speak but when I hear it recorded i'm like "Damn I just sound a like a big indian"

Not that I mind my voice or accent, just surprising how kinda thick it is.

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I want James Earl Jones's voice!!

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https://voca.ro/42tujTXiNbN

Guess my accent isn't that bad. Still weird to picture that voice with my face than the one I hear in my head

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I don't like it. My voice is deep and monotone sounding. I say monotone because I can't really hear my own accent when I talk. I know I have a pretty strong one because I'm from the Caribbean but when I hear my own voice live it all sounds like a drone. Other people tell me I have a sexy voice especially foreigners. They're like I love how you guys (islanders) talk.

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darcandkharg31 posted...

https://voca.ro/42tujTXiNbN

https://voca.ro/jMClHZ0lbSk


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ive grown rather fond of it

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streamofthesky posted...

When I speak, the voice I hear in my head sounds great. When I listen to a recording of myself speaking, it sounds absolutely nothing like what I hear and I don't like it. Oddly deep and frustratingly monotone even when I know damn well I wasn't speaking in such a way. Like, if I didn't know it was my voice that was recorded, I'd swear it couldn't possibly be me talking, it sounds completely alien to what I personally hear.

That's because when you normally hear yourself talk, you receive both sound transferred through your ears externally by air conduction and sound transferred internally through your bones. This bone conduction of sound delivers rich low frequencies that are not included in air-conducted vocal sound. So when you hear your recorded voice without these frequencies, it sounds higher and different. Since your recorded voice does not sound how you expect it to, you dont like it.

This is similar to how we often don't like our own picture. We're used to see ourselves in a mirror, so the image we have of ourselves is mirrored. If you like combing your forelock in a certain direction, other people actually see it in the opposite direction. The same goes for imperfections such as moles, pimples and scars.

LinkPizza posted...

I think Im indifferent. Plus, I cant really hear my voice. Because Im me, I cant really hear what I sound like normally. So, I can only hear when recorded...

So you can't hear yourself when you talk? You should consult a doctor because that's not normal at all.

Krow_Incarnate posted...

https://voca.ro/6uQL4Pc7qGB

Thanks for sharing! Personally, I sound like I'm always constipated: https://voca.ro/2R4Sowzt9m1

Gardens posted...

Boston accented gay voice. And yes, I get misgendered everyday on the phone at work, but I play-along. When you're doing medical insurance things, you don't want your homophobic and conservative clients to derail the subject.

How can you be misgendered if you sound like a gay man? Sounding gay still implies that you sound like a man. Unless you're actually a woman, I don't see how you can be misgendered. Also, a voice can't sound gay, only an accent can. Gays who talk in an effeminate accent can actually sound not gay if they try, just like how a straight man can mimic a gay accent if they want. The gay accent and mannerisms are basically just replicating a type of female speech. Gays who adopted it during their development were subconsciously trying to act female because they felt more closely related to their female peers. The same goes for very tomboyish lesbians, their natural behavior is closer to a male one.

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Paradoxically, when I was undergoing puberty around the time I turned 14, I actually liked my recorded voice more than the one I heard in my head. My voice was just getting deeper, it was when I could no longer shriek like a girl. Since my recorded voice sounded higher, I recognized it more than the one I was now hearing in my head. I hit puberty late and my growth spurt was insane. In primary school (6-12 years old), I was always in the middle in class pictures, i.e. half of my peers (both genders combined) were taller than me. On my first year of high school (12-13 years), many girls were taller than me. A year later and we were equal in height. Another year later and I finally exceeded them but only barely. By the time I reached my maximum height at 16 (yes, that fast), I was now among the tallest. My height is 182 cm (1 cm below 6 ft).

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wwinterj25 posted...

https://voca.ro/jMClHZ0lbSk

Hah, you sound like I'd think you would based off some of the pictures you posted in the past.

Good voice.

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wwinterj25 posted...

https://voca.ro/jMClHZ0lbSk

I knew you were from the UK, but it never dawned on me that you would have a British accent lulz.

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Accrovideogames posted...

That's because when you normally hear yourself talk, you receive both sound transferred through your ears externally by air conduction and sound transferred internally through your bones. This bone conduction of sound delivers rich low frequencies that are not included in air-conducted vocal sound. So when you hear your recorded voice without these frequencies, it sounds higher and different.

But...my recorded voice sounds lower/deeper than what I hear internally....

Since your recorded voice does not sound how you expect it to, you dont like it.

That and I just don't think it sounds as good, objectively.

streamofthesky posted...

But...my recorded voice sounds lower/deeper than what I hear internally....

That's not how frequencies work. We as humans have trouble hearing frequencies that are too low or too high. The rich low frequencies I mentioned being delivered by bone conduction can't normally be heard. They can only be "felt". This is kind of like how most deaf people can still "hear" low frequency sounds. They reverberate in your body. You don't need ears to "hear" those sounds because our ears are incapable of hearing them. When you talk, your voice reverberates in your body and so you can "hear" those low frequencies. When you listen to a record of your voice, you can't hear those low frequencies.

Most deaf people can still hear sounds delivered by bone conduction. These people can actually hear themselves talk, but what they hear is very limited. They don't hear via air conduction, so what they hear is the difference between what you hear when you talk and what you hear when you listen to a record of your voice. Sound also travels in solids, and that's what bone conduction is all about.

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Here is me singing a bit:)

https://voca.ro/dakBQEcfXQR

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wolfy42 posted...

Here is me singing a bit:)

https://voca.ro/dakBQEcfXQR

I feel blessed to have heard that, ty.

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No.

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Hm, ok. It's not really that noticeable here, but here we go.

https://voca.ro/4sYWxZIL55h


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