The 'How Old Do I Sound?' Thread

[Elis]

https://www.dropbox.com/s/x20u44krrydqb7p/20160223_175933.mp4?dl=0

Here's a better recording.

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You sound more like mid twenties to early thirties than early twenties to me.  I'm 30 myself, and I would assume you're in my age range from your voice.

For me you sounds like you're between 38 and 40.

Thanks for the evaluations.
This would explain the looks I get from people, apparently I look anywhere from a bit to a lot younger than I sound, haha.

Elis, I'm no good with ages but your voice sounds like a young male's to me. And you're only three months in, that bodes well.

[FtMitch]

https://www.dropbox.com/s/x20u44krrydqb7p/20160223_175933.mp4?dl=0

Here's a better recording.

Thanks Ellis!  You sound like a young male to me, maybe 14 or 15.  Definitely passable in my opinion!

[Elis]

https://www.dropbox.com/s/11bhv4jk0z6qmwi/20160402_130225.mp4?dl=0

This is me 5 months on T. Maybe a slight change since a 2 months ago but I hate how I still sound like a 14yr old boy  . I'm still hoping that I'll wake up one day and my voice will sound age appropriate.

[FtMitch]

You're sounding good to me, man!  Much better than I am, IMHO.  I am 5 months and one week on T, and I sound like this:

http://vocaroo.com/i/s0Ayt2aPFMmx

It's WAY better than pre-T, but I still don't think I sound like a dude. 

My voice one week on T (basically pre-T):

http://vocaroo.com/i/s16IEsKZG7wI

[Jonathan L]

Woah, you guys both sound awesome to me! I'm terrible at guessing age from voices, though.

[Elis]

You're sounding good to me, man!  Much better than I am, IMHO.  I am 5 months and one week on T, and I sound like this:

http://vocaroo.com/i/s0Ayt2aPFMmx

It's WAY better than pre-T, but I still don't think I sound like a dude. 

My voice one week on T (basically pre-T):

http://vocaroo.com/i/s16IEsKZG7wI

Thanks Mitch . You still sound very masculine and it's a huge difference to how you sounded pre T. I wish I kept my voice recording from then but I was so self conscious about my voice.

[Elis]

Woah, you guys both sound awesome to me! I'm terrible at guessing age from voices, though.

Thanks Jonathan . It's probably all in my head that my voice sounds terrible.

[DarkWolf_7]

As for above me I would say 14-15 year old boy but most people do when at the beginning of T. After all you are little less than half year into puberty. I am not expecting to sound much older than at until few years on T.

This is me close to 10 months on T reading from a book:
http://vocaroo.com/i/s1W3RHWfCKYU

[TransAm]

I used to hang out on this forum a few years ago (2012, I guess?) when I was really struggling to try and discern whether or not medically transitioning was appropriate for me. I left for a long period of time and completely forgot every bit of my login information.

Anyway, I finally began the process towards the latter end of 2015, opting to undergo top surgery before beginning HRT. I feel that the choice was correct for me (I was... 'gifted' with impossible-to-bind, very 'lifted' sweater calves) and I'm also very happy with the results I received from my top surgeon in MN.
Though I've been pleased with how my transition has been going, I've lately hit sort of an unexpected roadblock. I'm still very early into the process (6 months on T, 7 months post-op) and even though some things feel like they moved INCREDIBLY fast, others feel like waiting around for tar pitch to drop.
I haven't been misgendered since I was about one month into the HRT. It was... strange, exhilarating and unlike anything I'd ever felt. Pre everything, I was called by male pronouns probably 60% of the time in the general public. Now, I'm positive that I'd get called out if I were to even attempt to enter the women's restroom.
My hips have shrunk, my upper body has bulked up considerably and I have a lot of new body hair. My facial hair is... eh. It's slow. I get a little bummed when I see dudes that have pretty decent looking amounts six months in.
But, more than that... I feel like I've entered the 'fat face' stage. I heavily work out 4 times a week and I'm in the best shape I've ever been, but my face is wide as hell (at least, to me). I've put on 25 pounds since starting T but all my pants fit way looser and I had to go up a size in shirts, so I know I haven't just packed on a ton of fat.
I just definitely feel like I'm in a very awkward stage. Even though I'm very confident in myself these days, more so than I've ever been, I can't help but feel like I'm not 'there' yet. I'm not sure when or if that day will ever come.

But I digress. My voice used to be a large source of stress and general discomfort for me. It was never high-pitched, but it was never pegged as male. Not once.

This me me six months in:

http://vocaroo.com/i/s1IA02ymZSjV

[FtMitch]

Well man, consider yourself lucky because you sound like a grown man in your mid twenties or early thirties to me.  I'm six months in and am lucky to be gendered male by my voice at all, much less tagged an a grown up! 

Edit: is it bad that seeing people so much farther along than me on the same timeline is so depressing?  Seriously, I would give anything to pass more than half the time, which I am lucky to do.    Ugh why isn't patience MY virtue?

[AnxietyDisord3r]

Isn't a fat or wide face a good thing? I see plenty of older cis guys with fat faces (usually they have a spare tire too but let's not get into that).


I am super impatient too!! I've waited 23 years for this, done waiting, why can't it be over now?!

[Jacqueline]

I used to hang out on this forum a few years ago (2012, I guess?) when I was really struggling to try and discern whether or not medically transitioning was appropriate for me. I left for a long period of time and completely forgot every bit of my login information.

Anyway, I finally began the process towards the latter end of 2015, opting to undergo top surgery before beginning HRT. I feel that the choice was correct for me (I was... 'gifted' with impossible-to-bind, very 'lifted' sweater calves) and I'm also very happy with the results I received from my top surgeon in MN.
Though I've been pleased with how my transition has been going, I've lately hit sort of an unexpected roadblock. I'm still very early into the process (6 months on T, 7 months post-op) and even though some things feel like they moved INCREDIBLY fast, others feel like waiting around for tar pitch to drop.
I haven't been misgendered since I was about one month into the HRT. It was... strange, exhilarating and unlike anything I'd ever felt. Pre everything, I was called by male pronouns probably 60% of the time in the general public. Now, I'm positive that I'd get called out if I were to even attempt to enter the women's restroom.
My hips have shrunk, my upper body has bulked up considerably and I have a lot of new body hair. My facial hair is... eh. It's slow. I get a little bummed when I see dudes that have pretty decent looking amounts six months in.
But, more than that... I feel like I've entered the 'fat face' stage. I heavily work out 4 times a week and I'm in the best shape I've ever been, but my face is wide as hell (at least, to me). I've put on 25 pounds since starting T but all my pants fit way looser and I had to go up a size in shirts, so I know I haven't just packed on a ton of fat.
I just definitely feel like I'm in a very awkward stage. Even though I'm very confident in myself these days, more so than I've ever been, I can't help but feel like I'm not 'there' yet. I'm not sure when or if that day will ever come.

But I digress. My voice used to be a large source of stress and general discomfort for me. It was never high-pitched, but it was never pegged as male. Not once.

This me me six months in:

http://vocaroo.com/i/s1IA02ymZSjV

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[Jonathan L]

I'm at that point where I've completely lost the ability to tell if I even sound male, much less how old I sound. Help! http://vocaroo.com/i/s1xdJ2uO0soA

[Dena]

I'm at that point where I've completely lost the ability to tell if I even sound male, much less how old I sound. Help! http://vocaroo.com/i/s1xdJ2uO0soA

That's because you are in the gender ambiguous range for pitch at the moment. Both women and men can fall into this area and how they are gendered is determined by their speech pattern. If you maintain a relatively flat voice it is likely to be gendered male. If there is a good deal of inflection, it would be gendered female. In your case, you are maintaining the relatively flat voice but you have some lower base notes that are starting to creep in as well. I suspend a couple of more months and you won't be questioning which gender it is. By the way, even though the gender might be on the ambiguous side, it is a mature voice and not that of a young boy.

[Jonathan L]

Thanks, Dena! I think you're right about my voice being in an ambiguous range. Weirdly, I think I sound more male when I sing than when I speak. Anyway, I'm curious to see where my voice will end up at the end of this journey.

[Dena]

When you sing, you are eliminating the inflection of a natural voice which forces you more into the masculine domain. When you talk, some of the inflections is present. I would not suggest you attempt to eliminate the inflection at this point because if your voice goes as low as I think it will, the inflection will make your voice a more interesting male voice. Much like a regional accent adds interest to a voice, what you have will do the same.

[WolfNightV4X1]

well since this is up, sure why the he'll not then?

http://vocaroo.com/i/s13ShqUJyIGD

[Dena]

well since this is up, sure why the he'll not then?

http://vocaroo.com/i/s13ShqUJyIGD

Your voice is in the upper end of the male range but clearly male. You have enough inflection in the voice to make it interesting and pleasant to listen to but there is nothing to hint of femininity. As for age, I would say late teens or somewhere in the young adult. It will be interesting to hear a side by side in another 4 months if you have had that much change in only 4 months.