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I posted a video of a poem read by me in the entertainment forum.
You're free to laugh I my attempt at poetry reading: I do  ;D

The link is here for your convenience.

https://www.susans.org/forums/index.php/topic,15197.0.html (https://www.susans.org/forums/index.php/topic,15197.0.html)

omg I love that dress

http://s199.photobucket.com/albums/aa85/Keirasthings/?action=view&current=Keira_2007_AlmostFullBodyShot.jpg

You look Marvelous darling!!

Woot Woo! You look absolutely gorgeous  ;)

You actually remind me of keira knightley  ;D

Thanks you all for the compliments about my looks..  ;D
But, now, did my poetry reading, my voice, suck or not  ;)

Quote from: Keira on June 28, 2007, 07:57:10 AM
Thanks you all for the compliments about my looks..  ;D
But, now, did my poetry reading, my voice, suck or not  ;)

Well you know I'll be honest  ;D

It's really good, but needs work. It doesn't sound natural at certain points to me....almost like you are trying too hard. Try to relax a bit and flow more. Your highs are really excellent..like perfect....the deeper tones sound almost like you are going through your nasal passage like you have a cold or a stuffy nose.

Your voice is great!  I have to say I would never know.  And to echo the other girls...I coulsn't resist snooping through the rest of your album  :angel: and you are beautiful!

Charlotte

Lori, I'm reading from the screen, that's were the problem lies  ;D
I should really try to learn it by heart, it would make it a lot better.

That's my natural voice. My voice is THAT high naturally no joke.
If I've got problems with my lows its because I never speak low in conversation, in fact, I can talk even higher than that; I'm comfortable in the high range. In the poetry reading, I'm trying for more much broader range. I noticed that in the start of second sonnet is slightly nasal with a very high pitch, then the nasality fades in 5-6 seconds.

Also, my voice sounds a bit different when recorded through a good mike (I got professional ones) instead of a camera.

I just took a spectrograf to that sample and the FO=270, which is pretty high. My normal everyday voice's FO=235-240.
Minimum pitch 130Hz, maximum pitch 400 Hz, that's quite a speaking range, average deviation around average pitch=50 Hz. Its funny that my minimum pitch is close to the male average and I've got a lot of problem around that pitch.

12% shimmer... GRRR, that's caused my by vocal cord problem, in the morning its around 7%. This makes the raspiness in my voice.
The stats come from the free spectograf, Praat

Quote from: Keira on June 28, 2007, 08:34:59 AM

Lori, I'm reading from the screen, that's were the problem lies  ;D
I should really try to learn it by heart, it would make it a lot better.

Maybe you are just nervous :P

Camera shy? I bet knowing it by heart and the second go around when you are more relaxed will even the lows out.

I think this is a great thread and something that I think is so important.  All too often we see threads about HRT and what to expect when, which is useful, however, I think something along these lines is such a fantastic tool.

We had a thread awhile back with diferent voice samples and it would be nice if we could dig it up and the girls could update us on progress.  I am one of those girls and would be happy to let people hear what I sound like (I have been slacking a bit but I am better)

Charlotte

Keira
You sound great. If anyone else heard you without knowing in advance that you were demonstrating your voice for us, I don't think they would give your voice pitch a second guess.
Let me add that you look great as well.

Deb

I would never guess, Keira. Your voice sounds natural to me.

Dennis

Quote from: Dennis on June 28, 2007, 09:32:06 AM
I would never guess, Keira. Your voice sounds natural to me.

Dennis

I agree