So, I will start this with a little anecdote, My insurance company called me, and when I answered the phone she asked me if my husband could come to the phone lol, so I told her to call back in half an hour. This time a male agent called me, and I tried to talk sounding male since the name on my policy is my old name and I haven't got it changed just yet. So he gives me the reason he is calling and whatnot, asking to schedule a meeting to go over and renew my policy. So after I find a time that works for me he asks me "So Mrs.[oldlastname] do you go by [ex wifes first name] or [ex wifes middle name] so that I know what to tell the receptionist". I didn't know what to say so I said "[ex wife's first name] will not be attending" which confused the heck out of him, but he still set the appointment.
So, since I have been actually using my voice lots on mumble and teamspeak for games (since unlike IRL I pay lots of attention to my voice because they can't see me on comms). I seem to have forgot how to speak male, like I gave it my best attempt and the insurance agent still thought I was female. This makes me happy, but I used to do lots of practice, and it didn't really get that good, but now that I am actually using it, my voice sounds much better and more natural....
This all leads me to think, using your voice seems much more effective than practicing your voice, what do you think?
I would agree with that... I had lots of successful practice sessions, but I never felt they really helped my speaking voice much. I don't think my voice passed that well when I first started presenting as female.
But I forced myself to use the trained voice anyway regardless... and it seemed to work fine. Now, 8 months later, I think it passes pretty well... I'm on the phone all the time at work, and I am always gendered as female. I even listened to myself on my webcam, and didn't think I sounded horrible... not good, not what I want, but not horrible.
So yeah, apparently just using it anyway helps sometimes.
BTW - nice new avatar pic. :)
Same here - did voice lessons but it didn't really start to stick until I went full time. It's painfully obvious when I'm missing the mark - the other day I wasn't paying attention and I got a sir on the phone - so there is more work to be done. I now have an incentive to be more consistent since it is for real now.
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Quote from: Delsorou on November 05, 2014, 05:07:37 PM
I would agree with that... I had lots of successful practice sessions, but I never felt they really helped my speaking voice much. I don't think my voice passed that well when I first started presenting as female.
But I forced myself to use the trained voice anyway regardless... and it seemed to work fine. Now, 8 months later, I think it passes pretty well... I'm on the phone all the time at work, and I am always gendered as female. I even listened to myself on my webcam, and didn't think I sounded horrible... not good, not what I want, but not horrible.
So yeah, apparently just using it anyway helps sometimes.
BTW - nice new avatar pic. :)
Thanks! I try and keep my pics current. I have been talking to a few other people and really it seems use is really better practice, than actual practice sessions.