As I work to find my female voice, could it also be possible to learn an accent as well? And if I were to learn an accent would it be a good idea to use it everyday as my default accent instead of my stupid American accent? Also, will I be able to fix my mumbling, I have found that as I have graduated high school that I have become quite lazy with how I speak.
It sounds like you have several choices to make. I have found that in developing the character of Anne there are so many fun choices; fashion style, accessories, shoes, hair style, makeup look, etc.. And I certainly haven't chosen just one of each of those. Why do you need just one voice or accent? I like to play with accents in both of my gender presentations. My favorites are Irish, Latin, and southern US varying between Virginia and Georgia. All of these to go with a US Midwestern neutral. I choose which depending upon my audience and the topic at hand. This is just another opportunity to enjoy the wonders of life. Anne
I am profoundly deaf. If I can imitate accents of different parts of the world, so can you! You just have to develop awareness of the different sounds and the mouth positions to make them happen. Understand, I had speech therapy growing up, so it might benefit to have speech therapy in order to help you understand better how sounds are classified (velar, palatal, retroflex, dental, etc.), the differences (d is a voiced consonant, whereas t is exactly the same thing, only it is not voiced, and there are 4 ways to do the letter t, plus the double tt), and how to make these sounds by looking at mouth charts that help you how to position your tongue for various sounds. It is why I can imitate a country drawl, Native American Hispanic speakers, Indian speakers (whether English, Hindi, or Sanksrit), and some rudimental, easily-observed aspects of European language speakers.
If I can do it, you can too!