Do you attempt to use a feminine voice?

Hi Catherine,

As I'm just starting to interact with other people, sales assistants, waiters etc., so I have been attempting a femm voice, still needing lots and lots of practice. Takes me back to younger teenage years when my voice was changing LOL.

Need to dig out the Voice Tools app, have you or anyone else used one?

Not found PennyJ's voice yet!

PennyJ

Hi Catherine.

As a child I was always " wound up " at school because of my high girly voice......now it's payback time. No problems here....

The amount of times I have answered the phone at work and been mistaken for female.....something I am quite prepared to live with !!!!!

Grace x

I've tried a couple of times. I just sounds ridiculous so far. I don't go out as Lara though, so It's not a priority for me.

I just pitch my voice a bit higher than usual, and it seems to work. By that I mean it is not unnaturally high so it sounds like falsetto and fake. Fortunately my normal male voice isn't terribly deep.

I've never had any adverse comments about my voice when out and about.

Amy

Catherine I do use and have worked at a feminine voice. Is it perfect… oh hell no. Is it usable… better than nothing. I regularly converse with people in public and although I know my voice is not truly feminine I utilize feminine vocabulary and inflection and it is accepted as such. It does take work and practice but it is so worth it to me as one of the touches necessary to present as a lady.
🍷C

Yes i do i want to be a full woman soon i have to be more feminine.

Not at all. It's quite obvious that I'm a man in a dress, so disguising my voice is pointless. On the rare occasion I go for a walk with my wife, I'll try and look a little more feminine, but this is for her sake more than mine. She doesn't get so anxious if someone passes us. When I'm out on my own, I'm just me in female clothing. I'm fed up of hiding. I am what I am. I refuse to hide in the shadows anymore.

There are some good voice coaching vids out there.

I do try and soften my voice without it sounding too false. I have asked some friends what they thought and they said I have a quiet voice and it is okay. I have to use the phone a lot due to work. If it someone I do not know I introduce myself first and take it from there. I haven't got a perfect voice but I have not has any issues. Some callers are aware of the name and I have had a misgendered 'Thanyou sir' at the end. That's life.

As Abe Lincoln said - You can fool all of the people some of the time, Some of the people all of the time but you cannot lead a horse to water.............or was that Stan Laurel....

Hi Catherine,  I don't have to try very hard.  I usually talk in my normal voice and I still pass.  My voice is in the alto range which is high man, low woman.   When I do want to sound more feminine, I concentrate on holding my head high, stretching the length of my neck and speaking from the top of my throat.  I try to soften it a bit and make sure there is a lilt in my speech pattern.  Definitely DON'T do falsetto (unless you are tying to sing Emotional Rescue like Mick Jagger).  Practice a bit, and you'll find your groove.  Good Luck, Hugs, Krista.

I don't. I don't really try to pass, just try to look classy. I've tried to play with my voice a bit, but it usually just sounds weird. Like you're trying to hard. Also, when I go out, I usually don't talk to people anyway.

Hi Catherine,

I was in the church choir until my voice broke, and I never went back afterwards, so never retrained my voice. Now the pitch can be all over the place, sometimes even quite woman-ish, so I know it's there somewhere. But I'm absolutely not in control, I've no idea how it goes there. But as previously said, that's on the back burner.

Marti xxx

Tried, but to me I sound like the Monty Python Spam sketch.

Connie

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As Olivia Hardy once said, Stanley, that's another fine dress you have got me into!!!

I've always been a low talker and have to repeat myself at times. When I present as female I speak a little softer and try to use words and phrases I think a female would use. I think about how Kathleen Turner or Lauren Becall would sound and try to imitate that speech. Its a work in progress and takes a lot of practice.