#transvoicefriday — Public Fediverse posts

#TransVoiceFriday on a Friday for once. More HitchHiker's dialogue.

I seem to have settled in a place that a few months ago I would have been entirely pleased with, but now of course sounds nowhere near good enough.

#TransVoiceFriday on a Friday for once. More HitchHiker's dialogue.

I seem to have settled in a place that a few months ago I would have been entirely pleased with, but now of course sounds nowhere near good enough.

#TransVoiceFriday on a Sunday this week is more from A Study in Scarlet. By concentrating on weight and resonance in that order (pitch be damned), I feel a little more confident at hitting a place that I don't hate, but still have trouble sustaining it over five minutes without getting the wobbles.

https://archive.org/details/20260724-study-in-scarlet

#TransVoiceFriday on a Sunday this week is more from A Study in Scarlet. By concentrating on weight and resonance in that order (pitch be damned), I feel a little more confident at hitting a place that I don't hate, but still have trouble sustaining it over five minutes without getting the wobbles.

https://archive.org/details/20260724-study-in-scarlet

A record-setting #TransVoiceFriday on a Wednesday, as I haven't been feeling quite the thing lately. "This be the Verse" by Philip Larkin, so language warning. Nice and quick; one take. Well, less than five takes. Probably.

A record-setting #TransVoiceFriday on a Wednesday, as I haven't been feeling quite the thing lately. "This be the Verse" by Philip Larkin, so language warning. Nice and quick; one take. Well, less than five takes. Probably.

For #TransVoiceFriday on Saturday, some more banter from Douglas Adams, heavily abridged.

I can't remember noticing just how many unfunny and tedious digressions Adams put into the book adaptions during any of the many re-readings in my youth. Completely ruins the flow and the comic music of the radio and TV scripts. (Doesn't ruin the movie for me; the movie ruined the movie.)

https://archive.org/details/20260711-h2g2-dont-panic

For #TransVoiceFriday on Saturday, some more banter from Douglas Adams, heavily abridged.

I can't remember noticing just how many unfunny and tedious digressions Adams put into the book adaptions during any of the many re-readings in my youth. Completely ruins the flow and the comic music of the radio and TV scripts. (Doesn't ruin the movie for me; the movie ruined the movie.)

https://archive.org/details/20260711-h2g2-dont-panic

For #TransVoiceFriday on a Saturday, here's a few pages of transcript from the CEO of Coles Group being very lightly grilled by counsel for the Australian Competition Cargo Cult in 2004. Well, I think the interminably tedious Yes Minister non-answering of questions is hilarious, anyway. YMMV.

https://archive.org/download/20260704-coles/20260704-coles.mp3

Slightly abridged. https://www.accc.gov.au/system/files/transcript-supermarkets-inquiry-coles-21-november-2024.pdf

For #TransVoiceFriday on a Saturday, here's a few pages of transcript from the CEO of Coles Group being very lightly grilled by counsel for the Australian Competition Cargo Cult in 2004. Well, I think the interminably tedious Yes Minister non-answering of questions is hilarious, anyway. YMMV.

https://archive.org/download/20260704-coles/20260704-coles.mp3

Slightly abridged. https://www.accc.gov.au/system/files/transcript-supermarkets-inquiry-coles-21-november-2024.pdf

#TransVoiceFriday on a Sunday this week is readings from my first ADHD diagnosis, otherwise known as my high school report from July 1987.

#TransVoiceFriday on a Sunday this week is readings from my first ADHD diagnosis, otherwise known as my high school report from July 1987.

For #TransVoiceFriday on a Saturday this week, I fished out a 3-year-old recording (i.e. on HRT, but a few months before going 24/7), redid it, and cut together a to-and-fro before-and-after.

I've tried this sort of thing before, and been utterly disheartened to find I can't hear any progress. This time I could do so (YMMV). Still: not a lot to show for 3 years! Heigh-ho.

For #TransVoiceFriday on a Saturday this week, I fished out a 3-year-old recording (i.e. on HRT, but a few months before going 24/7), redid it, and cut together a to-and-fro before-and-after.

I've tried this sort of thing before, and been utterly disheartened to find I can't hear any progress. This time I could do so (YMMV). Still: not a lot to show for 3 years! Heigh-ho.

I've been coughing and wheezing all week, so I've not been practising. A very perfunctory #TransVoiceFriday on Saturday this week.

I've been coughing and wheezing all week, so I've not been practising. A very perfunctory #TransVoiceFriday on Saturday this week.

I've been ill all week with a cold, so my voice is even more hoarse than usual. I thought I'd take advantage of that to do some character work for #TransVoiceFriday.

As it happens I was so fixated on not bursting into a coughing fit that I kept dropping the accent.

https://archive.org/download/20260429-study-in-scarlet/20260429-Study_in_Scarlet.mp3

If you're wondering why my policeman has a North London accent, it's because I hadn't realised that the Brixton Rd was in South London — in and around the environs of Brixton, in fact.

I've been ill all week with a cold, so my voice is even more hoarse than usual. I thought I'd take advantage of that to do some character work for #TransVoiceFriday.

As it happens I was so fixated on not bursting into a coughing fit that I kept dropping the accent.

https://archive.org/download/20260429-study-in-scarlet/20260429-Study_in_Scarlet.mp3

If you're wondering why my policeman has a North London accent, it's because I hadn't realised that the Brixton Rd was in South London — in and around the environs of Brixton, in fact.

In "celebration" of Towel Day on Tuesday, I commit another #TransVoiceFriday.

https://towelday.org/

In "celebration" of Towel Day on Tuesday, I commit another #TransVoiceFriday.

https://towelday.org/

This #TransVoiceFriday was accompanied by the revelation that I think the root of my problem is that I have been breathing wrong. Very wrong. Possibly through my ears.

This would account for the fact that everything I say sounds like a dog whimpering, or the strangulated final words of a grizzled old cowboy unexpectedly shot in a saloon just as he raises a drink to his lips, before giving a last, longing look to his glass and dropping from his stool to the sawdust.

https://archive.org/download/20260515-study-in-scarlet/20260515-Study_in_Scarlet.mp3

This #TransVoiceFriday was accompanied by the revelation that I think the root of my problem is that I have been breathing wrong. Very wrong. Possibly through my ears.

This would account for the fact that everything I say sounds like a dog whimpering, or the strangulated final words of a grizzled old cowboy unexpectedly shot in a saloon just as he raises a drink to his lips, before giving a last, longing look to his glass and dropping from his stool to the sawdust.

https://archive.org/download/20260515-study-in-scarlet/20260515-Study_in_Scarlet.mp3

A little late, here's this week's dose of #TransVoiceFriday self-flagellation.

I despair at ever sounding any better; it all still sounds like a dying wheeze. I'm not even all that fussed about sounding pleasant. If I could just produce reliably comprehensible words, that would be a huge step forward.

Also, I've found that none of the fiction I read in my youth comes remotely near passing the Bechdel test.

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Beeton%27s_Christmas_Annual/A_Study_in_Scarlet/Part_1/Chapter_3

A little late, here's this week's dose of #TransVoiceFriday self-flagellation.

I despair at ever sounding any better; it all still sounds like a dying wheeze. I'm not even all that fussed about sounding pleasant. If I could just produce reliably comprehensible words, that would be a huge step forward.

Also, I've found that none of the fiction I read in my youth comes remotely near passing the Bechdel test.

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Beeton%27s_Christmas_Annual/A_Study_in_Scarlet/Part_1/Chapter_3

I'm late for #TransVoiceFriday, which is particularly egregious because I already had something recorded. Someone at #3CR was collecting anecdotes from trans people about how they chose their name, so I put on my posh voice and sent them this.

If you'd like to hear more incisive, socially relevant, quality content like this, I would be remiss if I didn't mention that for the price of a cup of coffee a month, yada yada: https://www.3cr.org.au/subscribe

I'm late for #TransVoiceFriday, which is particularly egregious because I already had something recorded. Someone at #3CR was collecting anecdotes from trans people about how they chose their name, so I put on my posh voice and sent them this.

If you'd like to hear more incisive, socially relevant, quality content like this, I would be remiss if I didn't mention that for the price of a cup of coffee a month, yada yada: https://www.3cr.org.au/subscribe

Been listening to recordings of my voice for the last few days, which is an uncomfortable experience. I sound okay when I'm talking to myself as I potter about the flat (a perfectly normal thing to do, by the way), but there seems to be something about the presence of a microphone.

So I think I should recommit to #TransVoiceFriday, and post a one-take every week, not agonising about getting it perfect. Don't feel obliged to listen, just tell me off if I don't post anything.

Been listening to recordings of my voice for the last few days, which is an uncomfortable experience. I sound okay when I'm talking to myself as I potter about the flat (a perfectly normal thing to do, by the way), but there seems to be something about the presence of a microphone.

So I think I should recommit to #TransVoiceFriday, and post a one-take every week, not agonising about getting it perfect. Don't feel obliged to listen, just tell me off if I don't post anything.

I have ferocious voice dysphoria at the moment, and the only way I can think of dealing with it is by committing to a program of regular public humiliation, otherwise known as #TransVoiceFriday

Today's reading comes from the book of Adams I, chapter 1, and demonstrates how far I haven't progressed in two and a half years.

I have ferocious voice dysphoria at the moment, and the only way I can think of dealing with it is by committing to a program of regular public humiliation, otherwise known as #TransVoiceFriday

Today's reading comes from the book of Adams I, chapter 1, and demonstrates how far I haven't progressed in two and a half years.

It's a #TransTimeline #TransVoiceFriday! A recording from June last year spliced with one from just now.

I have to say that for 12 months of not very dedicated work, I'm a bit underwhelmed, but at least I've not gone backward.

Different mics, so it's not entirely a fair comparison, but I was at least equally self-conscious on both occasions.

It's a #TransTimeline #TransVoiceFriday! A recording from June last year spliced with one from just now.

I have to say that for 12 months of not very dedicated work, I'm a bit underwhelmed, but at least I've not gone backward.

Different mics, so it's not entirely a fair comparison, but I was at least equally self-conscious on both occasions.

Because @miriamrobern has stepped up to the plate with an utterly enchanting #TransVoiceFriday, I feel obliged to provide some fingernails-down-a-blackboard contrast.

This is an excerpt from a 14th century poem that @tillybridges read on her podcast over a year ago, which she in turn got from @TheRaDR

I've tried to record it multiple times, but on the first couple of takes I burst into tears and after that my voice is gone. This time is no exception. Enjoy.

https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/115323?lang=bi

Because @miriamrobern has stepped up to the plate with an utterly enchanting #TransVoiceFriday, I feel obliged to provide some fingernails-down-a-blackboard contrast.

This is an excerpt from a 14th century poem that @tillybridges read on her podcast over a year ago, which she in turn got from @TheRaDR

I've tried to record it multiple times, but on the first couple of takes I burst into tears and after that my voice is gone. This time is no exception. Enjoy.

https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/115323?lang=bi

What's this, a super late submission to #TransVoiceFriday? It's been a while, folks, but for reasons I can't quite explain I decided to record myself reading one of my favourite poems, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, by T.S. Eliot.

This poem is eggy as fuck, just sayin.

I often quote snippets of this poem in everyday life. Nobody gets the reference, and that's okay.

#MimsyEggsEverything

What's this, a super late submission to #TransVoiceFriday? It's been a while, folks, but for reasons I can't quite explain I decided to record myself reading one of my favourite poems, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, by T.S. Eliot.

This poem is eggy as fuck, just sayin.

I often quote snippets of this poem in everyday life. Nobody gets the reference, and that's okay.

#MimsyEggsEverything

Without claiming that there aren’t obvious things to improve or that it is “finished”, I just decided that the current version of my “Free 🏳️‍⚧️ Voice Training”-software (FTVT) is ready for a 2.0.0 release:

You can find my instance of it here.

This version is essentially an improvement over what was there before in just about every way:

First of all, it actually has a version-number! The reason this is version 2.0.0 and not 1.0.0 is simply that the older version of the software was for so long in actual use that calling it anything less than 1.0 would feel wrong, but there were also significant enough changes to make this a major release. That’s why it is 2.0.

On the user-facing side the most obvious change is the massively improved design. Just compare the version on the flagship-instance with the older version that is for now still available here.

But that’s not the only thing: There is now explicit support for this to be installed as a progressive web app (PWA), which makes it almost like a normal app on mobile devices. In particular this also means that it is now much easier to use it offline: While it was always intentionally possible to download the files and open the entire thing via file:///…, installing a PWA might be a bit easier on mobile, improving the accessibility. (It might also allow to add it to fdroid, I’ll see about that at a later point in time).

Now, a PWA of course has the issue that it leaves traces in the browser, but it may reduces traces left on the web, and if you don’t religiously clean your browsing history anyways, it’s possible to see where you were if you get access to it, so it’s not too bad of a trade-off.

Speaking of traces: It’s now possible to store settings in the local storage of the browser. So far this is largely inconsequential, but for a future version I want to add the ability to store the recordings as well! Of course all of that is strictly opt-in. If you don’t do anything the app won’t leave any traces on your browser that your browser doesn’t create anyways.

That said, there are also significant improvements on the software-side of things: Not only did I improve the quality of the code-base by a lot (still not great though!), I also replaced most of the previous super-sketchy build-system with something slightly less so to the point where others might even be interested in having a look at it: esbuild for bundling, currently run by makefiles. I still refuse to let most other javascript-code near it, but esbuild seems established enough for me to be willing to risk using it.

So, if you need a voice-recorder that is specifically made for trans voice training and puts a huge focus on user privacy, give it a try, for example on the next #TransVoiceFriday! 😊

#trans #transgender #voicetraining #transvoicetraining #transfem #transmasc #FTVT #FreeTransVoiceTraining

Without claiming that there aren’t obvious things to improve or that it is “finished”, I just decided that the current version of my “Free 🏳️‍⚧️ Voice Training”-software (FTVT) is ready for a 2.0.0 release:

You can find my instance of it here.

This version is essentially an improvement over what was there before in just about every way:

First of all, it actually has a version-number! The reason this is version 2.0.0 and not 1.0.0 is simply that the older version of the software was for so long in actual use that calling it anything less than 1.0 would feel wrong, but there were also significant enough changes to make this a major release. That’s why it is 2.0.

On the user-facing side the most obvious change is the massively improved design. Just compare the version on the flagship-instance with the older version that is for now still available here.

But that’s not the only thing: There is now explicit support for this to be installed as a progressive web app (PWA), which makes it almost like a normal app on mobile devices. In particular this also means that it is now much easier to use it offline: While it was always intentionally possible to download the files and open the entire thing via file:///…, installing a PWA might be a bit easier on mobile, improving the accessibility. (It might also allow to add it to fdroid, I’ll see about that at a later point in time).

Now, a PWA of course has the issue that it leaves traces in the browser, but it may reduces traces left on the web, and if you don’t religiously clean your browsing history anyways, it’s possible to see where you were if you get access to it, so it’s not too bad of a trade-off.

Speaking of traces: It’s now possible to store settings in the local storage of the browser. So far this is largely inconsequential, but for a future version I want to add the ability to store the recordings as well! Of course all of that is strictly opt-in. If you don’t do anything the app won’t leave any traces on your browser that your browser doesn’t create anyways.

That said, there are also significant improvements on the software-side of things: Not only did I improve the quality of the code-base by a lot (still not great though!), I also replaced most of the previous super-sketchy build-system with something slightly less so to the point where others might even be interested in having a look at it: esbuild for bundling, currently run by makefiles. I still refuse to let most other javascript-code near it, but esbuild seems established enough for me to be willing to risk using it.

So, if you need a voice-recorder that is specifically made for trans voice training and puts a huge focus on user privacy, give it a try, for example on the next #TransVoiceFriday! 😊

#trans #transgender #voicetraining #transvoicetraining #transfem #transmasc #FTVT #FreeTransVoiceTraining

So, I've been keeping snippets of my voice training recordings so I could listen back to them to track my progress. I recorded a little before and after. The before was after about 2 weeks of daily training.

#TransVoice #TransVoiceFriday (Just not on Friday. Whoops. Sorry. I'm breaking the rules)

So, I've been keeping snippets of my voice training recordings so I could listen back to them to track my progress. I recorded a little before and after. The before was after about 2 weeks of daily training.

#TransVoice #TransVoiceFriday (Just not on Friday. Whoops. Sorry. I'm breaking the rules)

Oh, huh, well this is convenient :cat_giggle: Here's a fedi-only preview (read: the whole damn thing) of my reading of Nightingales: Fact or Fiction from the Elder Scrolls games :bear_love:

Unlike my previous two videos (https://cutie.city/@OctaviaConAmore/114142926310492434), this one was recorded from scratch instead of clipped from one my twitch streams, so there are fewer errors in the reading as well as a bit better sound treatment on the audio file :shiba_love:

Succubard Soft Reads:
Nightingales - Fact or Fiction (from The Elder Scrolls)

#TransVoice #TransVoiceFriday #ElderScrolls #Skyrim #Bookstodon #Trans

Oh, huh, well this is convenient :cat_giggle: Here's a fedi-only preview (read: the whole damn thing) of my reading of Nightingales: Fact or Fiction from the Elder Scrolls games :bear_love:

Unlike my previous two videos (https://cutie.city/@OctaviaConAmore/114142926310492434), this one was recorded from scratch instead of clipped from one my twitch streams, so there are fewer errors in the reading as well as a bit better sound treatment on the audio file :shiba_love:

Succubard Soft Reads:
Nightingales - Fact or Fiction (from The Elder Scrolls)

#TransVoice #TransVoiceFriday #ElderScrolls #Skyrim #Bookstodon #Trans

It's #TransVoiceFriday, and in the absence of any better ideas here's another bit of Hitchhikers' chosen at random.