Domer Voices

Once in a long ago time at the SDMB, someone created a site where posters could leave audio messages - the point was to hear the actual voices of people that we had been interacting with. I still remember matt_mcl's cute little Canadian voice. I thought it might be kinda cool if we could do this here, and put voices to our names and personalities. I'm sure there is a super easy way to do it but I don't know it because I am hurr durr.

Does this sound interesting to anyone else? What's the best way to set something like that up? Please respond I feel like an idiot.

Alright, I made a .wav file of me reading a poem. I need somewhere to upload it to, though.

Here is mine:

http://www.box.net/shared/5vd95dco8c

(Btw. signing up for box.net is pretty painless. It doesn't require any personal info beyond an email address which apparently they don't even verify.)

Fantastic!

I'll hook up with box.net once I think of something to say. :|

Here's my voice.

P.S. If this thread sinks like a stone I shall kill myself.

I love!!!1! this idea. Please, wanna hear more from y'all.

I will get some help to record mine as soon as I can.

Here is a snippet from my college radio days.

We did some readings of the Gettysburg Address for a accent-comparing thread on the Dope. Here I am.

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Originally posted by Julie

We did some readings of the Gettysburg Address for a accent-comparing thread on the Dope. Here I am.

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Julie, were you purposely pitching your voice in a bit of a whisper or are you really that soft-spoken?

If I remember correctly, I was talking on the low side of normal. I tend to be one of those people who gets asked to speak up.

How do you record your voice and get it uploaded so people can hear it online? Then you can all hear my cute little Western Canadian accent. :) I also see that some have play and download, and some just have download. I don't really want to download, if it's all the same.

ETA: You all have accents!

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Originally posted by Myrnalene

Here's my voice.

P.S. If this thread sinks like a stone I shall kill myself.

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Your voice is great. Very smooth and clear

Voice, picture, the works.

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Originally posted by silenus

Voice, picture, the works.

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Well, darn! I was hoping to hear what you said were your most-used (or at least most-thought if not most-spoken) comments --

In response to Featherlou claiming that soon she was going to start saying what she was thinking, you said:

I'd do that, but pretty soon people are going to get tired of hearing "I wonder what's for dinner?" and "Nice tits."

Because that reminded me so much of my husband, I emailed it to him. He told me later that it was the funniest thing I ever sent him and that he actually did laugh out loud when he read it.

(I don't know how to link to another post. I've barely learned how to quote the post to which I'm responding. One of these days, I'll advance to the next skill level. Maybe.)

Good speech, silenus.

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Originally posted by silenus

Voice, picture, the works.

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Bah! Nothing like your picture (avatar). :P

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Originally posted by featherlou

How do you record your voice and get it uploaded so people can hear it online? Then you can all hear my cute little Western Canadian accent. :) I also see that some have play and download, and some just have download. I don't really want to download, if it's all the same.

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I recorded mine with the microphone for my computer and it saved it to a .wma format (which I don't know how to convert) which I think is why you have to download mine. (You can just open instead of saving it, though.) Then I went to www.box.net/ and it took like two seconds to set up an account there. All you need to enter is your email address. Then I just uploaded the file. If you already have something saved on your computer with your voice on it you can upload it to box.net and post the link here.

I believe this is the one I used in the past.. Free, though I don't know if it really is necessary for this project.

http://www.wma-mp3.org/

Anyone else?

I don't own a mic, but I'd totally go out an buy one in a couple days and post a clip if you post another one saying "Have you ever fucked a reTARD?" in a bad Austrailian accent. :tongue:

I don't own a mic :(

For British Domers, the British Library tried to record all the accents and dialects within the British Isles at the turn of the Millennium. Here's the sample from the village next to mine (I don't think my accent is exactly like that, though).

Perhaps British Domers without mics can provide similar links?

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Originally posted by CRSP

I don't own a mic :(

For British Domers, the British Library tried to record all the accents and dialects within the British Isles at the turn of the Millennium. Here's the sample from the village next to mine (I don't think my accent is exactly like that, though).

Perhaps British Domers without mics can provide similar links?

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I could not understand 3 out of 4 words that first person said.

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Originally posted by Myrnalene

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Originally posted by CRSP

I don't own a mic :(

For British Domers, the British Library tried to record all the accents and dialects within the British Isles at the turn of the Millennium. Here's the sample from the village next to mine (I don't think my accent is exactly like that, though).

Perhaps British Domers without mics can provide similar links?

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I could not understand 3 out of 4 words that first person said.

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Someone one the Dope got all sneery at me once for saying I had trouble with some accents hailing from the British Isles. Obviously, that person never listened to that clip.

They are doing something like this on the Giraffe Boards, and I recorded my voice for that thread.

http://www.sevengraylands.com/giraffe/badtz_maru.mp3

Hmmmm. I will note that the Giraffe Board thread has 71 replies even though it was started after mine. Come on, Domers, get your voices in here! This means you!

Badtz, you don't sound like I would imagine.

I've been practicing using my reading voice on various stories, here's my recording of 1.1 of Flatland (because it's in the public domain):

http://www.box.net/shared/ghkzfkln93

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Originally posted by Myrnalene

Hmmmm. I will note that the Giraffe Board thread has 71 replies even though it was started after mine. Come on, Domers, get your voices in here! This means you!

Badtz, you don't sound like I would imagine.

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Interesting, how did you expect me to sound? I know my voice is pretty high for a big guy. I can hit the high parts on "Creep" on Rock Band without any trouble. :) I have pretty good range, I can sing low too, but lack control.

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Originally posted by Badtz Maru

Interesting, how did you expect me to sound? I know my voice is pretty high for a big guy. I can hit the high parts on "Creep" on Rock Band without any trouble. :) I have pretty good range, I can sing low too, but lack control.

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I suppose it's because you look a bit like a friend of mine who has a deeper and gruffer sounding voice. Subconsciously I suppose I expected you to sound like him. Also I hear a little Texas but it sounds more Mid-Western-y that I would imagine.

pedescribe, would you be offended if I said you have a cute teenaged voice? :smile:

A slightly different approach: here's one of me singing (video, requires QuickTime). It's not my favorite recording of myself*, but it's the only one that's online. A couple of things:

1. This is the entire commencement ceremony for my university from last year. I sang at the beginning, but the video includes the procession. If you drag the little circle thing so that it's just about at the left edge of the sixth chair from the right, it'll be about in the right place. If you see Chris Matthews speaking, you've gone too far.
2. This video might be replaced by this year's commencement in a month or so. Just in case you're seeing this in a couple of months.

*It's an odd arrangement that starts out really low, pushing the bottom of my range, then it modulates up a major sixth and pushes the top of my range. I was also more nervous than I usually am, since I was singing for rather more people (about 15,000) than I usually do, and Quincy Jones was there.

Boom! Zombie thread.

This is me talking trash about Magnolia. Because it came up in chat and I do not like this movie. I might sound a little slurred, I am not sober.

www.box.net/shared/yssi48yd57

This plays quietly on the website's popup, you'll have to turn up your volume, sorry.

You sound like such a Canadian! And a little bit drunk. :)

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Originally posted by Jeff

This is me talking trash about Magnolia. Because it came up in chat and I do not like this movie. I might sound a little slurred, I am not sober.

www.box.net/shared/yssi48yd57

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Thank you for your contribution. :lol:

Also, you sound exactly like you should.

Thank you! :D

As requested by Myrnalene.........

A dramatic reading!

Sleeps you sound like you have a very soothing Official Nurse's Voice.

Bump! I need to know what you people sound like so I can process your posts properly.

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Originally posted by CRSP

I don't own a mic :(

For British Domers, the British Library tried to record all the accents and dialects within the British Isles at the turn of the Millennium. Here's the sample from the village next to mine (I don't think my accent is exactly like that, though).

Perhaps British Domers without mics can provide similar links?

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This is Geordie, from fairly close to me
It is still a foreign language to me, only been here 30 years.

This one is from Egton, just outside Whitby, where I originate from.

Here I am reading a bit of Chat: http://www.box.net/shared/428i43nhxl

Me reading a poem by Dorothy Parker. Sorry the sound quality is so horrible. I recorded it on my mp3 player which has an awful mic. http://www.box.net/shared/utf581z3sh

Okay, here I come. Here's my "I'm being recorded" voice. I might try a more "Normal" sample later :)

http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=bcda ... f6e8ebb871

This is me narrating. My emphasis is weird as a result. Also, there was alot of background noise so I had to clean it up a bit, which means I lost some quality.

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Originally posted by Myglaren

This is Geordie, from fairly close to me
It is still a foreign language to me, only been here 30 years.

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Scarily, I understood most of that.

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Originally posted by Myglaren

This is Geordie, from fairly close to me
It is still a foreign language to me, only been here 30 years.

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Scarily, I understood most of that.

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You probably have Ant and Dec to thank for that.

I sound like the bastard offspring of Don LaFontaine and Brian Blessed, with a disturbing tendency to revert to Deep South when I'm drunk or angry. I'll not subject y'all to that.

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Originally posted by What Exit?

Here I am reading a bit of Chat: http://www.box.net/shared/428i43nhxl

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I just realized you read chat like you are narrating a baseball game. :lol:

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Originally posted by Myrnalene

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Originally posted by What Exit?

Here I am reading a bit of Chat: http://www.box.net/shared/428i43nhxl

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I just realized you read chat like you are narrating a baseball game. :lol:

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That's exactly what it sounds like. I think he should read more!

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Originally posted by What Exit?

Here I am reading a bit of Chat: http://www.box.net/shared/428i43nhxl

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Your voice is deeper and more authoritative than I imagined. Stentorian, almost. :D

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Originally posted by Julie

We did some readings of the Gettysburg Address for a accent-comparing thread on the Dope. Here I am.

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Sexiest Gettysburg Address evar. :smile:

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Originally posted by Sleeps w/Butterflies

As requested by Myrnalene.........

A dramatic reading!

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Where'd it go?! :dub:

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Originally posted by Myrnalene

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Originally posted by What Exit?

Here I am reading a bit of Chat: http://www.box.net/shared/428i43nhxl

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I just realized you read chat like you are narrating a baseball game. :lol:

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Somehow that figures, though it was not intentional. I'm sure it just came out that way. Lord knows, I have listened to parts of over 4000 games in my life. I also have storytelling mode for when I am making up stories on the fly for my kids or even D&D games.

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Originally posted by OneCentStamp

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Originally posted by What Exit?

Here I am reading a bit of Chat: http://www.box.net/shared/428i43nhxl

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Your voice is deeper and more authoritative than I imagined. Stentorian, almost. :D

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The nasal doesn't come through? I was always bugged by the nasal tone of my voice, not pointdexter bad, but noticeable.

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Originally posted by OneCentStamp

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Originally posted by Julie

We did some readings of the Gettysburg Address for a accent-comparing thread on the Dope. Here I am.

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Sexiest Gettysburg Address evar. :smile:

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You have a beautiful voice Julie, you sound like you could do Ken Burns documentaries.

A couple of days ago in chat, I promised Myrna that I would post to this thread as soon as I could think of something witty to say. Unfortunately, I couldn't think of anything original, so I decided to recite a few of my pimpin' lines from Sleeps's masterpiece, Word. Bitch.

Here we go.

*WILD APPLAUSE*

Freshly-recorded reading of a passage from one of my favorite short stories, The Jilting of Granny Weatherall by Katherine Anne Porter.

Older recording of me singing and playing guitar.

Now to go listen to everyone. :)

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Originally posted by OneCentStamp

Sexiest Gettysburg Address evar. :smile:

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Well, that's not saying much, I hope. "Abe the Babe" is shudder-worthy. :D

Me reading Austin Clarke's The Planter's Daughter.

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Originally posted by An Gadaí

Me reading Austin Clarke's The Planter's Daughter.

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Everybody reading poetry or some other short text, that would make a nice that thread.

Duck goes QUACK!

Fantastic! You should exactly like I imagined.

Ha ha! Thren, you are a stitch!