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TRANSGENDER SUPPORT SITE
Learn to talk like a lady
http://heartcorps.com/journeys/voice.htm
We don�t know why anyone other than masculine-sounding women would want to develop a female voice. But then, we�re not messed-up in the head in that way. This site � effectively a promotional shop-front for a mail-order video � aims to coach your larynx into thinking it belongs to a lady.
�Nothing gets you read faster than a voice that doesn't match your appearance,� we are told, though we�d substitute the word �read� for the words �punched and kicked to the floor by skinheads�.
The transsexual behind the site explains his/her own transition from a bloke who dressed like a woman, but sounded like a bloke, to a bloke who dressed like a woman, AND sounded like a woman: �I was working as Melanie, but still going home to my wife as Dave. I decided it was time to go back to my �drab� voice and do Dave again for the night. But when I tried to revert, I couldn't find my old voice! Somehow my whole voice box had been changed to a female form! My wife told me I had darn well better figure out how to get my old voice back before the kids woke up in the morning!� We�ve all been there, right?
�Melanie� goes on to explain how she/he learned to switch her voice button to �female�. She describes techniques tackling resonance, pitch, dynamic range, and enunciation. By the end of the page you too will talk like a proper lay-dee!
WHERE TO BEGIN?
The section on Pitch made us smile. �What Marlene Detrich, Cher, and Bea Arthur have in common?� asks Melanie, before surprising us by explaining it�s their low voice. She/he also has a handy practice phrase for those attempting to change their speech. She/he recommends you adopt the voice of an old man or woman, and say: �The Alludium Q38 Space Modulator.� No � she/he really, really does recommend that.