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 
Here's a fedi-only preview (read: the whole damn thing) of my reading of Nightingales: Fact or Fiction from the Elder Scrolls games 
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 
Succubard Soft Reads:
Nightingales - Fact or Fiction (from The Elder Scrolls)
Was messing around a bit after recording shit and... I've just naturally got a nasally voice, right? I'm trying to figure out how much "nasal" I can actually reduce and how much is just a natural quality of my voice.
Like, I know at the start I'm more nasal than by the end, but even by the end... I'm not sure by how much more I could reduce that.
Just another of my voice works remixed with music (not mine). I appreciated the opportunity for such a passionate read.
Just submitted a bunch of records for the latest Alphabetical podcast over on HitRecord, but this one was my favourite read:
Oh, I also do voice work! A piece I wrote and recorded has been featured on the latest Alphabetical podcast, and I've featured on several previous episodes too!
My record is as 09:15, Transformed. Feedback is very welcome 
Haven't posted a trans voice update on here in a bit.
FAWM has done wonders for me getting familiar with my voice, and today I kinda stumbled on something, and felt like posting an update.
It starts off with a rough femvoice, I then slide into mascvoice, and then slide into an even lighter femvoice
This is the first time I really feel like... oh wow... that's practically usable. Maybe not initially, but the second slip into femvoice especially.
Hey fedi lovelies 
Today's #TransVoiceFriday is unfortunately a rant about so many things going wrong in the world, so please, please don't listen to it if you're not in the right frame of mind for this.
#TransVoice #VoiceTraining #rant #vent #MagnetoWasRight #TransRightsAreHumanRights #trans #transgender #queer #LGBTQ+ #LGBTQIA+ #voice
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgender_voice_therapy
Its time to voice train again!
Here I did some voice training reading this wikipedia this time. Also wow after this my voice is tireddd lol and it doesnt even sound that fem >.< (or maybe im just too hard on myself?) Feedback, encouragement, and people who also want to post along with me reading this article welcome!
#VoiceTraining #TransVoice #Trans
In solidarity with @ChaosKitsune, per her thread here, we thought we'd record the first paragraph from the Wikipedia article on Gamma Rays. It's genuinely a big deal to share your voice online, especially when you've got massive voice dysphoria, so we wanted to show some support.
N.B., Yes: we have massive voice dysphoria ourselves after 3+ years of training, despite the progress we've objectively made.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma_ray
Here I did some voice training reading this wikipedia haha. I kept telling myself id voice train so here is my first attempt in a while. Open to feedback... My gosh its kinda embarrassing to upload this XD
#VoiceTraining #TransVoice #Trans
so #transchat, (i'm starting a new hashtag, boost for exposure?) my original plan was to slowly phase into a new voice over the course of 2025. but i have just watched an inspirational video and decided to make the plan significantly more aggressive in order to make sure i make quick and consistent progress.
rather than a gradual increase in the number of places i use my 'new' voice, i will instead think of it as my real, true to self voice. i will use my 'old' voice when i need to in order to avoid significant embarrassment as i learn the ropes, such as when interacting with customers (but not coworkers, who are very open-minded and understanding). or, if i fuck up and need a break, that's allowed too, so i don't damage my vocal cords.
i'm actually really excited about this. i think it will help me get to where i want to be far faster. if anyone ever wants to hop on a signal call with me and give me pointers, i would love that!
#trans #transvoice
Not sure if this really counts as a #TransVoiceFriday recording 
Fedi can have it anyway For morale 
Any suggestions for gibberish text like the Harvard Sentences to train one's voice on? After more than a year, the repetition is getting to me.
I've tried reading from books, but when the text has meaning, I can't help focusing more on producing a good dramatic recitation rather than the mechanics of producing the sound. Maybe that's a good thing, and more like real life; I don't know.
I've progressed, but I feel like I've plateaued. Any tips welcome.
It's 2 days late, but here's a belated #TransVoiceFriday recording... on a Sunday... so, #TransVoiceSunday, we guess?
i feel like i have to go back into voice training… like i sound hollow even though i get gendered correctly on the phone. Like in the past few years i never got misgendered by my voice, but i do feel like i sound hollow…..
i want to sound fem and not a hollow from bleach
Hey folks
It's trans voice Friday, so here's another rambling, tired voice recording for y'all to listen to if you want.
In case anyone cannot access the alt text, we've added the full transcript below (generated via audio-to-text).
Hey folks! SleepyCatten here. I'm just gonna do a very quick Trans Voice Friday recording as our brain is incredibly tired right now and we can barely hold any thoughts straight. Which is quite funny because we're not straight in the slightest. Anyway, I had a really nice electrolysis session today for two main reasons. One, because the numbing cream we used was so good that we barely felt anything. We've modified some J-Cain cream with some IPM, which increases the absorption and moisturization effect. Basically it's not technically a penetration enhancer, but it acts like one in many ways. And um... Also because we were talking about voice and voice feminization surgery with our electrolytist. And then we asked her, have you ever heard our voice like what it sounded like roughly before? And she said she hadn't. So I said, do you want to? We said sure. And then I just dropped my voice down here and she was like: "No way! That can't have been your voice beforehand!" And it's not quite my voice beforehand because it's an approximation. Now, it's just pushing our voice down lower and it wasn't quite where we were. But it is interesting to see how far we've come. Um, albeit it's nearly three years of voice training now and that's how far we've managed. Anyway, take care all. Bye.
Hey folks
We've actually done an unwritten, off-the-cusp trans voice Friday recording today
We've not listened back to it, because voice dysphoria, but we've added full alt text.
In case you're wondering how we've done that without listening back to it, we've once against used an amazing tool called Subtitle Edit, which has audio to text functionality via the Whisper speech recognition engine.
We used the large-v3 model, which is about 3.1 GB, but gives incredibly accurate transcription.
In case anyone can't access the alt text, we've added the full transcript below too.
#TransVoiceFriday #TransVoice #voice #VoiceFeminisation #VoiceFeminization #VoiceTraining #trans #transgender #TransFem #VoiceDysphoria #SubtitleEdit #PurfviewWhisper #AudioToText #SpeechToText #SpeechRecognition
Hey folks, I know that we haven't done a voice note in forever, and that's been for a multitude of reasons, some of which are related to mental health, some of which are related to work, stress, anxiety, depression, etc, things like that, which comes under mental health anyway, yeah, partly due to poor time management, yay for being AuDHD! But not gonna lie, some of it does come down to underlying voice dysphoria, because this is the best we've managed to get since December 2021. And just for anyone who hasn't heard roughly what we sounded like beforehand, we haven't exactly moved our voice up a lot. I mean, the base level would just be down here. So I can move my voice back up here easily now, and this is the comfortable, this is the default voice. But, um... It's not where I want it to be, it's not in the female range, and I can't easily push the pitch up higher without it sounding wrong. But yeah, there's been a lot of stuff going on recently, um, a lot of bad stuff for everyone, don't want to talk about all of that. But, um, let's just focus on supporting each other, helping each other, um, being kind to ourselves and others right now, and being compassionate and empathetic. That's all I've really got to say. I'm trying to do the same thing with ourselves, but yeah, it's hard sometimes. Anyway, ta-ta for now.
I kinda just wanted to wait, because my voice is fatigued from going so hard yesterday, and I wanted my voice to be in the best shape it could be in before doing a demo post-plateau... but damn... After this test recording I was just too excited. (Sorry about mouth noises)
