Subject: Re: One's own voice (continued) From: Martin Braun <nombraun@xxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:14:57 +0200 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>Kevin and others, good question. It's this type of question that keeps science alive. My suggestion would be that voice imitators do not imitate the power spectrum of a voice that they hear. Instead they try to imitate its most striking characteristic features. You have an analogue in caricature drawing of well-known faces. These drawings are very far from naturalistic, but the drawn persons can usually be recognized instantaneously. Martin --------------------------------------------------------------------- Martin Braun Neuroscience of Music S-671 95 Klässbol Sweden web site: http://w1.570.telia.com/~u57011259/index.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Austin" <kevin.austin@xxxxxxxx> To: <AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 5:03 AM Subject: One's own voice (continued) > This idea continues to roam around my mind. My consideration now is as > follows: If the reason for 'not recognizing' ones own voice (or not > liking it) from a recording is that the 'sound' is largely from bone > conduction, then I'm trying to figure out how it would be possible to > imitate another voice. > > Someone says the word "shore" to me, and when I imitate it, the "version" > I hear would be largely from bone conduction, and so I would adjust my > speech to adjust for the 'bone conduction filtered' version of the sound > that I hear when I say it. How could I adequately match an accent or > voice, if I don't hear the sound "as I make it". > > I'm sorry if this is a vague idea, but I tried to imagine a machine- > model, and the model wouldn't work. > > > Best > > Kevin