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| schoenewaelder Diglot Senior Member Germany Joined 5561 days ago 759 posts - 1197 votes  Speaks: English*, French Studies: German, Spanish, Dutch | Message 17 of 23 20 April 2013 at 4:25pm | IP Logged | ||
To me that seems like a fairly normal pitch (for a woman in her early twenties). It is certainly within my hearing range, but I did actually have to play it several times to work out exactly what you were on about, but I think that was at least partly because it was a slightly complicated text (I'm sure it seemed straightforward from your end, but, out of context etc, etc, excuses, excuses). If you're planning on recording any books for librivox, I would definitely listen, but you would need to get a more sensitive microphone. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Bao Diglot Senior Member Germany tinyurl.com/pe4kqe5 Joined 5767 days ago 2256 posts - 4046 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: French, Spanish, Japanese, Mandarin | Message 18 of 23 20 April 2013 at 9:06pm | IP Logged | ||
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I'll turn 30 this year :P Yes, I know the audio quality isn't great, I recorded it on a whim using my phone.
But well then I guess it was mostly an issue of the other speaker's prosody. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Darklight1216 Diglot Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5101 days ago 411 posts - 639 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: German | Message 19 of 23 20 April 2013 at 10:45pm | IP Logged | ||
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I haven't really noticed much of a difference in French as far as my personal comprehension goes. When someone speaks to me, I usually understand regardless of the gender and when I'm listening to media gender, thus far, hasn't make a significant difference.
Almost all of my language exchanges have been with men, in case anyone wants to know. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| montmorency Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4829 days ago 2371 posts - 3676 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Danish, Welsh | Message 20 of 23 23 April 2013 at 7:15pm | IP Logged | ||
That particular woman seems to have a strange way of speaking that I haven't heard before, although I've listened to quite a few German audiobooks. A regional variation? I'm not sure if it's difficult because she's a woman though. In real life (as opposed to audiobooks) I quite often have more problems hearing women than men (even in English) probably because I have age-related high-frequency hearing loss. Unless the woman has a deep, throaty, sexy voice, like Lauren Bacall, Honor Blackman, or Charlotte Green (a one time BBC continuity announcer)! :-) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Tiktok Pro Member United Kingdom Joined 5137 days ago 29 posts - 40 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Estonian Personal Language Map | Message 21 of 23 24 April 2013 at 9:45am | IP Logged | ||
I find Estonian much more comprehensible when the speaker is female than male. I had always assumed that it was because the higher frequencies in female voices were making up for the (concert related) hearing loss that I have in the higher frequencies with the resulting sound seeming more balanced rather than all bass notes and mumbling. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Lemberg1963 Bilingual Diglot Groupie United States zamishka.blogspot.coRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4240 days ago 41 posts - 82 votes Speaks: English*, Ukrainian* Studies: French, German, Spanish, Polish | Message 22 of 23 29 April 2013 at 8:14pm | IP Logged | ||
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I remember reading somewhere it's a combination of clearer enunciation and being more
likeable. It's the reason most voices for GPS systems in cars are female. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Medulin Tetraglot Senior Member Croatia Joined 4669 days ago 1199 posts - 2192 votes Speaks: Croatian*, English, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Norwegian, Hindi, Nepali | Message 23 of 23 29 April 2013 at 8:52pm | IP Logged | ||
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Young actors in Spanish series and sitcoms have pretty bad diction (they could use some accent lessons). Actresses are easy to understand, so are older men. (Overall, the diction is better in dubbed programs than in Spain-made programs, especially when younger actors are concerned). Even my friends from Canary Islands have hard time understanding thick muffled Madrid/Móstoles accents used by Madrid teenage actors in Madrid-made series and sitcoms. Edited by Medulin on 29 April 2013 at 8:55pm 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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