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Podcast: Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice
Episode: 0973 â The Whining Voice
Description: 2023.08.31 â 0973 â The Whining Voice Whining voiceSymptom: As you might expect, this sound is related to the âunnatural pitchâ described above. It too is a higher-pitched voice, with the added issue of elongated words, especially vowels, and often additional nasality. Those vowels may âwhineâ on a steady pitch, or rise and fall similar to a police siren. Put all that together and the speaker may be perceived as speaking like a petulant child: âI doooooonât waaaaanât tooooooo-erâ.Prescription: ¡        Listening back to a recording of yourself and identifying this issue is the first step to eli...