voice;

[mathemagier]

I'm looking for individuals to lend their voices to navigational technology.

Any genders capable of speaking clearly and maintaining a calm, professional tone. Particularly interested in multilingual individuals. This is temporary paid work.

If interested, please respond using the audio function or upload a voice sample.

-Dr. H. Gottlieb


[ooc: feel free to link a character clip or provide a description!]

Comments

VOICE.

[aojona]

What constitutes a professional tone?

[ His tone is so calm it's practically deadpan, which... well, may or may not be appropriate, really. ]

Uh, but... I speak both Spanish and English, if that'd be of any use to you. And even if it is you don't really have to pay me anything.

( OOC: While the clip is about what he sounds like, Pablo's voice more consistently maintains that sort of level monotone the entire time he speaks (always). )

permavoice;

[mathemagier]

Calm, polite speech is considered professional. Your intonation sounds a bit disinterested, but it is rather clear.

Is Spanish a native tongue for you?

[driftsintobuffetline]

What? My voice isn't acceptable?

[mathemagier]

Well I might be able to use your voice for German output, but that would mean you talking at a reasonable and steady volume for awhile.

[suldreen]

I think you would do wonderfully if the blind people need to be warned of something in a way they can't mistake for anything else.

[ This is a compliment, really. ]

[heroforhobby]

[He still has his government-given job and gets the hero stipend, but . . . this seems like an easy way to get extra cash to squirrel away, so why not. Calm and professional, huh? He's been told he has a boring voice, that's about the same, right?

He answers first in English, but it's a bit hesitant. He's still learning, after all.]

I speak Japanese.

[His voice sounds average and perfectly dull. A clip would be linked here, but the only things that popped up right away were all fight scenes...]

[mathemagier]

I take it Japanese is your native tongue then. That's ideal..

[He's probably going to get a lot of those]

Would you mind saying something in that language?

Voice

[helladoomed]

If you want a 'calm professional tone' just use a fuckin' robovoice.

People pick other voices cause they want something new and fun

[mathemagier]

Your input is appreciated.

[Yeah that's 300% sarcasm]

( voice )

[classification]

[ Not exactly something he does often or would at all, but. New experiences here. His voice is pretty even keel ( in the green obvs ) for the most part. ]

I am fluent in English and Spanish, should you still require the assistance.

( voice )

[mathemagier]

I'll be archiving all the samples I receive and decide which voices best suit the criteria, so it's something of an ongoing project for the week.

Your English has a nice, even inflection. How is your Spanish?

voice forever

[arkproject]

I wouldn't mind. What kind of audio sample would you like?

I can speak English and Mandarin Chinese fluently.

[ Catherine's voice already sounds, naturally, like a calm, patient, faintly cheerful sort of A.I. companion. Only the patience is an illusion. She's spent a lot of time as an exposition device and it shows in her tone. ]

[mathemagier]

Wonderful.

[She's perfect]

Let's try an audio sample in Mandarin directing someone to stop due to an obstacle in their path.

[Voice]

[caduceusvalkyrie]

[The paid part doesn't really bother her, but the project sounds fun and such a wonderful idea.]

Well, I can speak English fluently and Swiss-German is my native language.

[Voice]

[mathemagier]

Swiss-German, hm. That's rather specific, but seeing as Newton and I speak High German, it should work out.

video;

[primadovea]

I speak Japanese and can certainly maintain a calm and professional tone! What do you want me to say?

[ her voice sounds fairly young but hey, Mint can definitely sound calm. ]

voice;

[mathemagier]

[He hadn't really thought about age, but there's no use giving up a sample. There haven't been any other female Japanese offers yet.]

How about we try something like 'it is now safe to cross'?

voice

[incogneto]

I speak English, Yiddish, Hebrew, Polish, German and French fluently, though my French is a touch heavy.

[ He figures if Hermann is lending a hand at the foundation, it's the least he could do to volunteer. ]

voice

[mathemagier]

That's quite a feat. I don't have anyone for Yiddish, Hebrew, Polish or French at the moment, so it's incredibly likely I'll be interested in having you stop by the lab to do a recording session or two in the next week or so.

audio.

[ghemnotgem]

I speak four languages other than English before I arrived here, and my Japanese is alright. ( read: fluent ) I don't know if that would be of any use?

( her voice is accented -- australian if it had been founded in space by roughly the galactic version of its original founders. )

audio;

[mathemagier]

That probably depends on what languages they are and how fluent you are in them.

[Side-eyeing Australian accent- but that might still work]

voice

[rathercommon]

[ Kitty's voice is not upper-crust English in the least - she sounds like a young person, a young person from London, who - especially at the moment - isn't trying to sound respectable. ]

Clearly. Clearly according to whose standards?

voice

[mathemagier]

Absolutely not.

[hisheartsdesire]

[Northern English.]

Are there already enough English speakers volunteering? What sort of navigational technology are you working on?

[mathemagier]

Can't hurt to have more volunteer samples. I'll just need to sort through what sort of sounds I'm looking for and what I can afford.

This is a project for a new product that's meant to better assist the blind or visually impaired with safely and independently navigating their surroundings.

[Hm, that's a half-decent line. Write that down really quick as a reference for the presentation he may or may not need to give. Or even just a product description..]

voice

[suldreen]

Um, I am a polyglot? I can basically speak perfectly any language, but I have to hear it first.

I don't know if that helps...

voice

[mathemagier]

Is that.. a porter-granted ability of yours?

What languages are you already fluent in?

Voice

[pretendtoneedme]

[What the hell, he's new and some more cash could always come in handy.]

If you still need people, I've got American English, Russian, and German under my belt. Pretty good at French and Italian, too. And ASL but that doesn't help with speaking.

[His voice is pretty casual, with the very slightest Midwestern lilt buried right at the bottom of it and only noticeable to someone like Henry Higgens from My Fair Lady. To anyone else he sounds pretty bog-standard American.]

internal screaming <3

[mathemagier]

I'll be taking volunteers all week. Russian is new, and a male voice for Italian would be ideal..

And actually, my.. fiance is interested in learning ASL. We could also hire you to teach him if you think you'd be suited to it?

Voice

[redshoerevenge]

This is Mako Mori, Dr Gottlieb. I would like to submit a sample for you and your project both in English and in Japanese.

[Mako is clear and polite, as always, though she does have a Japanese accent. Familiar though she might be with him, she offers her assistance without hesitation. As is appropriate, she leaves a slight pause before speaking.]

Please exit to your left in 0.3 miles, your destination will be on your left.

[As promised, she says the phrase both in her native Japanese, which is as soft as her English, and unfailingly polite. There is a long pause before she speaks again.]

I hope you find this acceptable.

voice

[mathemagier]

Thank you, Miss Mori. I appreciate your assistance.

[Her voice is a bit too soft, but he's not going to say as much to the Marshal's daughter. They could probably work with it]