Voice Tools 4+

I’ve been using this application to help me overcome fears of public speaking by listening to my voice, and also hoping to eliminate annoying transitions, like “um”, and “uh”, etc.

Although one would think that simple voice recorder would accomplish that, it helps to see and a control your pitch as you deliver your speech to help make things flow more naturally, by seeing spikes and drops in pitch due to nervousness.

Both seeing and hearing these wide variations has helped me to better modulate my voice and control my pitch whilst delivering my speech more evenly. As a result , I’ve been able to speak with more confidence, clarity, and less anxiety.

I'm no expert on voice training by any means so take this with a grain of salt, but as an AFAB person working on getting a more masculine voice (more for fun than anything else) it's helped me slowly lower my pitch and control the way my voice instinctively raises. The option to play back your voice is great, and helps me see where I'm at. If you use it a lot be sure to take measures to not strain/damage your voice, though.

This app will help you adjust your pitch. That’s cool, and if that’s what you want to do* then go for it.

But first, is that really your goal? Cuz I’m betting you’re after what I am: sounding more like a cis woman.

Here’s the problem... Pitch won’t do that. Many cis women have lower pitch voices. Likewise, many men have higher voices. Do you get them confused? No. That’s because the primary identifier has little if anything to do with pitch on its own and EVERYTHING to do with RESONANCE.

Actually, if we want to get technical then it’s to do with the ratio of the first resonance (R1) to the pitch. However high or low a cis-woman’s pitch (or “fundamental frequency”) is, the gap between it and their first resonance is going to be larger than a cis-man’s.

Voice apps can measure both of these and more, but for some reason most of them focus unhelpfully on pitch. MORE unhelpful is the implication apps like this one present that somehow your voice will sound more fem if you can raise your pitch. Eh. Not much, and it’s a lot of work and can actually hurt your vocal folds if strained too far too fast - a point this app makes no mention of.

I would recommend reaching out to your trans communities for resources on legit apps and freely shadowable voice lessons. I am in a few Discord servers where this is done with helpful diagrams, apps, and extraordinary vocal coaches demonstrating and giving feedback.