The Sound of Your Voice

by Carol A. Fleming

As a speech communication consultant and speech pathologist, Dr. Carol Fleming has helped people work on their voice images for many years. In this remarkable audio program, Dr. Fleming helps you identify your "voice image" and provides techniques for correcting any communication problem.

The Sound of Your Voice takes you step-by-step through the fundamentals of good vocal technique. You will

• What your voice says about you
• How to analyze your voice and diagnose its problems
• How to modify regional dialects and get rid of annoying mannerisms
• How to become more assertive
• Breath and tonal support exercises to bring strength and clarity to your voice
Using real-life speaking situations to demonstrate various voice characteristics, The Sound of Your Voice is an essential audio program for anyone who needs to communicate confidently and clearly.

Genres: Communication, Self Help, Psychology

Audio CD

First published May 1, 1991

About the author

Dr. Fleming is a Personal Communication Coach and the Founder of The Sound of Your Voice. She specializes in vocal development and communication training and is dedicated to helping men and women increase their Communication Skills by refining their voice, words, and demeanor.
Her book "It's the Way You Say It: Becoming Articulate Well-spoken and Clear" has just been published. What you say is important, but how you say it, and how you look when you say it, is even more important. The book will help you become more articulate, well-spoken, poised and gracious. Considerable attention is given to the various forms and subtleties of non-verbal communication. You will not find a more comprehensive guide to speaking improvement than this book. Dr. Fleming is also the author of the best-selling series The Sound of Your Voice and The Serious Business of Small Talk.
If you wonder whether that frog in your throat and those sweeping hand gestures affect your success in business, talk to Dr. Carol Fleming. Dr. Fleming is in private practice since 1980.
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Reviews

[Danny Hui · Rating 5 out of 5]

My review:
This book is for those of you that want to learn about how to you really sound. The author Dr. Fleming goes through the tone, pace, and pitch of our conversational voice. Through the use of her exercise and practice, you can slowly hone your voice to the kind of voice you want to present to the world.

What I remember (Spoilers):
We are tone deaf to our own voice. We can't actually hear how our voice sounds like to other people without recording ourselves. The key is to have a friend have a conversation with you, and ask them to start recording with out you know when this will allow you to hear your default voice.

From there the book guides the user through the different standard issues people experience when speaking. For example, if you end your sentences with an upward inflection, it sounds like you are asking questions and are unsure of yourself. Through practice, you can learn to do a downward inflection, which will give what you say finality and confidence.

Reading this book showed me that I talk in a monotone. I also have a tendency to end with an upward inflection, giving my up my power can resolve.

Comments:
I recommend the audiobook version, as you can hear the people go through the exercises, and the transformation when doing the exercises.

I also recommend Brett Manning (Singing Success) if you are looking to do more voice training.

[Derek · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great. You'll be so aware of your own voice and others after reading this. Highly recommend for anyone looking to work on their voice. I recommend this every time someone asks about how to work on their voice.

[Deepak Chaudhary · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow this is a great CD. I was never consciously aware of this but the sound of your voice says so much about you, it can convey confidence, conviction, passion and trustworthiness. The sound of your voice is as important as your dress and body language. Carol Flemming goes through a lot to improve our speaking she goes through accents, tonality, voice resonance, pausing, protecting your voice and many other things. You can get plenty of benefit from this just by listening but to really improve your voice you have to listen and make recordings of your own voice assess and make changes. I am in sales and am on the phone all day and using these techniques I have already seen a big improvement in the way people respond me and in my social life I am able get people to pay more attention to me. This a great CD for anyone involved in public speaking or singing or presenting or just talking in general so get it its worth your time.

[Anton Klink · Rating 2 out of 5]

Having read it quite a number of years ago, I remember thinking it was OK but not much else. Neither can I seem to be able to remember too many specifics about it. Obviously it wasn't awful, otherwise I would have remembered that, but neither was it good enough to burn a vivid image into my mind, so two stars is the most I can give it in hindsight.

[Tony Rogers Jr. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not bad! Dr Fleming definitely knows her stuff. I learned quite a few tips and techniques for getting the most out of my voice. My favorite part was learning about the "voice-image" who knew someone could pick up so much information about a person just by hearing their voice. I came away with a good amount of notes and cues in my speech patterns to fix. I definitely have some work to do !

[Shirley · Rating 5 out of 5]

A few years ago while I worked on my Master's program, I realized I wanted to improve the sound of my voice since I had to give so many presentations.
This audio program was instrumental in helping me. I loved using it!

[Mohammed alkindy · Rating 2 out of 5]

interesting coaching on how to be comftable with your own voice nad recognizing others to read between the tones