English (RP, Received Pronunciation, BBC, South) New Zealand

Josephine Smith

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Podcasting

Description

A short informal introduction telling you a little bit about myself so you can hear my voice.

Vocal Characteristics

Language

English

Voice Age

Young Adult (18-35)

Accents

British (England - South East - Oxford, Sussex) British (General) British (Received Pronunciation - RP, BBC) New Zealand

Transcript

Note: Transcripts are generated using speech recognition software and may contain errors.
Well, hello. I just wanted to record a quick introduction to tell you a little bit about myself. And so you can hear the sound of my voice. As you may be able to tell there's a small kiwi inflexion in my day to day accent. Because for the last goodness, 15, 16 years I've lived in New Zealand. However, I grew up in West London, and I went to a very nice school and I learned how to speak very proper English. And so it is very possible for me to speak formally as well as friendly Lee. Um, I live near the sea, so my life is really very tranquil. Actually, I'm, um um I have a little girl and we have some dogs. Um, and I'm a real chatterbox. I love talking. I love telling stories. People are always telling me that I have a very expressive quality in my voice. I'm a teacher by trade, so I've been very, very used to expressing myself and getting people to understand the meaning of what I'm saying. Um, I've done quite a lot of work with the local radio and so I enjoy speaking. I enjoy reading. I enjoy reading out loud. And overall, I hope you like the sound of my voice. I am recording this in my non soundproofed room, and I am aware that a helicopter flew overhead. Um, obviously, that's not an ideal advertisement for a professional gig. However, please do rest assured that professional recordings are done when helicopters are not flying overhead. Uh, and certainly if I am recording in a helicopter flies overhead, that recording will be redone. Um, I don't live under anything like a flight path or anything Where I grew up in London, actually, West London, Um, was under the flight path for Heathrow Airport and where I went to school just before 11 a.m. Every day. Literally lessons had to finish because Concorde flew over. Now that's showing my age a little bit. I am now 41 years old. That's no, I'm not. I'm 42. Oh, my goodness. What? That wrong? It's just been my birthday. Forgive me. Um, so anyway, now you've heard my normal chatting voice. This is what I sound like. Um, so I look forward to making some recordings for you. It's been very nice to meet you via the Internet WiFi waves. That's a little bit bizarre, but it's our life these days. Okay? I look forward to hearing from you soon. Bye.