My new headphones arrived this week, so I sat down once again to begin recording myself using the voice banking program ModelTalker. After measuring the silence levels in the room (I sat there, trying not to breathe), the program presented me with 10 phrases to read aloud. Among them:

The grizzled old fellow could see on one side.

He had rides in the wheelbarrow.

Is he made of tin or stuffed, asked the lion.

The whole circle was agitated.

The wolves surged to meet him.

There’s another way you can get a tooth out.

So, you know, everyday stuff that normal people are always saying to each other. Read More>