Please check my voice recording.

Question

I have made a test recording, can you hear it?

thanks.

recording made by myself

poli, así lo escucha más gente, no quedaba clara lo que buscabas - 006595c6, Sep 30, 2017

En realidad no veo mi recording. Desapareció - Polenta, Sep 30, 2017

Ya me doy cuenta. Lo pusiste en azul bien grande . ¿Cómo se hace eso? - Polenta, Sep 30, 2017

poli, haz click en "recording made by myself" - 006595c6, Sep 30, 2017

Si, ya entiendo, pero cómo lo hiciste? - Polenta, Sep 30, 2017

Answer 1

Yes I hear you loud and clear, is that your voice Polenta?

It is my voice but I do not know if there Will ever be a second recording . I don't know the steps I took to record. I'm a disasters . Lol - Polenta, Sep 30, 2017

You can only be one disaster in English amiga :) - ian-hill, Oct 1, 2017

Se me fue el dedo ian - Polenta, Oct 1, 2017

Answer 2

Can anyone hear anything? I used Google Drive in my tablet but I can't hear it in my computer. Can you?

loud and clear, como ha dicho patchi - 006595c6, Sep 30, 2017

You certainly don't struggle with English. :) - rac1, Oct 1, 2017

Rac, I can make myself understood but Spanish Is definitely much easier jajajaja - Polenta, Oct 1, 2017

Well, your English sounds very natural. :) - rac1, Oct 1, 2017

Answer 3

Record now , qizás?

Funcionó Ray. Bravo! - Polenta, Oct 1, 2017

My, Ray, you have a lovely voice! - Echoline, Oct 1, 2017

Gracias mis amigas ustedes muy amables. - ray76, Oct 1, 2017

Very good, amigo. :) - rac1, Oct 1, 2017

Answer 4

Ya me doy cuenta. Lo pusiste en azul bien grande . ¿Cómo se hace eso? - Polenta

tardé un mes en encontrarlo, jeje, yo lo veía en mensajes de ray ...pero no sabía cómo hacerlo.

Espera, te lo cuento mejor:

Listen to me

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le pones esto

Claro con explicación, poco segundos - Polenta, Sep 30, 2017

Oh, Heidi, how lovely to hear your voice again. Reminds me of the wonderful Skype chats that our group had. - Echoline, Sep 30, 2017

Listen to me also, but remember I am able to say "si y no " quite well. - ray76, Oct 1, 2017

Igualmente Echo , but Heidi your voice has changed a bit , deeper and more resonant . - ray76, Oct 1, 2017

@Heidita2, You have a Peninsular Spanish accent with a British English vernacular. - NKM1974, Oct 1, 2017

Answer 5

I heard you in two languages. Your English is very clear. Vocaroo is easy, but the recording doesn't last forever. I am not at all tech savvy. I haven't used Google drive yet.

Patch has an easy to listen to voice.

At least as we say un Spanish Me saqué las ganas!!!!!!!!! - Polenta, Sep 30, 2017

Answer 6

Thanks all for your comments. I especially liked to put a voice to a name.

Gracias compañeros. Ahora tengo que ver si logro subir algún otro audio. Me fue enormemente complicado poder hacerlo con éste.

Then it worked for you good, but I had great trouble down loading this time yet i have done it before with ease. - ray76, Oct 1, 2017

La computadora me mata, bajar, subir, me dan mensajes negativos y yo no tengo nadie que me ayude. - Polenta, Oct 1, 2017

Answer 7

Wow, Polenta, it is wonderful to hear your voice. I cannot place your accent from any particular English-speaking place, but I can definitely say that your accent is not from anywhere in the U S A. But everything that you say is very clear and understandable and correct...it is just that the accent gives you away as a non-native English speaker. I can't wait to sound as good in Spanish as you do in English, and it's wonderful to be able to put a voice with a name.

She sounded American to me! - Mardle, Sep 30, 2017

@Echoline, you must be familiar with General American or Midwestern English. There's other accents from the States: the South, Atlantic, Plains & Pacific coast. I guess you are not familiar with the other accents from the States. - NKM1974, Sep 30, 2017

I am very familiar with all of the accents from the states. I am married to an announcer and we have an audio production company. The accent may "sound" American in some ways, but it is definately not any regional American accent. - Echoline, Oct 1, 2017

Specifically, there is a "clipped' quality to some of the words and many of the "s" sounds are outside of any of the American accents. That being said, it is very well-spoken and I do not mean this to be a criticism in A N Y way. - Echoline, Oct 1, 2017

My accent Is Uruguayan lol. But it' s true I studied at an American instituye with Uruguayan traders. We don't have so Manu foreigners here Later in life I got in touch with British accents. - Polenta, Oct 1, 2017

Sorry Uruguayan teachers.lol - Polenta, Oct 1, 2017

Polenta, you sound wonderful! - Echoline, Oct 1, 2017

Thanks Echo. I would also like to hear all of you. So far I have only heard Heidi . - Polenta, Oct 1, 2017

Aha Polenta , I thought Argentinian with strong north eastern U S overlaid. But very nice to listen . - ray76, Oct 1, 2017

Ray y todos ustedes ya les estoy conociendo las voces . !¡ Está bueno eso! - Polenta, Oct 1, 2017

Answer 8

Muy bonito, poli, suenas como pensaba, decididamente no española, jejejeje

Buen acento de inglés, hay gente que no pilla el acento nunca,,,americano, claro.

Gracias por compartir y esta grabación dura más, lo de vocaroo se borra con el tiempo.

Gracias Heidi .Nadie podrá decir que no soy persistente. Por lo menos pude subir un audio una vez!!!! Soy un desastre con subir, bajar y todas esas cosas. - Polenta, Sep 30, 2017

Primero Vacaroo, después Audiokiller y la tercera fue la vencida usando Google Drive que es nuevo para mi - Polenta, Sep 30, 2017

Answer 9

Fantastic Polenta. I understood you very clearly. I'm no expert of course, but to me your accent had a definite US twang to it .... some of your pronunciation sounded north east coast NY/NJ area.

Thanks Billy but I've never been to US. It Is what my teachers taught me. And I'm beginningcto hear your voices too. - Polenta, Oct 1, 2017

Answer 10

I listened to your audio & you have a North American English accent.

it sounds native AmE to me but I'm a Brit so I'm not a good judge - patch, Sep 30, 2017

My good Lord! I am only glad you understood me ! No non-native can ever have a native accent. I learned this long ago - Polenta, Oct 1, 2017

Answer 11

le puse heading ##.

Bueno, ya aprendí algo nuevo

gracias heidi

Answer 12

Speaking about accents, let me tell you an anecdote.

A woman I know who was born in Vienna came to Uruguay at the age of 4. . She studied English and was really proficient in it. It goes without saying that her Spanish was perfect having come at such an early age and having gone to school in Uruguay.

Once she went to USA and spoke a good English of course but with an accent as we non-natives do . They asked her where she was from and she asked them to guess , expecting to hear the name of some Latín American country. To her surprise the answer was. _Vienna?

Incredible! She didn't have any accent in Spanish ! And English was a foreign language for her!

As in Vienna, the capital of Austria? There's a Vienna in Virginia in the States. - NKM1974, Oct 1, 2017

Austria - Polenta, Oct 1, 2017

Very interesting! Most continental european people have a good grasp of English. - billygoat, Oct 1, 2017

The Netherlands & Nordic countries have 90% proficiency in English. - NKM1974, Oct 1, 2017