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WCDT strips 4346 to 4350 (7th September to 11th September 2020)
snubnose:
--- Quote from: Case on 08 Sep 2020, 21:20 ---Scanning you, otoh ... dunno how one would get a 3D scan of a living person's skeleton 'just for the lulz' (radiation doses from CT scans aren't nothing).
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Thats why we have MRI scans for such a thing ?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_resonance_imaging
Potato Farmer:
I'm going to have to get used to May having such heavy eyebrows.
Annemoon:
--- Quote from: BarGamer on 08 Sep 2020, 20:46 ---
--- Quote from: Zebediah on 08 Sep 2020, 04:40 ---May’s voice sounds different to me now.
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Is her new voice... higher? XD
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Body size and structure generally has an effect on the voice. Just like testosterone levels and - to lesser extend - estrogen levels.
I think you can generally 'hear' these differences, meaning your mind has subconsciously learned that differently sized people sound different etc.
I wouldn't be surprised if in females, the ratio of female to male sex-hormone levels have a noticeable enough effect on pitch (or timbre) that we would be able to pick up on that too.
May is suddenly both taller and more 'fem' in her appearance. Which we may both associate with subtle differences in voice appearance, causing the inner voice which our brain chooses to change.
Not saying that the base rules of a 'tall voice' or 'fem voice' always hold up, there are plenty of exceptions. But I think they hold up enough for our brains to set certain expectations. -- The same expectations that cause you to be 'surprised' if someone suddenly has a difference voice than you'd expect for their appearance.
On another note, Lemon is not really good at reading the room and adjusting her counsel to the person present is she?
Scarlet Manuka:
--- Quote from: beeawwb on 07 Sep 2020, 20:01 ---Well, at least we now know May's favourite sitcom.
(click to show/hide)Orifice Space.
I'll see myself out.
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Given the magazines we've seen her reading in odd moments, she'd definitely be into that show.
Mr_Rose:
--- Quote from: Annemoon on 09 Sep 2020, 02:34 ---
--- Quote from: BarGamer on 08 Sep 2020, 20:46 ---
--- Quote from: Zebediah on 08 Sep 2020, 04:40 ---May’s voice sounds different to me now.
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Is her new voice... higher? XD
--- End quote ---
Body size and structure generally has an effect on the voice. Just like testosterone levels and - to lesser extend - estrogen levels.
I think you can generally 'hear' these differences, meaning your mind has subconsciously learned that differently sized people sound different etc.
I wouldn't be surprised if in females, the ratio of female to male sex-hormone levels have a noticeable enough effect on pitch (or timbre) that we would be able to pick up on that too.
May is suddenly both taller and more 'fem' in her appearance. Which we may both associate with subtle differences in voice appearance, causing the inner voice which our brain chooses to change.
Not saying that the base rules of a 'tall voice' or 'fem voice' always hold up, there are plenty of exceptions. But I think they hold up enough for our brains to set certain expectations. -- The same expectations that cause you to be 'surprised' if someone suddenly has a difference voice than you'd expect for their appearance.
On another note, Lemon is not really good at reading the room and adjusting her counsel to the person present is she?
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On body structure and voice; if robots use a simulated voice box, a taller model would likely have a deeper voice because of the larger resonance volume. But if they use a purely synthesised voice it may not change at all.
Personally I suspect May just switched from synthesised to simulated and everyone is going to notice something a little “off” eventually.
As for Lemon, I sort of got the impression that she believes May is deflecting, for which the standard tactic is to continue on the original track regardless.
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