[codetrotter]

> Ultimately your real natural voice is going to play one of the biggest roles in how you sound in the end.

Therein lies the main problem for me personally.

Is there a way to train your voice to become more comfortable for others to listen to?

[greggyb]

If you're serious about it, I'd look for a voice coach. It's likely easier to find someone who trains singers than who focuses only on speaking. That is fine. Vocal technique is largely the same.

Additionally, I'd look into something like Toastmasters. This will give you a great place to practice outside of formal lessons with a voice coach.

Being comfortable to listen to is about both your vocal technique - the mechanics of how you form sound - and about your content and delivery.

[nickjj]

> Is there a way to train your voice to become more comfortable for others to listen to?

This is something I struggle with too honestly.

I've recorded 400+ videos and I still think my voice is -ultra- cringe and I feel like it gets worn out after talking for only maybe an hour straight.

So what I usually do is record for about 45 minutes, then edit for a few hours and then go back to recording when my voice is fresh. I drink plenty of water while editing too.

I don't have any professional advice since I'm just a dude who records screencasts. But I think my biggest problem related to getting worn out is I tend to talk slightly louder than normal when I'm recording because I still internally link loudness with tone variance and "energy". So maybe talking less loud, raising the gain on my mic and learning how to have more tone variance without talking louder would be something to look into. If I were to guess this is probably a common problem for many folks.