1 Announcing Your Speaking Voice 2 Current Trends More Program choices and increased specialization increase in importance of one-to-one contact

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1 1 Announcing Your Speaking Voice 2 Current Trends More Program choices and increased specialization increase in importance of one-to-one contact between announcer and audience ongoing regulatory debate that seeks to define the range of expression permissible on broadcast media ever increasing importance of news (live) 3 Era of Communicator professionals who can convey greater intimacy next-door neighbors from a pulpit credibility and trust 4 More than good diction the ideas are what are important, and the announcer s job is to interpret and communicate them, not to announce them 5 Responsibility and Ethics A communicator has a great deal of responsibility, both to the employer and to the audience. Potential for broadcasters to be manipulative industry standards and government regulations address this issue. 6 Broadcasting Jobs Radio Staff Announcer News reporter Sports announcer (play-by-play) Specialty announcer voice-overs, commercials, narrators, hosts 7 Self-Appraisal Educational Requirements -broad general education Emotional Requirements -perform in front of many people -tasks must be performed quickly and Physical Requirements accurately

2 Physical Requirements -voice 8 Evaluating your voice and speech It is difficulty to evaluate yourself You hear your own voice through bone conduction or vibration Others hear your voice through the air 9 Voice quality delivery breathing 10 Problems in Voice Quality Hoarseness -mostly results from overuse and abuse Thin voice -lack of resonance Gravelly voice -results from speaking in a pitch that is too low 11 Problems in Vocal Delivery Problems in Vocal DeliveryMonotone -pay attention to the nuances of rising and falling pitch Poor pitch -stay in your range SingSong -too much rise and fall rhythm, adopt normal speech melody 12 Problems in Vocal Delivery Ending Pattern -ending each phrase or sentence on the same pitch or series of pitches Whininess -pitch too high with elongated vowels -maybe overly nasal delivery 13 Problems in Breathing It is the abdomen and not the chest that must expand significantly during inhalation for proper speech Breathy Voice

3 Whininess -pitch too high with elongated vowels -maybe overly nasal delivery 13 Problems in Breathing It is the abdomen and not the chest that must expand significantly during inhalation for proper speech Breathy Voice -occurs when vocal folds don t close enough during phonation Lack of projection -Breathe diaphragmatically and pay attention to posture 14 Speech Most common categories of sounds produced within the mouth and vocal apparatus are vowels and consonants Fricatives - f, v, th, s, z, sh, zh, h Plosives & Stops - p,b, t, d, k, g Frictionless consonants - w, r, y, m n 15 Speech Problems Omissions -dropping sounds (-ed) Distortions -altering of sounds (vowel distortions, pin/pen) Additions -adding extra letters (warsh) Substitutions using different sounds (-ing or -in ) 16 Sloppy Diction Self-evaluate Do not drop final endings Practice getting full measure to all sounds within words Watch contractions (can/can t) Regionalism 17 Cluttering and Rate Problems jamming words and sounds together many times caused by speaking to rapidly

4 17 Cluttering and Rate Problems jamming words and sounds together many times caused by speaking to rapidly need to phrase Articulation -juxtaposition of sounds and words Diction -formation of sounds 18 Solutions to Cluttering and Rate Problems Slow down the rate of reading Marking copy for effective understanding and delivery Speaking clearly in effort to communicate ideas, not just read words 19 Self-Evaluation Checklist slur words together? Consonants crisp and clear? S-sounds too harsh, plosives pop the mic? Drop endings? Rate and pace? Distracting voice pattern hoarseness, pitch problems, tension exaggerated diction (too precise) 20 Diaphragmatic Breathing speak from the diaphragm Posture is the most important element in voice contraction of abdominal muscles pushes diaphragm in and support column of air abdomen must expand 21 Special Considerations for Broadcast Work Speaking must work within limitations of equipment p s and b s can cause mic to pop Speak across the mic rather than into it can help choose a different mic 22 Maintaining your Voice Good health and nutrition

5 22 Maintaining your Voice Good health and nutrition Relaxation is the key to maintaining your voice. Proper relaxation also helps produce a pleasant, resonant voice 23 Vocal Abuse excess strain on the vocal apparatus -hoarseness -change in character of the voice -fatigue or discomfort in the region of the larynx and throat -change in basic pitch of the voice severe - vocal nodule or polyps, bowing of vocal folds, chronic irritation One cause is an abnormally low pitch 24 Preventing Vocal Abuse listen to what your larynx and throat are trying to tell you Warm up Keep well hydrated Use amplification when possible Don t smoke Avoid excessive use of voice during cold Look at body for signs of tension and stress