Aspie voice? I don't have it.

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Source? That would be interesting as I hear a lot of monotone or close to monotone.

I have plenty of experience hearing my voice in old broadcast news reports. Sounds okay to me, and I suspect that I wouldn't have been asked to do hundreds of such reports if my voice was, in any way, annoying.

I don't think I have a monotone voice. I do have trouble pronouncing certain sounds, so it sounds like I have some kind of accent.

I've been told I have a good speaking voice. Worked as a midnight DJ (one night a week) at a local radio station when I was 16. Didn't last long due to lack of maturity and doing stupid things though. But, wow...got laid by college chicks.

When I am in showboat mode, I am extremely animated. Been called 'dramatic' by people at times.

When in regular mode, less so and down to monotones.

Volume modulation is a serious problem with me. I have been told I have 'a boomer' of a voice. But it's not constant. It goes up and down. Same with my hearing.

But, when I hear myself, I feel I sound mush mouthed and bit of a Sean Connery type of sibilant 'S' sound.

I have been told that I have a great voice, singing and otherwise. I have perfect pitch and I love music, I just not very comfortable singing around people.

My "natural" voice is not monotone, but is fast, high pitched, and has an unusual cadence (can relate to the other person who described theirs similarly). But I learned very early on in childhood, that my way of speaking was unacceptable and weird, so I copied other people and for most of my life I have learned to speak like the person I am speaking to (not to the point of obvious mimicry, but enough so that if you heard me speak to different people at different times, you can tell I am doing it).

This creates some interesting moments when speaking to more than one person at a time (having to choose who to speak like), but I find people like you more when you sound like them. It has gotten me out of a lot of jams.

I also relate to the people who said they have nice radio voices, as this was one of the side effects of my lifelong imitation; I developed a lovely broadcasting voice & have been doing radio voiceovers for over 12 years. Make your weakness your strength, and all that. But yeah, normally I speak like a hyper five year old in private.

Biggest takeaway is that whatever you speak like naturally, you may be able to change your public speech patterns/tonalities if they cause problems. Doesn't mean you don't have Asperger's or that it's not difficult.

As a child my voice was very monotone. I remember that several teachers had commented on it in the past. I had no social skills either up until around age 18-19. I watched many many sitcoms, television shows, movies and assimilated their speech, building my own social skills and variation in my tone of voice by mimicking what I saw on tv and movies and stitching the parts together. Mimicking isn't always under my control. If I start to listen to enough of a certain character in tv/movies or someone in real life I start to talk like they do.

I can relate a bit. People tend to say I'll often speak too fast.

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I'm sure there are many Brummies and Scousers who would be very glad to hear that for a change! (UK readers will know what I mean! )

What? No gits?

I have been told I sound British, but I have never been told I "sound autistic".

I can vary my voice when reading stories to kids, but my natural voice can tend to be more monotone. Part of the reason to me is shyness (in denial of social anxiety) and if I was outgoing and more myself my voice would sound better/ok.

Yeah, same. After watching the Back to the Future movies I found myself saying "Great scott!" a lot even when I was not trying to make a reference to the movies. This can be a good thing, ever since I have started watching the YouTuber Jacksepticeye I have been more upbeat and energetic, although I have found myself fighting off the urge to swear more often. If I moved somewhere where everyone had a different accent then I would probobly be using it by about day 2. I can also do very good impressions, as you might immagine.

No my voice isnt monotone.
I'm either really loud or quite quiet depending on whether or not I'm excitable or trying my best to be understanding and sensitive.
I will say though that although I'm told that I'm quite expressive, there is often a very big difference in how I believe I am expressing myself and how others perceive my expressions.
This has caused quite a few problems throughout my life, and I have come to the understanding that its more the other persons problem rather than mine. And unless its causing arguments then taking the attitude of letting what will be will be is the best course of action

Apparently I have a monotone voice. To quote a friend of mine:"By the way, are you sleep deprived? Or is that normal? You always sound like you're planning a murder or something like that." I really try not to sound like this so sometimes I exaggerate my feelings but it seems like it's not working. I have problems regulating the volume of my voice which makes it even harder for me not to sound weird.

It depends on my mood actually. I generally don't have aspie voice, but if I'm tired or bored it's all monotone because I want people to leave me the hell alone, lol.