VocaliD Voice Types

Would your friends describe your voice as a feather or a motorcycle?

Discover Your Voice Type

TO CELEBRATE THE UNIQUENESS OF EACH VOICE while identifying patterns across speakers, VocaliD developed a taxonomy of 16 *distinct voice types. Explore the full list of VocaliD voice types.

The VocaliD voice types are based on four binary features:

Respiratory Drive (Soft/Loud)
Vocal Pitch (High/Deep)
Breathiness (Breathy/Modal)
Resonance (Nasal/Oral)

Respiratory Drive is the amount of force behind your voice, making it either loud or soft.

Vocal Pitch lies on a continuum of high to deep based on age and gender.

Breathiness is determined by how much air usually escapes past your vocal folds when voicing.

Resonance is based on whether your voice primarily resonates in the nasal cavity or the oral cavity.

Steam

SHBN

Steam

SHBN – Soft High Breathy Nasal
There is a relatively small amount of force
behind your voice, so it sounds Soft.
The pitch of your voice was above the
frequency threshold for your sex and age,
making it High.
A lot of air tends to escape when you
are voicing, giving your voice a Breathy
quality.
Your voice primarily resonates in your
nasal cavity, meaning your voice is Nasal.

Feather

SHBO

Feather

SHBO – Soft High Breathy Oral
There is a relatively small amount of force
behind your voice, so it sounds Soft.
The pitch of your voice was above the
frequency threshold for your sex and age,
making it High.
A lot of air tends to escape when you
are voicing, giving your voice a Breathy
quality.
Your voice primarily resonates in your
oral cavity, meaning your voice is Oral.

Beach Ball

SHMN

Beach Ball

SHMN – Soft High Modal Nasal
There is a relatively small amount of force
behind your voice, so it sounds Soft.
The pitch of your voice was above the
frequency threshold for your sex and age,
making it High.
Only a little air tends to escape when you
are voicing, giving your voice a Modal
quality.
Your voice primarily resonates in your
nasal cavity, meaning your voice is Nasal.

Candy

SHMO

Candy

SHMO – Soft High Modal Oral
There is a relatively small amount of force
behind your voice, so it sounds Soft.
The pitch of your voice was above the
frequency threshold for your sex and age,
making it High.
Only a little air tends to escape when you
are voicing, giving your voice a Modal
quality.
Your voice primarily resonates in your oral
cavity, meaning your voice is is Oral.

Cushy Sofa

SDBN

Cushy Sofa

SDBN – Soft Deep Breathy Nasal
There is a relatively small amount of force
behind your voice, so it sounds Soft.
The pitch of your voice was below the
frequency threshold for your sex and age,
making it Deep.
A lot of air tends to escape when you
are voicing, giving your voice a Breathy
quality.
Your voice primarily resonates in your
nasal cavity, meaning your voice is Nasal.

Cocoa

SDBO

Cocoa

SDBO – Soft, Deep, Breathy, Oral
There is a relatively small amount of force
behind your voice, so it sounds Soft.
The pitch of your voice was below the
frequency threshold for your sex and age,
making it Deep.
A lot of air tends to escape when you
are voicing, giving your voice a Breathy
quality.
Your voice primarily resonates in your oral
cavity, meaning your voice is Oral.

Bowtie

SDMN

Bowtie

SDMN – Soft Deep Modal Nasal
There is a relatively small amount of force
behind your voice, so it sounds Soft.
The pitch of your voice was below the
frequency threshold for your sex and age,
making it Deep.
Only a little air tends to escape when you
are voicing, giving your voice a Modal
quality.
Your voice primarily resonates in your
nasal cavity, meaning your voice is Nasal.

Brook

SDMO

Brook

SDMO – Soft Deep Modal Oral
There is a relatively small amount of force
behind your voice, so it sounds Soft.
The pitch of your voice was below the
frequency threshold for your sex and age,
making it Deep.
Only a little air tends to escape when you
are voicing, giving your voice a Modal
quality.
Your voice primarily resonates in your oral
cavity, meaning your voice is Oral.

Whistle

LHBO

Whistle

LHBO – Loud High Breathy Oral
There is a relatively large amount of force
behind your voice, so it sounds Loud.
The pitch of your voice was above the
frequency threshold for your sex and age,
making it High.
A lot of air tends to escape when you
are voicing, giving your voice a Breathy
quality.
Your voice primarily resonates in your
oral cavity, meaning your voice is Oral.

Windmill

LDBN

Windmill

LDBN – Loud Deep Breathy Nasal
There is a relatively large amount of force
behind your voice, so it sounds Loud.
The pitch of your voice was below the
frequency threshold for your sex and age,
making it Deep.
A lot of air tends to escape when you
are voicing, giving your voice a Breathy
quality.
Your voice primarily resonates in your
nasal cavity, meaning your voice is Nasal.

Lighthouse

LHMO

Lighthouse

LHMO – Loud High Modal Oral
There is a relatively large amount of force
behind your voice, so it sounds Loud
The pitch of your voice was above the
frequency threshold for your sex and age,
making it High.
Only a little air tends to escape when you
are voicing, giving your voice a Modal
quality.
Your voice primarily resonates in your oral
cavity, meaning your voice is Oral.

Crystal

LHMN

Crystal

LHMN – Loud High Modal Nasal
There is a relatively large amount of force
behind your voice, so it sounds Loud.
The pitch of your voice was above the
frequency threshold for your sex and age,
making it High.
Only a little air tends to escape when you
are voicing, giving your voice a Modal
quality.
Your voice primarily resonates in your
nasal cavity, meaning your voice is Nasal.

Kettle

LHBN

Kettle

Motorcycle

LDBO

Motorcycle

LHMO – Loud Deep Breathy Oral
There is a relatively large amount of force
behind your voice, so it sounds Loud.
The pitch of your voice was below the
frequency threshold for your sex and age,
making it Deep.
A lot of air tends to escape when you
are voicing, giving your voice a Breathy
quality.
Your voice primarily resonates in your oral
cavity, meaning your voice is Oral.

Armor

LDMN

Armor

Anchor

LDMO

Anchor

LDMO – Loud Deep Modal Oral
There is a relatively large amount of force
behind your voice, so it sounds Loud.
The pitch of your voice was below the
frequency threshold for your sex and age,
making it Deep.
Only a little air tends to escape when you
are voicing, giving your voice a Modal
quality.
Your voice primarily resonates in your oral
cavity, meaning your voice is Oral.

*NOTE: Men, women, and children of various ages may all have the same voice type, in fact, all of these categories are relatively defined, and none are better or worse than others.