Do you talk in a monotonous voice tone?

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Do you talk in a monotonous voice tone?
Yes, I do; 22%  22%  [ 18 ]
I do it most of the times; 26%  26%  [ 21 ]
I sometimes do it; 32%  32%  [ 26 ]
No, I don't. 21%  21%  [ 17 ]
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30 Nov 2012, 10:35 pm

I do it sometimes, especially around strangers and my co-workers. If it's a family or someone close, I tend to be more at ease due to familiarity and knowing that they "get" me.



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30 Nov 2012, 11:11 pm

I don't have this problem actually. I don't even have trouble with facial expressions, I'm actually very animated and I can make silly voices... but that might be an ADHD trait rather than Aspergers. But sometimes I do have a little bit of vocal fry



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30 Nov 2012, 11:55 pm

yes. people have made fun of it in the past.



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01 Dec 2012, 12:00 am

My voice is pretty monotone. I sometimes try to talk with inflections, but I get told that I sound fake or unenthusiastic and wind up giving up on it.


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01 Dec 2012, 12:02 am

I can sometimes get a bit monotone. I notice it a lot if I hear a recording of myself. I hate how I sound a lot of the time. I have a good voice, I just don't feel that I'm exactly the most expressive person tonally unless something really gets me going.



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01 Dec 2012, 12:11 am

As far as I know, I am quite monotonous.


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01 Dec 2012, 12:21 am

Sometimes. I inflect properly a lot of the time--or at least I think I do--but my voice sounds a little flat in recordings. I channel other people sometimes when I speak, too.



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01 Dec 2012, 6:35 am

lady_katie wrote:
I sound like a robot! :)


People have said this to me.

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people have said I talk extremely fast


They also said this.


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01 Dec 2012, 9:08 am

I chose 'sometimes', but it's not like I sometimes talk in a complete monotone, and other times a normal tone. Instead, I have very slightly less variation in tone all the time.



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01 Dec 2012, 9:09 am

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Is talking in a monotonous way related to AS, or it's just a thing that changes from person to person? I'm not sure.


Yes, it's related to AS, although not all AS people show this trait.



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01 Dec 2012, 11:06 am

here is a sound clip of my voice.
i am talking on the phone to a pizza order taker.

http://www.soundclick.com/player/single ... 34983&q=hi



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01 Dec 2012, 11:11 am

I think I do it most when I'm talking to another Tech. I'll go into "Techno-Speak" mode and rattle off technical details and talk a little faster than normal. I need to learn when I'm around non-technical folks, to relax and simplify the descriptions more so it doesn't go over their heads. They'll look at me confused and say: "All I heard was Whistles and Clicks" :?


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01 Dec 2012, 3:21 pm

No , my voice has lots of inflection.

I'm often told I'm talking too fast, too slowly, too loudly, using too much enunciation (most often by my family) but never too little inflection.