Aspie voice? I don't have it.

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I was diagnosed with ASD in my 30s about 2 months ago. I've watched a few YouTube videos of Aspies and most seem to have a very monotone voice that bothers me. I have appeared on videos and don't have it. At times, I've been told when I read I can seem a little exaggerated and forced but far from monotone (basically I pick various voices at different tones for the different characters and then switch between them to indicate who's talking).

I understand rhetoric and emotions on a theoretical level but I often have trouble knowing what a person's emotion is at the moment as I know it by analyzing their life situation and facial muscles on a probability formula over anything intuitive. I use such knowledge to consciously speak in a way that is, at least in theory, attractive to NTs.

Are there others without the "Aspie voice"?

Do others like me, logically and methodically adjust their voice to be more persuasive?

(What brought this up was watching the videos in this post.)

no i dont think i have a monotoned voice.

My 'natural' voice sounds like a creepy ghost child from a horror movie. Quiet, high, airy, weird cadence.

But I've learned to mimic my favorite TV & movie characters, which sounds a bit more normal. (Except a lot of them tend to be British males, so that's not entirely normal either!)

I either have a monotonous voice, enough to mistook me for being angry (my expressions didn't help) or a highly pitchy one that would also mistook me for a cheerful child.
It really varies on my mood and situation.

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My voice is generally quite exagerated as well. It is usually far from monotone but it wasn't always that way. It's just one of the ways I found to apear more normal, it's a learned skill and it may sound a bit fake or forced at times but that's because it is. My voice does sometimes becomes more monotone if I am nervous or unenthusiastic.

My natural voice is pretty monotonous, but I have a lot of experience with theatre, as well as being on a speech team, so I'm very good at varying my pitch and tone when the need arises.

My voice is monotonous when I'm bored, depressed, tired or anxious/shy. Otherwise it's not. At least according to the person I asked.

If I'm excited my tone of voice can be very animated or even exaggerated; it becomes much higher pitched, and I tend to speak very quickly.

I'd say with many emotions my speaking voice tends to be exaggerated compared to most people for whatever reason. Maybe it's because my emotions are strong or poorly controlled.

I have pretty flexible vocal chords. Must come from my years of narrating books and stories out loud and using different voices for characters. My grade scholl teachers loved it. My parents, nor so much, especially late at night next with my bedroom right to theirs. I really hate the stereotype that all aspies speak in a low monotone, it's been the bane of my existence. For years people had a problem with me talking too loud, especially when I'm excited or upset. I don't seem to do it as much now.

Maybe it has something to do with me being a female aspie, but I don't know.

I have often been told that I am a very bad mumbler, and I'm often asked to repeat myself, or realise that someone has misheard me. I can also be quite monotone at times, depending on the situation. Making my voice more expressive does take a bit of conscious effort, and it will slip if I get too engrossed in what I'm saying, or I'm tired or distracted.

If I'm very anxious, my throat gets very tight, and I become very "squeaky" - it's very hard to get the words out.

I also really loathe having to raise my voice to shout, even if it's to attract the attention of a friend across the street. That's a bit bizarre in a way, as I used to "sing" for a couple of punk bands many years ago, where I was perfectly capable of a very aggressive delivery (hence the quotes around "sing"!) Something about being on stage overcame my anxiety about letting rip with my voice. Oddly enough, I've met a lot of punk singers who were very quietly spoken in person.

With regard to my mumbling, a former colleague with severe hearing loss also found me very difficult to lip-read compared to other people - so it's visible as well as audible.

I also have an annoying habit of "borrowing" the accent of anyone I'm speaking to - to the point that I've been mistakenly accused of mocking people. It takes me a while to notice that I'm doing it. Yet I'm unable to imitate people or put on an accent deliberately.

I have what I've been told is a loud voice. I've also been told that I sometimes ramble on and on about my favorite topics. My voice doesn't sound loud to me, but others have told me that it's too loud. Other than my occasional ramblings and my loud voice, I speak pretty normally.

In objective acoustic analysis of autistic people's speaking voices, greater pitch variation was found than in NT.

My voice changes and it sounds like I have an accent and not from around here. I also talk loud. My husband has informed me I go on and on about something and it can be about anything but I don't realize I am doing it until he tells me.

I've been told by multiple people that my voice is indistinguishable from the typical radio announcer's plummy baritone. but when I listen to recordings of my own voice I hear the typical aspie sing-song alternating with monotone. my voice does not stick to a particular register, no rhyme nor reason to it. but it suits me well enough just the same.

I don't have a monotone voice but my voice is sometimes too loud.