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The days of announcery<\/a><\/em><\/strong> voice overs are long gone because, since the advent of reality television<\/a>, consumers want to be spoken to<\/em><\/strong> – not talked at<\/em><\/strong>. However, some business owners tend to overdo things in their pursuit of snagging the most natural possible voice over to sell their product or service – and end up with a voice over that can be jaw-clenchingly irritating to potential clients. So you want a great voice over? Avoid these speech patterns!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We’ve touched on the power of the voice over in selling your product or service in some depth<\/a>. Nevertheless, you don’t want:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So like, I was saying like, you really shouldn\u2019t speak like,<\/em> you know, a valley girl<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, at least you shouldn\u2019t have your voice actor speak like that. Unless\u2026 they’re actually playing<\/em> a character who speaks like that in your ad. Even then, proceed with caution. Great scriptwriting<\/a> is key to making the sale!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While prevalent at street-level, certain vocal speech-patterns are characterized. They’re often very niche, localized, and for most people, an unnatural way of speaking. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vocal registers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The funny thing is, valleyspeak serves as a really good example of characterized speech patterns, like vocal fry. Our vocal register<\/a> – from low to high – has been separated into four distinct vibratory patterns:<\/p>\n\n\n\n