Behind the Voice: What Makes a Voice Attractive?
By MoeLucie
@moelucie
“She was truly beautiful until she spoke”. This is a frequently used phrase amongst our sighted counterparts. Do the blind then use the opposite approach to assess attractiveness? I conducted a recent poll on the Blind Abilities channel to determine this. I received several
responses, with varying results leading me to conclude that there is some truth to this statement.
Is it their tone? Their delivery? The intellect behind the voice? Or is it their vocabulary? If you are overpowered with someone’s after shave does it make you deduct a few points? If they have opposing views, is their voice a little bit less attractive? Several participants weighed in with different opinions. Do all sighted people find the same people attractive? No, not really. There is very conflicting reports on the attractiveness of several celebrities and other well-known people. The voice that will make you swoon is a very personal matter and there is no real consensus.
The following results are listed in order of most votes. Did Siri really make the list? It appears that you do not even have to be alive to make the cut. Let Siri know what you think of his/her voice it’s a bit of fun. What do you think? Is the voice you prefer on the list?
Note: If a voice received 2 or more votes it was calculated into the top votes. Screennames were used from votes relating to Audio Boom users.
Voice: Votes:
doublet 4
Marilyn Monroe 4
Moelucie 4
TheFonzAmundo 3
HappyKaz 3
Cary Grant 2
Herrera_juanita 2
Iblindtech 2
JaneSuh 2
JeffThompson 2
Kellmaster1 2
LoriThompson 2
Morgan Freeman 2
RaquelG 2
Ronald Reagan 2
SabrinaMcKiernan 2
Sean Connery 2
AlbertH 1
Anthony Hopkins 1
AuroraNebulosa 1
Benedict Cumberbatch 1
Bill Clinton 1
Brad Pitt 1
Britney Spears 1
Buzz Burbank 1
Cary5871 1
Cher 1
Chris de Burgh 1
Clint Eastwood 1
CribbageIcon 1
Dakota Fanning 1
Darcey Bussell 1
Eidoel 1
FolkSoul 1
George Clooney 1
Hugh Grant 1
Hugh Jackman 1
Jesse Gordon Spencer 1
Kathleen Turner 1
Lady_of_the_Lake 1
Leo Laporte 1
Lorraine Bracco 1
Mae West 1
Mama-Manders 1
Marco Rubio 1
Michael Elston 1
Mick Jaggar 1
Muhammad Ali 1
Omaniblog 1
PeteLane 1
Rand Paul 1
Robert Redford 1
Sam Elliot 1
Sandra Bullock 1
SassyCat 1
Scrim11 1
Siri 1
Sn2n 1
Stan Rogers 1
Ted Cruz 1
ThebigR 1
TheBlindMan12V 1
VoiceOver Alex 1
VoiceOver Karen 1
Total: 89.
Total Participants: 18
Male 9 50%
Female 9 50%
Estimated Votes Per Participant 5
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