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|[http://librivox.org/reader/3615 Lucy_k_p] (Lucy Perry) |
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| England > Bath |
| England > Bath |
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| Neutral English accent |
| Neutral English accent |
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| [http://www.archive.org/download/fiddler_dooney_1112_librivox/fiddlerofdooney_yeats_lkp.mp3 Sample] |
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|[http://librivox.org/ |
|[http://librivox.org/reader/2487 Quinkish] (Rachel Lintern) |
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| England > Bristol |
| England > Bristol |
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| Soft West Country accent |
| Soft West Country accent |
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|[http://librivox.org/ |
|[http://librivox.org/reader/6292 elaineandsparky] (Elaine Webb) |
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| England > Bristol |
| England > Bristol |
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| South West England accent |
| South West England accent |
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|[http://librivox.org/ |
|[http://librivox.org/reader/1870 Stuart] (Stuart Bell) |
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| England > Cambridge |
| England > Cambridge |
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| Neutral English accent |
| Neutral English accent |
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|[http://librivox.org/ |
|[http://librivox.org/reader/4005 Jhiu] |
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| England > Durham |
| England > Durham |
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| South Yorkshire overlaid with RP |
| South Yorkshire overlaid with RP |
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|[http://librivox.org/ |
|[http://librivox.org/reader/2607 RuthieG] (Ruth Golding) |
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| England > Kent |
| England > Kent |
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| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Received_Pronunciation RP/BBC English] (no regional accent) |
| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Received_Pronunciation RP/BBC English] (no regional accent) |
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| [http://www.archive.org/download/toadog_1111_librivox/toadog_chapman_rg_64kb.mp3 Sample] |
| [http://www.archive.org/download/toadog_1111_librivox/toadog_chapman_rg_64kb.mp3 Sample] |
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|[http://librivox.org/reader/6248 Boojumuk] (Kevin Green) |
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| England > Lancashire |
| England > Lancashire |
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| General northern England, but can manage a few regional accents on request! |
| General northern England, but can manage a few regional accents on request! |
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| [http://librivox.org/reader/6246 David Richardson] |
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|England > Lancashire/London UK |
| England > Lancashire/London UK |
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|English RP |
| English RP |
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|Mellow/Rich. 'Scouse' on Saturday nights. |
| Mellow/Rich. 'Scouse' on Saturday nights. |
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|[http://ia600607.us.archive.org/23/items/short_poetry_096_librivox/if_kipling_dr_64kb.mp3 Sample] |
| [http://ia600607.us.archive.org/23/items/short_poetry_096_librivox/if_kipling_dr_64kb.mp3 Sample] |
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|[http://librivox.org/ |
| [http://librivox.org/reader/94 earthcalling] (David Barnes) |
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| England > London |
| England > London |
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| BBC English (no regional accent) |
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| Reading style: slow and deliberate |
| Reading style: slow and deliberate |
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| [http://www.archive.org/download/holy_sonnets_drb_librivox/holysonnet_14_donne.mp3 Sample] |
| [http://www.archive.org/download/holy_sonnets_drb_librivox/holysonnet_14_donne.mp3 Sample] |
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|[http://librivox.org/ |
|[http://librivox.org/reader/1618 Nicholas19] (Nicholas James Bridgewater) |
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| England > London |
| England > London |
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| Mid-Atlantic English accent, General American/Upstate New York |
| Mid-Atlantic English accent, General American/Upstate New York |
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|[http://librivox.org/ |
|[http://librivox.org/reader/167 Peter Why] (Peter Yearsley) |
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| England > London |
| England > London |
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| South-east England, with some London colouring |
| South-east England, with some London colouring |
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| [http://librivox.org/reader/8500 ravells] (Ravi Shankar) |
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| England > London |
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| RP with some light Malaysian Indian notes |
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| I do character accents. My natural voice is rather nasal. |
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|[http://librivox.org/reader/2297 russiandoll] (Philippa) |
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| England > London |
| England > London |
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| RP, basically |
| RP, basically |
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| [http://www.archive.org/download/thaw_0903_librivox/thaw_thomas_rd_64kb.mp3 Sample] |
| [http://www.archive.org/download/thaw_0903_librivox/thaw_thomas_rd_64kb.mp3 Sample] |
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|[http://librivox.org/ |
|[http://librivox.org/reader/2198 CliveCatterall] |
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| England > Hereford |
| England > Hereford |
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| South-East England. More specifically Guildford. More specifically still about 2/3 of the way up the High Street in the pub behind the Holy Trinity Church |
| South-East England. More specifically Guildford. More specifically still about 2/3 of the way up the High Street in the pub behind the Holy Trinity Church |
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| [http://librivox.org/reader/6896 gemlad] |
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| England > Oxford |
| England > Oxford |
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| Northern England (Yorkshire) |
| Northern England (Yorkshire) |
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|[http://librivox.org/reader/6173 carolb] (Carol Box) |
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| England > Surrey (South East) |
| England > Surrey (South East) |
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| RP |
| RP |
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|[http://librivox.org/ |
|[http://librivox.org/reader/2828 Mango] (Joe Pilsbury) |
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| England > West Midlands |
| England > West Midlands |
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|[http://librivox.org/ |
|[http://librivox.org/reader/296 CarlManchester] |
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| England > Northern |
| England > Northern |
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| British, slightly northern English, slightly Welsh |
| British, slightly northern English, slightly Welsh |
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| [http://www.archive.org/download/lords_0901_librivox/lords_1945_russell.mp3 Sample] |
| [http://www.archive.org/download/lords_0901_librivox/lords_1945_russell.mp3 Sample] |
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| [https://librivox.org/reader/12075 MichaelMaggs] |
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| England > South |
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| Generic Southern English |
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| Can do more accented Somerset |
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|[http://librivox.org/reader/92 Cori] (Cori Samuel) |
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| England > South East |
| England > South East |
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| RP (via an Estuary.) |
| RP (via an Estuary.) |
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| [http://piratelibrary.com/librivox/wrinkles_landor_cs.mp3 Sample] |
| [http://piratelibrary.com/librivox/wrinkles_landor_cs.mp3 Sample] |
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|[http://librivox.org/ |
|[http://librivox.org/reader/1065 Justin Brett] |
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| England > South East |
| England > South East |
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| Conservative RP |
| Conservative RP |
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| [http://www.archive.org/download/hymns_of_the_christian_church_0805_librivox/hymns_07_eliot.mp3 Sample] |
| [http://www.archive.org/download/hymns_of_the_christian_church_0805_librivox/hymns_07_eliot.mp3 Sample] |
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|[http://librivox.org/ |
|[http://librivox.org/reader/2724 Mike001] (Michael Dalling) |
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| England > South East |
| England > South East |
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| South-East English accent (RP) |
| South-East English accent (RP) |
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|[http://librivox.org/ |
|[http://librivox.org/reader/2262 paradise.camouflage] (Andy) |
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| Scotland (Argyll & Bute) |
| Scotland (Argyll & Bute) |
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| Scottish with slight Irish influences - ''rural'': no whine/wine merger, no glottalisation |
| Scottish with slight Irish influences - ''rural'': no whine/wine merger, no glottalisation |
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|[http://librivox.org/reader/7315 catrose] (Charlotte Duckett) |
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| North Wales |
| North Wales |
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| Fairly Welsh. |
| Fairly Welsh. |
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|[http://librivox.org/ |
|[http://librivox.org/reader/3006 Secrets] (Sally Ann Cook) |
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| South Wales |
| South Wales |
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| Welsh tonality & resonance (Richard Burton's Dialect) |
| Welsh tonality & resonance (Richard Burton's Dialect) |
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|[http://librivox.org/ |
|[http://librivox.org/reader/2623 MorganScorpion] (Julia Morgan) |
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| UK |
| UK |
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| English RP |
| English RP |
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| Also reads Latin, French, a little Classical Greek and Mandarin (Pinyin only so far) |
| Also reads Latin, French, a little Classical Greek and Mandarin (Pinyin only so far) |
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== Canada == |
== Canada == |
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|[http://librivox.org/ |
|[http://librivox.org/reader/1472 smijen] (Sarah Jennings) |
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| BC > Vancouver area |
| BC > Vancouver area |
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|Ontarian |
|Ontarian |
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|[http://librivox.org/ |
|[http://librivox.org/reader/3923 seanmhogan] |
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| Newfoundland & Labrador > St. John's |
| Newfoundland & Labrador > St. John's |
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| Fairly neutral Canadian (not much 'eh' :-)) |
| Fairly neutral Canadian (not much 'eh' :-)) |
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|[http://librivox.org/ |
|[http://librivox.org/reader/205 Starlite] (Esther) |
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| Ontario > North of Toronto |
| Ontario > North of Toronto |
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|Canadian éh |
| Canadian éh |
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|[http://librivox.org/ |
|[http://librivox.org/reader/3157 Tricia G] |
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| Ontario > Toronto area |
| Ontario > Toronto area |
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|Minnesotan turning to Ontarian |
| Minnesotan turning to Ontarian |
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| Ontario > West of Toronto |
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| Neutral Canadian |
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| [https://librivox.org/reader/9155 Paks6] (Natalie Paula) |
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| Prince Edward Island |
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| Maritime, Canadian |
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|[http://librivox.org/reader/78 hugh] (Hugh McGuire) |
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| Qc > Montreal |
| Qc > Montreal |
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|[http://librivox.org/ |
|[http://librivox.org/reader/1474 Jc] (Jc Guan) |
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| Qc > Montreal |
| Qc > Montreal |
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| EN: Canadian <br/> FR: Québécois |
| EN: Canadian <br/> FR: Québécois |
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|[http://librivox.org/ |
|[http://librivox.org/reader/2294 Steampunk] (Jim Christopher) |
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| AZ |
| AZ |
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| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_american Gen Am] |
| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_american Gen Am] |
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|[http://librivox.org/ |
|[http://librivox.org/reader/1462 bublsort] (E. Tavano) |
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| CA > LA |
| CA > LA |
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| mild Northeast US |
| mild Northeast US |
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| CA>LA |
| CA>LA |
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| General American |
| General American |
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|[http://librivox.org/ |
|[http://librivox.org/reader/4455 prwells32] (Patrick Wells) |
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|American, Non-specific |
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|[http://www.archive.org/download/doings_ruffles_haw_1302_librivox/doingsofraffleshaw_01_doyle.mp3 US] |
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|[http://librivox.org/ |
|[http://librivox.org/reader/19 Kayray] (Kara Shallenberg) |
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| CA > SD |
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|[http://librivox.org/reader/4042 DeRamos] (Ryan DeRamos) |
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| CA |
| CA |
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| Late 20th Century, suburban Southern Californian (if such a designation exists) |
| Late 20th Century, suburban Southern Californian (if such a designation exists) |
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| Recording voice varies by character and content (results may vary). |
| Recording voice varies by character and content (results may vary). |
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|[http://librivox.org/ |
|[http://librivox.org/reader/3657 BellonaTimes] |
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| FL |
| FL |
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| [http://librivox.org/reader/4064 Margaret] (Margaret Espaillat) |
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| FL > Orlando |
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| Southern CA |
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| I speak Spanish, to me I sound Mexican, to Mexicans I probably sound American. |
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|[http://librivox.org/reader/6446 bobgon55] (Bob González) |
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|FL > TPA |
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|Standard American, "Mid-Atlantic" (blend of Standard US and RP); in Spanish, South American & Castilian. |
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|Born/raised in Tampa. Lived in Florida, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Wisconsin. University trained in stage speech, have done numerous accents, tend to idiosyncratically pronounce certain words. "Mid-Atlantic" learned in graduate training, once thought standard for performing classics in US. Not sure if it is standard anymore. |
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|[http://archive.org/download/childrensshortworks12_1107_librivox/childrensshortworks012_05_howrhinogotskin_bg.mp3 Standard American] [http://archive.org/download/exemplary_novels_saavedra_1201_librivox/exemplarynovels_29_cervantes.mp3 Mid-Atlantic] [http://archive.org/download/cuentos_grimm_01_1109_librivox/cuentos_19_grimm.mp3 Spanish] |
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|[http://librivox.org/reader/3645 MaryAnnSpiegel] |
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| IL |
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| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_american Gen Am] |
| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_american Gen Am] |
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| [https://librivox.org/reader/10196 Anfinwen] |
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| American, Midwest |
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| I have family in Minnesota and Kentucky, but I was born and raised in Indiana so my accent is pretty neutral. When I visit family in another state or am around people with an accent I start to mimic them unintentionally. I'm able to do other accents as long as I can find a recording to listen to and mimic. |
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|[http://librivox.org/reader/2592 echobase77] (Anna Roberts) |
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| IN |
| IN |
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| Clear Midwest accent ("no accent"?) |
| Clear Midwest accent ("no accent"?) |
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| [http://librivox.org/reader/8463 msfry] (Michele Fry) |
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| LA, Southeast US |
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| General American, no particular accent. |
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| Raised in the South by a Yankee father and Parisian French mother, then married into a Cajun family, I can do some French pronounciation, feign a southern drawl, redneck, & Cajun. |
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| [https://librivox.org/reader/8086 karlkuzmich] (Mark Chulsky) |
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| MA |
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| EN > Russian; RU > Moscow |
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|[https://librivox.org/reader/9438 CliffClaven] |
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| MA > Boston |
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| General American, Boston |
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|[http://librivox.org/reader/4744 alg1001] Amy Gramour |
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| ME > Northern |
| ME > Northern |
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| Mainly a South of Boston Massachusetts accent with a Northern Maine influence (twenty years in both). |
| Mainly a South of Boston Massachusetts accent with a Northern Maine influence (twenty years in both). |
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|[http://librivox.org/ |
|[http://librivox.org/reader/5754 GayleCato] |
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| MI |
| MI |
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|(May not be a typical MI accent ... ) |
|(May not be a typical MI accent ... ) |
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|[http://librivox.org/ |
|[http://librivox.org/reader/1166 DebraLynn] |
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| MI > LP |
| MI > LP |
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|(no accent) |
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|[http://librivox.org/ |
|[http://librivox.org/reader/32 thistlechick] (Betsie Bush) |
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| MI > UP |
| MI > UP |
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| Northern Midwest US |
| Northern Midwest US |
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|[http://librivox.org/ |
|[http://librivox.org/reader/3412 PersiaRose] (Clara Snyder) |
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| Midwest |
| Midwest |
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| Midwest accent (no accent) |
| Midwest accent (no accent) |
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|[http://librivox.org/ |
|[http://librivox.org/reader/4396 Tulip27] (Michael Wolf) |
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| MN |
| MN |
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| English: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Received_Pronunciation British RP], north Midlands, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American GenAm]<br> |
| English: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Received_Pronunciation British RP], north Midlands, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American GenAm]<br> |
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|[http://librivox.org/reader/3711 k-rin] (Karen Keeney) |
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| MS |
| MS |
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| Slight Southern, no drawl |
| Slight Southern, no drawl |
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|[http://librivox.org/ |
|[http://librivox.org/reader/1066 chocoholic] (Laurie Anne Walden) |
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| New Hampshire |
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| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_American_English Southern American] (Carolinas) |
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|[http://librivox.org/reader/2136 Great Plains] |
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| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American GenAm] |
| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American GenAm] |
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| Mild Oregon and Louisiana inflections. |
| Mild Oregon and Louisiana inflections. |
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|[http://librivox.org/ |
|[http://librivox.org/reader/8169 tovarisch] |
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| North Carolina |
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| When speaking Russian, Moscow (native); when speaking English, UK/RP (most comfortable), Russian |
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| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_American_English Southern American] (Carolinas) |
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| Can fake some other accents when speaking English or Russian, which to a casual listener will likely be sufficient. Can read French, Italian, and even German (but probably will sound awful to a native speaker) |
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|[http://librivox.org/ |
|[http://librivox.org/reader/3032 Rick Rodstrom] |
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| NY > NYC |
| NY > NYC |
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| NY accent |
| NY accent |
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| [http://librivox.org/reader/8051 commonsparrow3] (Maria Kasper) |
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| NY > Rochester (born and lived here all my life) |
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| Flat Rat-chester accent, including the telltale Rochester vowel shift and very American R's. |
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| Other: Can make a stab at pronouncing occasional brief bits of French. Hopeless at accents or character voices. |
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| [http://ia801700.us.archive.org/35/items/polishfairytales_1304_librivox/polishfairytales_5_ajglinski_64kb.mp3 Sample] |
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|[http://librivox.org/reader/453 SmokestackJones] (Glen Hallstrom) |
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| Oklahhoma City |
| Oklahhoma City |
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| None |
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|[http://librivox.org/ |
|[http://librivox.org/reader/7756 Lynnet] (Lynne Thompson) |
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| OR > Portland |
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| Southern British English but with moments of Portland |
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| Born: south London, England. Grew up: Kent, southern England. Also spent time in Coventry, England and Cwmbran, south Wales. |
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| [http://librivox.org/reader/10640 RossKlatte] (Ross Klatte) |
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| SC |
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| General American |
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| Father Chicago, Mother Wisconsin, lived in Carolina for many decades; Okay with names in most European languages, Japanese, and Chinese (if correctly romanized, either PY or WG--tones optional) |
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| [http://librivox.org/reader/9478 Kangaroo692] |
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| Southeast US |
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| General American |
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| Speaks English and some Spanish. |
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| [http://www.archive.org/download/story_of_the_romans_1504_librivox/storyoftheromans_017_guerber_128kb.mp3 English sample] |
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|[http://librivox.org/reader/3866 SilverG] (Greg Bowman) |
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| TN |
| TN |
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| US Neutral |
| US Neutral |
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| [http://www.archive.org/download/great_panjandrum_0906_librivox/thegreatpanjandrumhimself_foote_gnb_64kb.mp3 Sample] |
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|[http://librivox.org/ |
|[http://librivox.org/reader/2895 Jenny] (Jenny Lundak) |
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| TX |
| TX |
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| Gen Am |
| Gen Am |
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|[http://librivox.org/ |
|[http://librivox.org/reader/3368 JimTheActor] (Jim Allman) |
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| TX |
| TX |
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|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_american Gen Am] |
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_american Gen Am] |
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|[http://librivox.org/ |
|[http://librivox.org/reader/4570 Bill Mosley] |
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| TX > Central TX |
| TX > Central TX |
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|[http://librivox.org/ |
|[http://librivox.org/reader/103 gypsygirl] (Karen Savage) |
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| TX > Central TX |
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|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Received_Pronunciation British RP] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American GenAm]; in Spanish, Mexican, Argentinian |
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| Native accent in English is British, but have been living in US since teens. Spanish accent is Mexican, but can also still do Argentinian. |
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|[http://ia310133.us.archive.org/2/items/shortpoetry_036/to_the_western_wind_herrick_krs.mp3 UK] [http://ia300215.us.archive.org/1/items/flag_goes_by_librivox/flag_goes_by_bennett_krs.mp3 US] [http://ia331433.us.archive.org/3/items/spanishpoetry_001_librivox/soneto36_garcilasodelavega.mp3 Spanish] |
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|[http://librivox.org/reader/3994 AmateurOzmologist] (Miriam Esther Goldman) |
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| TX > Houston |
| TX > Houston |
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|[http://librivox.org/ |
|[http://librivox.org/reader/2201 Esky] (Stephen Escalera) |
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| TX > Waco |
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|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Received_Pronunciation British RP] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American GenAm]; in Spanish, Mexican |
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| Native accent is British, but have been living in US since teens. |
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|[http://ia310133.us.archive.org/2/items/shortpoetry_036/to_the_western_wind_herrick_krs.mp3 UK] [http://ia300215.us.archive.org/1/items/flag_goes_by_librivox/flag_goes_by_bennett_krs.mp3 US] [http://ia331433.us.archive.org/3/items/spanishpoetry_001_librivox/soneto36_garcilasodelavega.mp3 Spanish] |
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|[http://librivox.org/newcatalog/people_public.php?peopleid=2201 Esky] (Stephen Escalera) |
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| VA |
| VA |
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|[http://librivox.org/ |
| [http://librivox.org/reader/7780 tazzle] (Shontae Elliott) |
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| WA |
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| Mostly Great Lakes Vowel Shift, very flat |
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| Can do a very poor attempt at a generalized English accent :lol:. Born Ohio, lived PA, Scotland, and now Washington state |
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| [http://ia601700.us.archive.org/20/items/ballad_ophelia_1304_librivox/balladophelia_lawrence_se.mp3 Sample] |
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|[http://librivox.org/reader/5551 lharri] (Laura Harrington) |
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| Northeastern USA |
| Northeastern USA |
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|[http://librivox.org/ |
|[http://librivox.org/reader/5189 Samanem] (Dennis Smith) |
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| USA > Southeast |
| USA > Southeast |
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| Gen Am |
| Gen Am |
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| [http://librivox.org/ |
| [http://librivox.org/reader/1782 mockfrog] (Matthew Ward) |
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|Australia > NSW > Newcastle |
|Australia > NSW > Newcastle |
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|Cultured or more working class Australian accents |
|Cultured or more working class Australian accents |
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| [https://librivox.org/reader/8879 SonOfTheExiles] (Son of the Exiles) |
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| Australia > NSW > Sydney's Western Suburbs |
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| Australian |
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| Most of the Australian-accented voice parts I contrive to do in the Henry Lawson and Banjo Paterson Bush poems and stories are based on older relatives in the back-blocks rural areas of New South Wales and Victoria, or in some cases their neighbours. |
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| [http://www.archive.org/download/shortstory058_1405_librivox/shortstory058_sendroundthehat_sote_128kb.mp3 Sample] |
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| [http://librivox.org/reader/7514 barbara2] |
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| Australia > Qld |
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| Urban Australian, not broad. |
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| I feel comfortable reading short passages of French, German and Italian in the standard accents of those languages or short passages of Latin in an Italian accent. |
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| [http://ia601201.us.archive.org/24/items/samueljohnson3_1302_librivox/samueljohnson3_43_boswell.mp3 Sample] |
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| [https://librivox.org/reader/8862 glennobrien] (Glenn O'Brien) |
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| Australia > Tasmania |
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| Australian |
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| [http://ia902503.us.archive.org/26/items/beecherbeached_1404.poem_librivox/beecher_tabb_go_128kb.mp3 English] [https://archive.org/download/100mejorespoesias_1502_librivox/cienmejorespoesias_055_menendezypelayo_128kb.mp3 Spanish] [http://www.archive.org/download/multilingual_sw_014_1604_librivox/msw014_01_iskovensdybestillero_andersen_go_128kb.mp3 Danish] [http://www.archive.org/download/multilingual_sw_014_1604_librivox/msw014_02_limerick_lewis_go_128kb.mp3 Esperanto] |
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| [https://librivox.org/reader/6281 Elizabby] (Beth Thomas) |
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| Australia > Victoria > Melbourne |
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| Australian |
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| I can do the full range from educated East Coast Australian to broad Aussie, Aussie, Aussie (Oi, Oi, Oi!) I'm also working on my RP British English accent, but I don't think I'm quite there yet. I can read French and Greek (both very slowly and not very fluently.) Useless Trivia: I can also sing in Vietnamese but I can't speak or read it very well. |
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| [http://www.archive.org/download/war_letters_young_queenslander_1504_librivox/warletters_01_allan_128kb.mp3 Sample] |
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|[http://librivox.org/reader/4305 Aspergine] |
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|Australian |
|Australian |
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|Austria |
|Austria |
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|[http://librivox.org/ |
|[http://librivox.org/reader/3885 aravis] (Elli) |
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| In English: definitely German <br/> In German: no regional accent |
| In English: definitely German <br/> In German: no regional accent |
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| Austria |
| Austria |
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| [http://librivox.org/reader/5424 J_N] (Julia Niedermaier) |
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| English: British with an Austrian-German accent; <br/> German: no dialect, but German native speakers would probably recognize me as Austrian; |
| English: British with an Austrian-German accent; <br/> German: no dialect, but German native speakers would probably recognize me as Austrian; |
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| born and raised in Vienna (AT); studied for a year in Newcastle (UK); I might at some point try my hand at French or Japanese - be afraid, be very afraid |
| born and raised in Vienna (AT); studied for a year in Newcastle (UK); I might at some point try my hand at French or Japanese - be afraid, be very afraid |
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| [http://ia600301.us.archive.org/30/items/pool_1205_librivox/pool_dunbar_jn.mp3 English] |
| [http://ia600301.us.archive.org/30/items/pool_1205_librivox/pool_dunbar_jn.mp3 English]<br />[http://www.archive.org/download/kinder_hausmaerchen_1206_librivox/kinderundhausmaerchen1_43_todundgaenshirt_grimm.mp3 German] |
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|Belgium |
|Belgium |
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|[http://librivox.org/ |
|[http://librivox.org/reader/2506 Julila] (Julie VW) |
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| Ghent |
| Ghent |
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|Dutch (Standaard Nederlands met Vlaamse tongval); British English (RP with slight Flemish accent) |
|Dutch (Standaard Nederlands met Vlaamse tongval); British English (RP with slight Flemish accent) |
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|Denmark |
|Denmark |
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|[http://librivox.org/ |
|[http://librivox.org/reader/3698 neckertb] |
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|Copenhagen |
|Copenhagen |
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|in English: a mixture of French, German and Danish; <br/> in French: no regional accent; <br/> in German: I believe a mixture between Danish and french; <br/> in Danish: German or French depending on whom I ask |
|in English: a mixture of French, German and Danish; <br/> in French: no regional accent; <br/> in German: I believe a mixture between Danish and french; <br/> in Danish: German or French depending on whom I ask |
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|France |
|France |
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|[http://librivox.org/ |
|[http://librivox.org/reader/1127 Lady Maria] |
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|Paris |
|Paris |
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|French accent |
|French accent |
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|Germany |
|Germany |
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|[http://librivox.org/ |
|[http://librivox.org/reader/589 Janie No. 5] (Stephanie König) |
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|Bodensee |
|Bodensee |
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|Swabian (slightly?) |
|Swabian (slightly?) |
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| Germany |
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| [https://librivox.org/reader/5244 Carolin] |
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| Bremen |
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| German: Hanseatic; Dutch: Groningen |
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| Time spent in Buffalo, NY is probably still audible. Also manages with Classical Latin. |
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| Germany |
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| [http://librivox.org/reader/7601 bropops4] (malone) |
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| Leipzig |
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| Midwest (Kansas), USA |
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| a tolerably good reader of French (check Listeners wanted, Apollinaire, Alcools), a very good reader of Latin, prose and poetry (I'm sorry, but I am. See, or rather hear, the catalog) A pretty good reader of ancient Greek and German. I can stumble through Spanish and Italian |
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|Germany |
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|[http://librivox.org/reader/8337 smike] |
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|High German |
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|[http://ia601708.us.archive.org/1/items/sammlungprosa041_librivox/germancollection041_14_toelpelhans_cs.mp3 Sample] |
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|Hungary |
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|[https://librivox.org/reader/4009 dii] (Diana Majlinger) |
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|Budapest |
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|Hungarian: standard, no regional accent; <br/> English: mixed between British and American; <br/>Italian: standard, no regional accent |
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|also speaks Russian, French and Spanish |
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|Italy |
|Italy |
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|[http://librivox.org/ |
|[http://librivox.org/reader/644 daniele] |
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|Italian Accent |
|Italian Accent |
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|Italy |
|Italy |
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|[http://librivox.org/ |
|[http://librivox.org/reader/5421 mgt] (Maria Grazia Tundo) |
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|Bari |
|Bari |
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|Italy |
|Italy |
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|[http://librivox.org/ |
|[http://librivox.org/reader/1595 Riccardo] (Riccardo Fasol) |
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|Italian: No accent <br/> English: Italian accent |
|Italian: No accent <br/> English: Italian accent |
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| Italy |
| Italy |
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|[http://librivox.org/ |
|[http://librivox.org/reader/1989 sirjoh] (Sergio) |
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| Rome |
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| In Italian: very faint Tuscan accent <br/> In English: slight Italian accent; RP as model <br/> In French: very slight, undefinable accent; <br/>In German: Italian accent. |
| In Italian: very faint Tuscan accent <br/> In English: slight Italian accent; RP as model <br/> In French: very slight, undefinable accent; <br/>In German: Italian accent. |
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| precise diction and light tenor voice |
| precise diction and light tenor voice |
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|The Netherlands |
|The Netherlands |
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|[http://librivox.org/ |
|[http://librivox.org/reader/496 anna] (Ans Wink) |
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|Maastricht |
|Maastricht |
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|Heers/Maastrichts |
|Heers/Maastrichts |
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|The Netherlands |
|The Netherlands |
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|[http://librivox.org/ |
|[http://librivox.org/reader/1724 lezer] (Anna Simon) |
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|Gelderland |
|Gelderland |
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|in English: Dutch; in Nederlands: ABN, met soms een hint Brabants |
|in English: Dutch; in Nederlands: ABN, met soms een hint Brabants |
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|The Netherlands |
|The Netherlands |
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|[http://librivox.org/ |
|[http://librivox.org/reader/3619 bart] (Bart de Leeuw) |
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|Utrecht |
|Utrecht |
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|in English: Dutch; in Nederlands: ABN, met een beetje een zachte g. Mijn r ligt achter in mijn mond en kan ik niet laten rollen |
|in English: Dutch; in Nederlands: ABN, met een beetje een zachte g. Mijn r ligt achter in mijn mond en kan ik niet laten rollen |
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|Norway |
|Norway |
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|[ |
|[http://librivox.org/reader/6548 Kristingj] (Kristingj) |
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|Oslo |
|Oslo |
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|English accent is closer to neutral British, but tend to sometime mix American and British. Norwegian: Somewhat neutral, but still a hint of accent from Eastfold / Ostfold |
|English accent is closer to neutral British, but tend to sometime mix American and British. Norwegian: Somewhat neutral, but still a hint of accent from Eastfold / Ostfold |
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|Spain |
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|[http:// |
|[http://librivox.org/reader/3946 tux753] (Tux) |
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|Madrid |
|Madrid |
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|Spanish (of Madrid) not too strong |
|Spanish (of Madrid) not too strong |
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|Sweden |
|Sweden |
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|[http://librivox.org/ |
|[http://librivox.org/reader/2234 rowland] (Lars Rolander) |
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|Linkoping |
|Linkoping |
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|in English: Fairly neutral, like to play with voices though: <br/> in German: Maybe a bit influenced by Hessen, but fairly neutral: <br/> in Swedish: No particular accent, but can do several dialects |
|in English: Fairly neutral, like to play with voices though: <br/> in German: Maybe a bit influenced by Hessen, but fairly neutral: <br/> in Swedish: No particular accent, but can do several dialects |
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|India |
|India |
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|[http://librivox.org/ |
|[http://librivox.org/reader/3588 neerajanagarajan] (Neeru Iyer) |
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|Chennai, South India |
|Chennai, South India |
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|South-Indian Brahmin accent, I think (if such a thing exists) |
|South-Indian Brahmin accent, I think (if such a thing exists) |
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| Can do a little bit of German tolerably |
| Can do a little bit of German tolerably |
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| Philippines |
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| [http://librivox.org/reader/7171 JohanLiebert] |
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(April Gonzales) |
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| Cavite |
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| English: British with little American accent on some long readings |
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Tagalog: Caviteñong Tagalog<br />Bisaya: general Bisaya |
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| OTHER INFO: I lived in the Southern Tagalog area for most of my life so, my Bisaya is a bit accented with Tagalog |
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| [http://www.archive.org/download/loveaffairsofbibliomaniac_1206_librivox/loveaffairsofabibliomaniac_03_field_64kb.mp3 English]<br />[http://www.archive.org/download/mgapiling_ag_librivox/mgapilingtulamulasabuntonghininga_05_deleon_64kb.mp3 Tagalog]<br />[http://www.archive.org/download/unang_1206_librivox/siamboy_07_rama_64kb.mp3 Bisaya] |
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| Philippines |
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| [http://librivox.org/reader/17094 yannaaragon] (Maria Angela R Aragon) |
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| Metro Manila region |
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| American neutral accent |
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| [https://archive.org/details/enough_rope_2303_librivox/enoughrope_21_parker_128kb.mp3 English] |
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|South Korea |
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|[http://librivox.org/reader/9508 jessieyun0404] (Jessie Yun) |
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|Seoul |
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|American, British, and Korean(Hangul) |
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|Taiwan |
|Taiwan |
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|[http://librivox.org/ |
|[http://librivox.org/reader/3887 Semantic Nuance] |
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=== South America === |
=== South America === |
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|Brazil |
|Brazil |
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|[http://librivox.org/ |
|[http://librivox.org/reader/5103 AnaESL] |
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|In Portuguese: Paulistana (São Paulo capital) |
|In Portuguese: Paulistana (São Paulo capital) |
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|Brazil |
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|[http://librivox.org/ |
|[http://librivox.org/reader/2961 Leni] |
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|In Portuguese: "carioca" (Rio de Janeiro) |
|In Portuguese: "carioca" (Rio de Janeiro) |
Latest revision as of 19:30, 8 October 2024
This table sorts readers by LOCATION. Please note that location does not always represent the reader's actual accent.
Note: Readers add their names to this list on a voluntary basis, and it is by no means a complete list of all the accents in the LibriVox catalog
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|- | LINK (NAME) | STATE, COUNTRY, REGION, ETC. (entries are ordered by this field, alphabetically please) | ACCENT | OTHER INFO | SAMPLE
UK
Reader | Location | Accent | Other Info | Sample |
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Lucy_k_p (Lucy Perry) | England > Bath | Neutral English accent | Born in the Black Country, I currently live in Bath but have never managed to pick up much of the accent of either. Those from the Black Country think I 'talk posh,' those in Bath think I 'sound common.' I speak quickly, but am told I have good enunciation. I generally try to do character voices. | Sample |
Quinkish (Rachel Lintern) | England > Bristol | Soft West Country accent | ||
elaineandsparky (Elaine Webb) | England > Bristol | South West England accent | I do character voices and I have lived in Bristol all my life. | |
Stuart (Stuart Bell) | England > Cambridge | Neutral English accent | ||
Jhiu | England > Durham | South Yorkshire overlaid with RP | Precise, light voice but with some range; can read Latin and related languages | |
RuthieG (Ruth Golding) | England > Kent | RP/BBC English (no regional accent) | Mature voice, clear diction, character voices | Sample |
Boojumuk (Kevin Green) | England > Lancashire | General northern England, but can manage a few regional accents on request! | I usually try to put a few different accents into my readings to differentiate between characters. | |
David Richardson | England > Lancashire/London UK | English RP | Mellow/Rich. 'Scouse' on Saturday nights. | Sample |
earthcalling (David Barnes) | England > London | BBC English (no regional accent) | Reading style: slow and deliberate | Sample |
Nicholas19 (Nicholas James Bridgewater) | England > London | Mid-Atlantic English accent, General American/Upstate New York | ||
Peter Why (Peter Yearsley) | England > London | South-east England, with some London colouring | ||
ravells (Ravi Shankar) | England > London | RP with some light Malaysian Indian notes | I do character accents. My natural voice is rather nasal. | |
russiandoll (Philippa) | England > London | RP, basically | Occasional Essex colouring; some character voices/accents | Sample |
CliveCatterall | England > Hereford | South-East England. More specifically Guildford. More specifically still about 2/3 of the way up the High Street in the pub behind the Holy Trinity Church | ||
gemlad | England > Oxford | Northern England (Yorkshire) | I've been living in Oxford for >10 years so my accent is not as broad as some. | |
carolb (Carol Box) | England > Surrey (South East) | RP | A film director friend described my voice as light husky, bright yet mellow, compassionate and passionate, flowing...but I think he had an ear infection at the time! My first solo, a book of fairy tales, involved a cast of many character voices. | |
Mango (Joe Pilsbury) | England > West Midlands | Can do a BBC Non-accent, Welsh, Gen Am, Scottish and Polish accents as well. | ||
CarlManchester | England > Northern | British, slightly northern English, slightly Welsh | Occasionally reads in French | Sample |
MichaelMaggs | England > South | Generic Southern English | Can do more accented Somerset | |
Cori (Cori Samuel) | England > South East | RP (via an Estuary.) | Warm, clear and friendly voice | Sample |
Justin Brett | England > South East | Conservative RP | (Can also do Latin, lousy at accents...) | Sample |
Mike001 (Michael Dalling) | England > South East | South-East English accent (RP) | ||
paradise.camouflage (Andy) | Scotland (Argyll & Bute) | Scottish with slight Irish influences - rural: no whine/wine merger, no glottalisation | Alters accent & vocal range for each character's dialogue - can do baritone to alto, & regional accents of Britain, North America and Europe. | |
catrose (Charlotte Duckett) | North Wales | Fairly Welsh. | Not incredibly Welsh , but Welsh enough! | |
Secrets (Sally Ann Cook) | South Wales | Welsh tonality & resonance (Richard Burton's Dialect) | ||
MorganScorpion (Julia Morgan) | UK | English RP | Also reads Latin, French, a little Classical Greek and Mandarin (Pinyin only so far) |
Canada
Reader | Location | Accent | Other Info | Sample |
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smijen (Sarah Jennings) | BC > Vancouver area | Ontarian | ||
seanmhogan | Newfoundland & Labrador > St. John's | Fairly neutral Canadian (not much 'eh' :-)) | Surprisingly bad NL accent! | |
Starlite (Esther) | Ontario > North of Toronto | Canadian éh | ||
Tricia G | Ontario > Toronto area | Minnesotan turning to Ontarian | ||
jpercival (Jessie Percival) | Ontario > West of Toronto | Neutral Canadian | ||
Paks6 (Natalie Paula) | Prince Edward Island | Maritime, Canadian | ||
hugh (Hugh McGuire) | Qc > Montreal | |||
Jc (Jc Guan) | Qc > Montreal | EN: Canadian FR: Québécois |
Also reads in Spanish, Mandarin, and German (French accent). |
US
Reader | Location | Accent | Other Info | Sample |
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Steampunk (Jim Christopher) | AZ | Gen Am | Generally non-accented. Quite dull, actually. Probably shouldn't be allowed within 50 yards of a live mic. Not recommended listening for those operating farm equipment or other heavy machinery. | |
bublsort (E. Tavano) | CA > LA | mild Northeast US | ||
David Wales | CA>LA | General American | Oh my. Welsh genes for speaking voice (the singing ones skipped me entirely). Grew up on the West Coast and the South; have lived in Southern California for 40 years. The Southern influence produces a bit broader vowels. Have had some public speaking training. Can do some voice inflection but not really character voices. | |
prwells32 (Patrick Wells) | CA > Norcal | American, Non-specific | US | |
Kayray (Kara Shallenberg) | CA > SD | |||
DeRamos (Ryan DeRamos) | CA | Late 20th Century, suburban Southern Californian (if such a designation exists) | Recording voice varies by character and content (results may vary). | |
BellonaTimes | FL | |||
Margaret (Margaret Espaillat) | FL > Orlando | Southern CA | I speak Spanish, to me I sound Mexican, to Mexicans I probably sound American. | English sample |
bobgon55 (Bob González) | FL > TPA | Standard American, "Mid-Atlantic" (blend of Standard US and RP); in Spanish, South American & Castilian. | Born/raised in Tampa. Lived in Florida, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Wisconsin. University trained in stage speech, have done numerous accents, tend to idiosyncratically pronounce certain words. "Mid-Atlantic" learned in graduate training, once thought standard for performing classics in US. Not sure if it is standard anymore. | Standard American Mid-Atlantic Spanish |
MaryAnnSpiegel | IL | Gen Am | From Western IL, the regional home of Gen Am. Limited to my native accent. Passable German pronunciations. | |
Anfinwen | IN | American, Midwest | I have family in Minnesota and Kentucky, but I was born and raised in Indiana so my accent is pretty neutral. When I visit family in another state or am around people with an accent I start to mimic them unintentionally. I'm able to do other accents as long as I can find a recording to listen to and mimic. | |
echobase77 (Anna Roberts) | IN | Clear Midwest accent ("no accent"?) | I speak some Spanish and can generally figure out Latin and Greek pronunciations. | |
msfry (Michele Fry) | LA, Southeast US | General American, no particular accent. | Raised in the South by a Yankee father and Parisian French mother, then married into a Cajun family, I can do some French pronounciation, feign a southern drawl, redneck, & Cajun. | |
karlkuzmich (Mark Chulsky) | MA | EN > Russian; RU > Moscow | ||
CliffClaven | MA > Boston | General American, Boston | ||
alg1001 Amy Gramour | ME > Northern | Mainly a South of Boston Massachusetts accent with a Northern Maine influence (twenty years in both). | ||
GayleCato | MI | (May not be a typical MI accent ... ) | ||
DebraLynn | MI > LP | (no accent) | ||
thistlechick (Betsie Bush) | MI > UP | Northern Midwest US | Occasional "Whistling S" =) | |
PersiaRose (Clara Snyder) | Midwest | Midwest accent (no accent) | Can stumble through German pronunciation. | |
Tulip27 (Michael Wolf) | MN | English: British RP, north Midlands, GenAm German: Northwestern (Northrhine-Westphalia) |
Accent varies based on genre, text, setting, etc. Though now located in the US, I'm more confident with British varieties. I also speak German and Dutch and my French pronunciation is good enough to contribute short pieces in French | US UK |
k-rin (Karen Keeney) | MS | Slight Southern, no drawl | ||
chocoholic (Laurie Anne Walden) | NC | Southern American (Carolinas) | ||
Great Plains | NH | GenAm | Mild Oregon and Louisiana inflections. | |
tovarisch | NH | When speaking Russian, Moscow (native); when speaking English, UK/RP (most comfortable), Russian | Can fake some other accents when speaking English or Russian, which to a casual listener will likely be sufficient. Can read French, Italian, and even German (but probably will sound awful to a native speaker) | |
Rick Rodstrom | NY > NYC | NY accent | ||
commonsparrow3 (Maria Kasper) | NY > Rochester (born and lived here all my life) | Flat Rat-chester accent, including the telltale Rochester vowel shift and very American R's. | Other: Can make a stab at pronouncing occasional brief bits of French. Hopeless at accents or character voices. | Sample |
SmokestackJones (Glen Hallstrom) | Oklahhoma City | None | ||
Lynnet (Lynne Thompson) | OR > Portland | Southern British English but with moments of Portland | Born: south London, England. Grew up: Kent, southern England. Also spent time in Coventry, England and Cwmbran, south Wales. | |
RossKlatte (Ross Klatte) | SC | General American | Father Chicago, Mother Wisconsin, lived in Carolina for many decades; Okay with names in most European languages, Japanese, and Chinese (if correctly romanized, either PY or WG--tones optional) | |
Kangaroo692 | Southeast US | General American | Speaks English and some Spanish. | English sample |
SilverG (Greg Bowman) | TN | US Neutral | Sample | |
Jenny (Jenny Lundak) | TX | Gen Am | Grew up in Midwest (IL/OH), lived in CA, currently in TX. Like to play on variations of southern drawls. | |
JimTheActor (Jim Allman) | TX | Gen Am | No wine-whine merger | |
Bill Mosley | TX > Central TX | Raised in a suburb of Houston, studied Spanish and Greek, can translate southern drawl. | ||
gypsygirl (Karen Savage) | TX > Central TX | British RP and GenAm; in Spanish, Mexican, Argentinian | Native accent in English is British, but have been living in US since teens. Spanish accent is Mexican, but can also still do Argentinian. | UK US Spanish |
AmateurOzmologist (Miriam Esther Goldman) | TX > Houston | Sort of pan-american WWII era accent. Speaks Hebrew passably well, but in a painfully American accent. | ||
Esky (Stephen Escalera) | VA | |||
tazzle (Shontae Elliott) | WA | Mostly Great Lakes Vowel Shift, very flat | Can do a very poor attempt at a generalized English accent :lol:. Born Ohio, lived PA, Scotland, and now Washington state | Sample |
lharri (Laura Harrington) | Northeastern USA | |||
Samanem (Dennis Smith) | USA > Southeast | Gen Am | Bass/Baritone |
Australia & NZ
Reader | Location | Accent | Other Info | Sample |
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mockfrog (Matthew Ward) | Australia > NSW > Newcastle | Cultured or more working class Australian accents | can do various English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Russian, Spanish, German, French & Various American & Canadian | |
SonOfTheExiles (Son of the Exiles) | Australia > NSW > Sydney's Western Suburbs | Australian | Most of the Australian-accented voice parts I contrive to do in the Henry Lawson and Banjo Paterson Bush poems and stories are based on older relatives in the back-blocks rural areas of New South Wales and Victoria, or in some cases their neighbours. | Sample |
barbara2 | Australia > Qld | Urban Australian, not broad. | I feel comfortable reading short passages of French, German and Italian in the standard accents of those languages or short passages of Latin in an Italian accent. | Sample |
glennobrien (Glenn O'Brien) | Australia > Tasmania | Australian | English Spanish Danish Esperanto | |
Elizabby (Beth Thomas) | Australia > Victoria > Melbourne | Australian | I can do the full range from educated East Coast Australian to broad Aussie, Aussie, Aussie (Oi, Oi, Oi!) I'm also working on my RP British English accent, but I don't think I'm quite there yet. I can read French and Greek (both very slowly and not very fluently.) Useless Trivia: I can also sing in Vietnamese but I can't speak or read it very well. | Sample |
Aspergine | Australian | Can range from Sydney eastern-suburbs-tertiary-educated to colourful larrikin inflected. |
Other Countries
Europe
Country | Reader | Location | Accent | Other Info | Sample |
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Austria | aravis (Elli) | In English: definitely German In German: no regional accent |
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Austria | J_N (Julia Niedermaier) | English: British with an Austrian-German accent; German: no dialect, but German native speakers would probably recognize me as Austrian; |
born and raised in Vienna (AT); studied for a year in Newcastle (UK); I might at some point try my hand at French or Japanese - be afraid, be very afraid | English German | |
Belgium | Julila (Julie VW) | Ghent | Dutch (Standaard Nederlands met Vlaamse tongval); British English (RP with slight Flemish accent) | also reads in French, and a bit of German | |
Denmark | neckertb | Copenhagen | in English: a mixture of French, German and Danish; in French: no regional accent; in German: I believe a mixture between Danish and french; in Danish: German or French depending on whom I ask |
very good at taking an extreme French accent in English | |
France | Lady Maria | Paris | French accent | ||
Germany | Janie No. 5 (Stephanie König) | Bodensee | Swabian (slightly?) | ||
Germany | Carolin | Bremen | German: Hanseatic; Dutch: Groningen | Time spent in Buffalo, NY is probably still audible. Also manages with Classical Latin. | |
Germany | bropops4 (malone) | Leipzig | Midwest (Kansas), USA | a tolerably good reader of French (check Listeners wanted, Apollinaire, Alcools), a very good reader of Latin, prose and poetry (I'm sorry, but I am. See, or rather hear, the catalog) A pretty good reader of ancient Greek and German. I can stumble through Spanish and Italian | |
Germany | smike | High German | Sample | ||
Hungary | dii (Diana Majlinger) | Budapest | Hungarian: standard, no regional accent; English: mixed between British and American; Italian: standard, no regional accent |
also speaks Russian, French and Spanish | |
Italy | daniele | Italian Accent | Sample | ||
Italy | mgt (Maria Grazia Tundo) | Bari | English | ||
Italy | Riccardo (Riccardo Fasol) | Italian: No accent English: Italian accent |
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Italy | sirjoh (Sergio) | Rome | In Italian: very faint Tuscan accent In English: slight Italian accent; RP as model In French: very slight, undefinable accent; In German: Italian accent. |
precise diction and light tenor voice | |
The Netherlands | anna (Ans Wink) | Maastricht | Heers/Maastrichts | ||
The Netherlands | lezer (Anna Simon) | Gelderland | in English: Dutch; in Nederlands: ABN, met soms een hint Brabants | ||
The Netherlands | bart (Bart de Leeuw) | Utrecht | in English: Dutch; in Nederlands: ABN, met een beetje een zachte g. Mijn r ligt achter in mijn mond en kan ik niet laten rollen | ||
Norway | Kristingj (Kristingj) | Oslo | English accent is closer to neutral British, but tend to sometime mix American and British. Norwegian: Somewhat neutral, but still a hint of accent from Eastfold / Ostfold | ||
Spain | tux753 (Tux) | Madrid | Spanish (of Madrid) not too strong | ||
Sweden | rowland (Lars Rolander) | Linkoping | in English: Fairly neutral, like to play with voices though: in German: Maybe a bit influenced by Hessen, but fairly neutral: in Swedish: No particular accent, but can do several dialects |
Asia
Country | Reader | Location | Accent | Other Info | Sample |
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India | neerajanagarajan (Neeru Iyer) | Chennai, South India | South-Indian Brahmin accent, I think (if such a thing exists) | Can do a little bit of German tolerably | |
Philippines | JohanLiebert
(April Gonzales) |
Cavite | English: British with little American accent on some long readings
Tagalog: Caviteñong Tagalog |
OTHER INFO: I lived in the Southern Tagalog area for most of my life so, my Bisaya is a bit accented with Tagalog | English Tagalog Bisaya |
Philippines | yannaaragon (Maria Angela R Aragon) | Metro Manila region | American neutral accent | English | |
South Korea | jessieyun0404 (Jessie Yun) | Seoul | American, British, and Korean(Hangul) | ||
Taiwan | Semantic Nuance |
South America
Country | Reader | Location | Accent | Other Info | Sample |
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Brazil | AnaESL | In Portuguese: Paulistana (São Paulo capital) | |||
Brazil | Leni | In Portuguese: "carioca" (Rio de Janeiro) |