How to Choose a Reference Voice

SpeakTune includes different reference voices because learners need different kinds of examples. You are not trying to become that speaker. You are using the voice as a training target for rhythm, pitch movement, and sentence endings.

Modern voice

The Modern voice is the best daily baseline. It is designed to feel close to everyday American speech used at work and in daily life.

• Use it for realistic practice.
• Use it when you want transfer to normal conversations.
• Use it after you understand the shape and want a natural version.

Southern voice

The Southern voice has stronger pitch movement. This makes the melody easier to hear and copy, especially if your English sounds flat or too even.

• Use it when you cannot hear the rise and fall clearly.
• Use it for pitch awareness and confidence building.
• Do not copy every regional pronunciation detail. Focus on the melody shape.

Old Fashion voice

The Old Fashion voice is more deliberate. It can help with articulation, rhythm, and confident sentence endings.

• Use it for presentation-style practice.
• Use it when your final words disappear.
• Avoid copying the slow pace exactly. Copy the clarity and ending shape.

Male or female voice?

Choose whichever voice is easier to hear and more comfortable to imitate. SpeakTune compares pitch shape relative to each speaker’s own baseline, so you do not need to match the absolute pitch level of a male or female speaker.

A good training path

1. Start with Southern or Old Fashion if you need a clearer exaggerated model.
2. Practice until you can hear the sentence shape.
3. Switch to Modern for realistic daily speech.
4. Keep the same sentence and compare scores across voices only loosely.