Why your voice is like a fingerprint

[@Salted_Potato]

Vox has the greatest array of journalists I have ever seen in any channel. Serious talent all around to cover so many versatile topics with high quality!

[@napinkpa]

Them and Vice news too

[@keanpaolomiguelcabaero8819]

@@napinkpa I hope you mean vice news

[@SamsonFernendez]

Except this one, she brings bad vibes 🤷

[@justlisten82]

​@@SamsonFernendezat least she's hot 😅

[@Vort_tm]

@@justlisten82 From positivity to objectification in 4 comments.

[@DSQueenie]

This is interesting because my sister and I have very very, I’ve always been told identical voices, similar voices. Even our parents can’t really tell them apart if we speak to them from another room. The only way we are told apart is by our word choice.

[@watsonunlimitedmusic]

Yeah that's the one statement here that doesn't entirely hold true..

[@jdredman]

@@watsonunlimitedmusic Sure it does. Identical, but not the same. The OP and their sister likely have the same upbringing. Had they been separated at birth and moved to another state or even country, they'd likely sound vastly different.

[@dyamoy]

Question…have you used this particular “feature” to your twin’s /demise/? 😅

[@DrDjones]

Identical or similar ... make up your mind already

[@visitstothebank]

I understand what you are saying me and my brother are 4 yrs apart but we sound identical, I can tell the difference in our voices it’s small but I see it but most ppl can’t.

[@boy638]

But just like how there are non-twins that look uncannily similar to each other, there must be people's voices that sound virtually identical but we just have yet to find it?

[@TheOfficialNathanMacLeod]

I presume so but accents and languages would mask it to some extent.

[@ymmwina]

I knew two identical twins who sound exactly the same, and I've heard other stories of strangers sounding the exact same (leading to pranks and stuff). This video is so interesting but in my life, i have met people who sound identical sooooo....

[@Ginamichelle767]

Vocal doppelgangers!

[@gamemeister27]

Yeah I found an ASMR video where the guy sounded way too similar to me for my own mental health

[@alexxxO_O]

I've literally heard people with UNCANNILY similar voices to me.

[@Hawk259]

I love this! I’m a Speech-Language Pathologist! This is my jam! So happy to see more education about these areas 🤗

[@foxque2149]

As a SLP I proudly enjoyed the video too, high five!

[@eLLeGx3]

Another SLP here!!! Totally got excited about this video too.

[@tyr3759]

A FSD here! Totally not excited, but it's interesting.

[@nzs316]

So how do we differentiate ChatGPT from the real person. Today they are very close. Give it another couple months and it may be impossible to differentiate the copy from the original.

[@megzmeow]

Speech and language therapist in the UK here! Just started specialising in dysphonia - this will be so useful to so many people! More please!

[@mmleehan]

When you sound like somebody that I used to know

[@mysticmarble94]

OUT 🥸🥸🥸

[@gabor6259]

Kimbra sounds like Katy Perry.

[@anonymousc.8934]

You didn’t have to cut me off 😢

[@gabor6259]

@@anonymousc.8934 Make out like it never happened and that we were nothing!

[@RarelyAChump]

"There will be no one who will ever sound like you", but there will be technology that can already 😅

[@perhapsyes2493]

Full pedantry mode: That's not a "someone", that would be a thing. (Until AI declares itself/is declared sentient, that is ... which might be very close)

[@brettito]

@BunsGlazing obviously you have never left your own town because there are people in the world that do not speak English natively. I feel bad for you.

[@nightspicer]

there are some people that can do insanely accurate impersonations

[@samiam2003]

💀fr

[@Davi_L]

When I was in 8th grade a classmate of mine moved 5,000 miles across the world. 7 years later I was visiting that country sitting in a lobby talking on the phone and some random person walked over and said "Davi, is that you?" It was him.

[@paulcarlachapman628]

As others have commented, sometimes a vocal imprint seems to run in families. I sound like my mother did and my daughters sound like me. Both my brothers sound like Daddy did. Then you will see sibling singing pairs or groups who can achieve amazingly close harmony because they sound so much alike. Voices are interesting.

[@nateridgely6778]

I’ve always noticed that people who look alike don’t always sound alike, but anybody who sounds like someone almost always looks like them

[@10nsolly]

Is there an explanation for people who can do impressions really well?

[@debangan]

Training their vocal chords to make diverse range of sounds. Then adjusting them to sound like somebody else. It is never 100% accurate though.

[@bobbymoss6160]

muscle control. end of explanation.

[@SoftTofu123]

lets say you draw something. it's unique. but I can always try to copy it as best as I could. maybe it's close enough that i can trick others. it's basically the same thing.

[@LuukvdHoogen]

I think many great impressions have to do with timing and mimicking someones thought process. When I see a great impression I think: 'that is exactly how she would say that!' in stead of 'that is exactly the right frequency and resonance!'

[@encouraginglegacy]

@@LuukvdHoogen Good point here.

[@stellarsyd]

When we think about this musically, it is just so beautiful

[@gradientcube]

Vox has been making some amazing videos lately.

[@kfemme68]

I do know one thing that changes things... for me it was being in a major car accident and having tubes in my throat for so long or so many (I'm not sure which was the culprit for sure) but it damaged my vocal cords and makes it very hard for me to sing at all anymore. But being alive after that accident wasn't a guarantee so I'm just thankful I'm alive.

[@nikkitronic80]

This was very interesting. I used to sing a lot and be pretty good at it too. I sang in choir all through school, used to do musical theater and just sing for fun at home or in the shower. Then I became addicted to drugs for many years and never sang, it was a sad, terrible time in my life. I’ve been sober for four years now and when I try to sing, it comes out as a shadow of my former singing self. I thought I’d try to get back into choir but I can hardly hold a tune anymore. I can just feel that my muscles have atrophied down in there. I wonder if with practice it’s something that can come back? Because it’s pretty bad lol, I sound awful now lol

[@leonhardeuler675]

5:38 as a podiatrist, I can tell you that the foot is the sole. Not the larynx.

[@rishabh30695]

Bro she meant SOUL not SOLE.

[@elmatichos]

The sigh was unreal :D I love your comment

[@juliandavidac]

😂😂😂😂 sole

[@zumabbar]

what a solely interesting fact

[@sonnychoi]

Just so you and the other presenters know, none of you sound annoying or weird! From my personal experience, people who comment on how "irritating" or "unattractive" on another person sounds, are the people I want to listen to the least.

[@Merlincat007]

They're probably insecure about their own voices :(

[@carolines.6517]

amen!

[@AudreyYun]

voices might not sound EXACTLY alike, but plenty of voices sound very very similar so as to be practically the same to the ear.

[@AxeSoul]

PLEASE do more videos on voices/vocal stuff!

[@abmindprof]

Thanks, as a linguist I appreciate videos like these. It must have been hard to narrow down. There's so much more that could be said, such as languages that use voice changes (most obviously tones but also various stretches and relaxing) to make meaning, smokers voice, and so on.

[@abmindprof]

@@justayoutuber1906 I try.

[@astaridjatmiko8187]

"The larynx is a person's soul". Yep, i can't agree more.

[@delyar]

I am a musician and mainly work with singers, I very much like this presentation

[@ltfreeborn]

This is essentially, a video to boost self confidence.

[@user-op8fg3ny3j]

Kinda felt like it was personal when she brought up the old comments that got under her skin

[@JeskidoYT]

@@user-op8fg3ny3j most videos on this channel stem from just one idea related to someone's personal life. a subjective question turned into a semi objective research.

[@jasminek3612]

What’s creepy is when sisters sound almost exactly the same

[@claudiaperi4990]

Come play with us

[@andrewsantamonica6025]

2:36 that pause though!

[@Haobey]

POV: you missed half of what they said because you were playing with your vocal folds

[@justlisten82]

Now I'm even more interested in how some people can mimic and impersonate others so well.

[@voicetube]

I'm a voiceover artist for a living… And I approve this video… :-)

[@TeKaMOTO]

Never noticed anything about the way you speak, but now that you mentioned it, I immediately hyper focused on it and noticed you hardly move your jaw when you speak.

[@flashsurfing]

She also speaks through her mostly closed teeth, especially noticeable on the end of words

[@christianhansen3292]

the pitch of that guy's squeaks at the end are amazing!

[@mellow-jello]

Voices are unique, and that said, tech will come close enough that when listening to a facsimile by AI, you won't hear the difference.

[@DrewRobertson1]

I work with a guy who, if I didn't know any better, was my cousin. He sounds identical. It kind of prevents me from having a normal convo with him without cracking.

[@robrodell]

Wooooooooooooooonderful video. As a trained singer, 5:13 reminds me to "prektis prektis prektis!" as declared by Mary McDonnell in the movie Sneakers, so that my cords (aka folds) don't atrophy as quickly.... Thanks Vox.

[@Avius_River]

Perfect timing for this video

[@Surenwithhisvideos]

Thanks Leonardo Di Caprio for that pristine explanation 🙂

[@Zimmy_1981]

Loving the content, just subbed. Greetings from Trinidad 🇹🇹

[@xanthespace5141]

A question I haven't thought about but uh thanks for giving an answer?

[@rizdog5735]

I thought about this a lot

[@dennis9052]

Guys, the fact that larynx can say a lot about a person is one of the most unquestionable truths I have ever heard. Nice video to all Vox's team!🎬

[@Aragorn7884]

That's a lot of sticky notes in the background LOL

[@artemcaesar3535]

The last part was a brilliant :3 I feel roughly the same when I try to produce high pitch sounds ))

[@tessiepinkman]

This was super cool! I had an idea of how this all worked, but not at all in this detail. Thank you for always providing us with interesting topics, and most importantly; topics with *substance* - because that's really quite rare.

[@zumabbar]

whoa wait. whispering strains your vocal cord????????

[@ananas_anna]

Yep. Which is why when you have laryngitis, you should never whisper.

[@sullychow4123]

I was fascinated and horrified by that keyhole camera footage of the vocal folds

[@josh8560]

Only OG's remember the orignal title of this video...

[@miyotto]

Yeah, I put this on my watch later list and I'm surprised that the title has been changed

[@har5814]

What's the title though?

[@ZachPincince]

Nobody gonna talk about that casual F7 at the end? 👀🤯

[@ra5aus]

I'm an identical twin and everyone says we sound exactly the same, our mother & my brothers wife gets confused.

[@2468whodoweappreciate]

Thank you, I learned a lot in this video.

[@ntobekomtimkulu239]

Could we have a video like this describing accents?

[@dirkdiggler.]

I dont even sound like me when i hear myself

[@chirag.r]

Amazing!!

[@MrDavidMcNick]

Some Vox producers don't really show up on camera, but I sure am glad Kim is one that does.

[@lamMeTV]

Dont get upset about some comments. You are a content creator, its the life you chose. Pretending that humans are better than they are sets you up for failure.

[@outtersteller]

So how does relate to stuttering ??? I struggled with this while growing up. It runs in the family but always dissipates during puberty. I just wanna understand how it works and why. Trying to connect the dots with this explanation.

[@riyanbabar8416]

This video is amazing ❤❤

[@_Sameeeta_]

So we’re just gonna ignore dude hitting a WHISTLE NOTE at the end?!?!?

[@Liolia22]

I beg to differ; me, my sister, and my mom all sound identical when we say “hi” in Russian on the phone 😆 but yes, once we start talking longer, we likely sound different (but it may be related to our varying accents). (Edited for grammar/word choice)

[@Saleehhh]

My two brothers sounds the exact same, they are not twins

[@Thunder10nutella]

Oh myy- i literally had the same question running in my mind yesterday when i was studying, This definitely helped me better :D

[@hurricanemarigolds2818]

I have trouble telling some voices apart, kinda surprising voices would truly be unique. Some people look startlingly similar to eachother too, almost like they have the same base template lol.

[@hopsiepike]

Penguin parents find their young in the vast collective nesting grounds, by each one’s unique voice.

[@user-iu1vo5vr1k]

she said “And I took that personally.” 3:51

[@user-iu1vo5vr1k]

queeeeeeen

[@brokenwizards9122]

3:50 The reason this video was probably made.

[@abdullahibnemobin7725]

@Vox Would suggest if there can be a part-2 of this to explain how does vocal mimicry works?

[@hamza-chaudhry]

That guy was engaging

[@0rod]

That clip of the vocal folds were the most terrifying thing I’ve witnessed

[@BBQBeerKars]

Short answer: Nobody! ‘Cuz I be amazin’

[@MiguelAngel_Romero]

Wait a second... Whispering strains your vocal cords????

[@mugumyapaultheafricannomad9488]

I'm watching an answer to a question I have never asked myself. Lol

[@koguma8823]

what about identical twins?

[@ironic.]

My confidence is through the roof Thanks Vox

[@OhMaiGuy]

"Bigger, longer, thicker, more muscular" ✌🏾😮‍💨

[@shahdnone7281]

I was just thinking about this the other day!

[@billsykes5392]

Looking forward to Big Tech unethically using this as a biometric identifier 😊

[@jdredman]

I can almost always pick out my kid from all the other kids' voices at the playground.

[@KaDrop]

so I have a question, since it’s a muscle, couldn’t you pull/sprain your vocal muscles?

[@TYsdrawkcaB]

you can strain them, but not really pull or sprain them.

[@Nmnmmnn1]

“Margot Robbie in wolf of Wall Street” 😂😂😂

[@arelismargarito5283]

That was fun! 🗣️🙋🏻‍♀️👍🏼

[@CHLOE_IN_100SKIES]

learning that made me more aware of my throat 😂

[@AlphaGeekgirl]

In my family, if I visit my mother and I answer her phone, I can have a 10 minute conversation with her friends and they do not know that they’re not talking to my mother. Scarier still, is my sister and her two sons all sound the same on the phone. My brother-in-law cannot tell whether he’s talking to his wife or his boys.

[@vennstudios9885]

NOOOOOO YOU DID NOT YOU DID NOT JUST MADE TWO SMALL BALLOONS CLASH TO EACHOTHER NOOO

[@mihakrivec8449]

Man has got that PIANO RIZZ🥵

[@greegeo]

Only if school was this informative and cool :/

[@paavoilves5416]

It is, but a video with cool graphics is just easier to digest

[@SophieMerau]

@@paavoilves5416 Unpopular opinion

[@SophieMerau]

@@paavoilves5416 It isn’t cool.

[@yungchop6332]

Got that middleschooler "I hate school because they give us homework" mindset

[@sifyh.9561]

It can be! I study English Literature and Linguistics and I learned all of this at school!

[@FedericoMaggiore]

Very appreciated! You explained it in the simplest way possible, great! Btw the last note Justin did was a whistle, wasn't it?

[@vishalgaikwad2514]

So the whole video was made because someone roasted her in other video😂😂😂

[@velociraptor5962]

Fascinating.

[@languist]

This reminds of the days when we had compulsory linguistics theory at university :D

[@Min5]

i love all the vox voices

[@earlaweese]

*Wow!! Thank you, Vox for posting something enlightening!!!*

[@cloud.mp4298]

So if I do some impressions then I'm committing identity fraud?

[@antonco2]

Your channel is named Vox, you make a video about voices and you don't joke about it?!

[@samiam2003]

lol the coming to america thing

[@heyjaydance]

6:05 okay Mariah 😂

[@gabor6259]

"No one will ever sound like you." Unless you have an identical twin.

[@ToyotaTacomaOfficial]

Funny how I was just comparing it to a fingerprint yesterday

[@khan.furqan]

We Have Certainly Created Man In The Best Of Stature [Quran 95:4] ♥️

[@WaveRaider-ox4nh]

JERSEY!

[@legendsofmyself]

Great!. Thank you

[@khurramkhurshed9427]

Interesting information

[@RosheenQuynh]

Could we have a video on bass voices? 👀

[@jonusmatthewpasta5571]

So cool!

[@saloo769]

Thank you Vox for the video Very interesting