Now You're Talking av Trevor Cox

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<p><b>¿A lively, intelligent and persuasive history of speech...Expertly and patiently explained¿ <i>The Times</i></b><br><br><b>Why are human beings the only animals that can speak? And why does it matter?</b><br><br>If you¿ve ever felt the shock of listening to a recording of your own voice, you realise how important your voice is to your personal identity. We judge others ¿ and whether we trust them ¿ not just by their words but by the way they talk: their intonation, their pitch, their accent.<br><br><i>Now You¿re Talking</i> explores the full range of our voice ¿ how we speak and how we sing; how our vocal anatomy works; what happens when things go wrong; and how technology enables us to imitate and manipulate the human voice. <br><br>Trevor Cox talks to vocal coaches who help people to develop their new voice after a gender transition; to record producers whose use of technology has transformed the singing voice; and to computer scientists who replicate the human voice in their d