You will be recording using your phone. If you are unsure how to make a recording, here are the instrctions:
How to record a Iphone's voice memo:
I-phone: https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/make-a-recording-iph4d2a39a3b/ios
- Open the Voice Memos app or ask Siri to open it.
- To record, tap or click . To stop, tap . On your iPad or Mac1, tap or click .
- When you tap. , your memo is saved automatically with your current location as the title. On your iPad or Mac, click Done when you're finished recording.
- When you are done, tap the three small dots for options to share. You are encouraged to share with ClearlySpeaking in Dropbox, email (lynda@clearly-speaking.com) or text to 412-264-1717.
How to record an Android's Voice Recorder:
Android: https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-record-audio-on-android
- Open the Voice Recorder app.
- To record, tap or click the red circle. Tap the gray square to stop.
- Name and save the recording, and move to a list of saved recordings, which can also be accessed by tapping the word "LIST" at the top-right corner.
- When you are done, tap for options to share. You are encouraged to share with ClearlySpeaking in Dropbox, or email (lynda@clearly-speaking.com).
Pixel: https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/9516618?hl=en
Recording Instructions:
The first step in the process is to record a speech sample. I recommend that you read through all of the instructions before you begin. You have choices with the topics and you may want to take some presentation notes to assist you. Basically, you are getting a sample of your speech now and will save it to compare to your speech after taking this course and using new strategies.
Are you ready to begin? Great! Here are some suggestions for topics that you can talk about. The point is to give a speech sample that is at least 2-3 minutes long. Let’s get started:
Section 1:
Answer the following questions in full sentences:
1. State your name and where you live (area of the states, country, etc.)
2. Talk about what you do at your company.
3. Tell a 2 minute story (choose one):
- Something about your childhood, OR
- How you met your spouse OR
- Your favorite vacation destination and why.
Section 2:
Read the following passage at the rate of speech you use in everyday conversation. You may want to read the passage several times to become familiar with the words so that you don't stumble on any. When you are ready, read the paragraph (2 minutes).
When the sunlight strikes raindrops in the air, they act as a prism and form a rainbow. The rainbow is a division of white light into many beautiful colors. These take the shape of a long round arch, with its path high above, and its two ends apparently beyond the horizon. There is, according to legend, a boiling pot of gold at one end. People look, but no one ever finds it. When a man looks for something beyond his reach, his friends say he is looking for the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Throughout the centuries people have explained the rainbow in various ways. Some have accepted it as a miracle without physical explanation. To the Hebrews it was a token that there would be no more universal floods. The Greeks used to imagine that it was a sign from the gods to foretell war or heavy rain. The Norsemen considered the rainbow as a bridge over which the gods passed from earth to their home in the sky. Others have tried to explain the phenomenon physically. Aristotle thought that the rainbow was caused by reflection of the sun's rays by the rain.
(The Rainbow Passage, a public domain text, can be found on page 127 of the 2nd edition of Grant Fairbanks' Voice and Articulation Drillbook. New York: Harper & Row. To see the entire passage, go to: http://web.ku.edu/idea/readings/rainbow.htm)
Label the recording and save for later after you complete the course.
I suggest making separate recordings with your responses to make it easier to listen to in short bite-size pieces. This will prove especially useful later on. Be sure to include the date of the recording, too.