[Journalists] descrimination against voices?

[Aziza]

Thanks Elizabeth, this is really helpful.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Elizabeth Sammons" <antigone at columbus.rr.com>
To: "'Blind Professional Journalists List'" <journalists at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2008 5:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Journalists] descrimination against voices?


> Aziza,
>
> Good evening, and I understand your need for academic references. I would
> suggest:
> Voice of America has some  guidelines for hiring folks as announcers; they
> must be native speakers of a language with a lot of other requirements. 
> Look
> on the web; Google "voice of America" and then go from there.
>
> Second, I would recommend any   radio announcer manuals or training 
> guides.
> Of anyone, these are folks aware of what a voice3 must give off, since 
> this
> is all they have to present to an audience.
>
> Hoping this helps; good luck. On a personal note, I can say that even as
> people say a sighted person takes 10-20 seconds to get a first impression 
> of
> someone, so do I, using the voice, accent, words chosen, hand shake, and
> sometimes other senses as well such as a person's odor, perfume, touch of 
> a
> garment, way their feet sound when they walk, etc. etc.. But  voice and
> accent and breathing  and pauses would be the most important to me.
>
>
> Regards,
> Elizabeth
>
>
>
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