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Voice Gender Analyzer

A supportive feedback tool for voice training. Speak naturally and see two acoustic cues that shape how a voice is perceived — your average pitch (F0) and your resonance (formants) — placed on a masculine↔feminine perceptual spectrum.

This measures acoustics only. Pitch and resonance are sounds a microphone can measure; gender identity and biological sex are not, and this tool does not and cannot determine them. The result is where your voice’s sound currently sits on a perceptual range built from population averages — many voices fall in the overlap zone, and that is completely normal. It’s designed as encouraging feedback for voice training, including gender-affirming voice work, characterisation, or curiosity. Estimates depend on your mic, room, and how you’re speaking. Your mic is analyzed live and never recorded or uploaded.

Microphone is off. Click “Start microphone”, then speak naturally for about ten seconds.

How It Works

While you speak, the tool tracks two things many listeners use to perceive a voice as more masculine or feminine. The first is fundamental frequency (F0) — your average pitch — found with a YIN pitch detector and reported as the median over your voiced samples (median resists the odd glitch). The second is resonance: the tool runs LPC analysis to estimate your vocal-tract formants and reports the average of the first three. Shorter or more “raised” vocal tracts tend to produce higher formants (a brighter resonance), which listeners associate with feminine-perceived voices; lower formants read as darker, more masculine-perceived. The marker blends both cues (pitch weighted a little more) and shows roughly where your voice’s sound currently sits.

For context, adult speaking pitch averages sit around 100–130 Hz for many men and 190–220 Hz for many women, with a large overlap in between — and plenty of people sit happily in that overlap. Those are population statistics, not targets, and they say nothing about who you are. If you’re training your voice, the most useful thing here is watching the numbers change as you experiment: lift your larynx, brighten your vowels, find a comfortable pitch, and see the marker move. Trust your ears and, for gender-affirming work, a qualified speech-language pathologist over any single number.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does this tell me my gender or sex?
No — and nothing could from audio alone. Gender identity and sex are not acoustic properties. This tool only measures how your voice sounds (pitch and resonance) and where that sits on a perceptual range. The result is about sound, not identity.
Is this useful for voice feminization or masculinization training?
Yes — that’s the main use. Watch your pitch and resonance change as you practise, and use it as live feedback alongside the guidance of a speech-language pathologist for gender-affirming voice work.
Why does resonance matter as much as pitch?
Pitch alone doesn’t define a perceived voice — resonance (formants, set by vocal-tract shape) is a huge cue. Many trainees raise pitch but still read a certain way until they also shift resonance. That’s why both are shown.
Is my microphone recorded or uploaded?
No. Audio is analyzed live in your browser and never leaves your device. Stopping the mic releases it immediately.
Why do my numbers vary?
Pitch and resonance shift with how you speak, your mic’s frequency response, and the room. Use medians over several seconds and compare on the same setup. Formant (resonance) estimates from LPC are approximate.