0571 - How You Sit Affects Your Video-Call Voice

2022.07.25 – 0571 - How You Sit Affects Your Video-Call Voice

How You Sit Affects Your Video-Call Voice

Bad posture can affect how you sound:

·        We are likely to be sitting down

·        We tend to then look down at the laptop camera, affecting the neck position and then the range of motion and flexibility that your larynx and voice box have, as well as putting a kink in the airflow to the larynx.

·        All puts a strain on your muscular skeletal system and on the vocal folds as the air passes over them, reducing the breath support for your voice and lowering your resonance.

Upgrade your work-station to reduce such problems:

·        Simply raising your laptop so the camera is in your eye-line will help you keep your head up and spine straight, reducing tension and increasing breath support.

·        Have an ergonomic chair to reduce the temptation to slouch and slump.

And as you are likely to be on a Zoom call while working from home, and therefore likely not to have spoken as much before you start the conversation (perhaps not as much were you to have been in the office), don’t forget some warm-up exercises such as resonate humming or lip trills. (See the tips elsewhere in this book / podcast.) 

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