How to Record and Upload Your Voice

Mar 11
Voice Mastery at The French Room works through short recordings.

You record yourself speaking in French and upload the recording in your private Voice Mastery chat so that I can give feedback and pointers on pronunciation, rhythm and impact.

This page explains how to make and upload your recording.

Most recordings take less than a minute to make. These always come from Bonjour Brilliance + Voice Mastery.

Step 1 — Record your voice

You can record using a phone or a computer.

Recordings are usually short. Even 60 seconds can be enough.

You might record:

• the micro-task I suggest on Mondays for everyone in Voice Mastery
• something specific that I ask you to do
• occasionally something longer that pulls together elements you have been working on for a few weeks


It is normal to try a sentence several times before sending it. Some recordings take one attempt, others take many.

The aim is not perfection. It is simply to notice how the sentence sounds and refine it.

To understand more about how feedback works, see How to Develop Your Voice in French.

Step 2 — Save the recording as MP3

The French Room currently accepts recordings in MP3 format.

The first time you record you may need to set your recorder to save files as MP3.

This usually takes one or two minutes, and once the setting is changed your device will remember it for future recordings.

Recording on a Windows computer

Open Voice Recorder.

In the recording settings, choose MP3 as the file format.

Once this is set, every recording you make will automatically be saved as an MP3 file ready to upload.

Write your awesome label here.

Recording on a Mac

You can record using QuickTime Player.

  1. Open QuickTime Player

  2. Choose New Audio Recording

  3. Record your sentence

  4. Export the file as MP3 before uploading.


Recording on an iPhone

Open the Voice Memos app and record your voice.

iPhone recordings are saved as M4A files, so they need to be converted to MP3 before uploading.

This usually takes 10–20 seconds using a free online converter.

Example converter:

https://cloudconvert.com/m4a-to-mp3


Write your awesome label here.

Recording on Android

Use the Recorder app on your phone.

If the file is not already saved as MP3, this should be a format option.

Step 3 — Upload your recording

Open your private Voice Mastery chat.

Click Upload file and select the MP3 recording.

Ellie will listen and respond with feedback on:

• pronunciation
• rhythm
• clarity
• delivery

and impact

A quick note

I know that MP3 is not always default format used by your phones and computers.


I are currently working on additional audio formats so recordings can be uploaded more directly in the future.

If you find that you can't send in Mp3 format email me what you have and I will upload it to your chat.

The French Room Guidebook

This article is part of the The French Room Guidebook, a collection of practical explanations about how learning works inside The French Room.

→ Explore the full guide

If you would like to understand the wider learning approach at The French Room, you may also find this helpful:

→ How Adults Become Fluent in French

Write your awesome label here.
Created with