Voice Mastery at The French Room works through short recordings.
Learners record themselves speaking in French and upload the recording in their private Voice Mastery chat so that Ellie can give feedback on pronunciation, rhythm and impact.
This page explains how to make and upload your recording.
Most recordings take less than a minute to make.
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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.
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Recording on a Mac
You can record using QuickTime Player.
Open QuickTime Player
Choose New Audio Recording
Record your sentence
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.
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.
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