> i noticed it was really easy for me to pick out that the one masked example was not a normal man, i'd have guessed either gay male or varbie gone too far.
Perhaps that was because the article clearly labeled which one was the original woman's voice and which one was modulated to sound like a man? There's an easy way to test this: gave the interviewer guess the candidate's gender and see if they can guess consistently correct.
that's true but if you listen to the two samples it's very clear the voice is not a typical man. but agreed it would help to do a blind test and see if people could pick them out.
Perhaps that was because the article clearly labeled which one was the original woman's voice and which one was modulated to sound like a man? There's an easy way to test this: gave the interviewer guess the candidate's gender and see if they can guess consistently correct.