If a prototype developed by Nokia Research and the Helsinki Institute of Information Technology ever translates to production, however, it'll be as much a part of personal phone conversations as a soft voice or a cheeky text message.

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But deep inside you hear a soft, gentle voice that says, don't give up, you can do anything.

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He crept to the head of the stairway and heard Obie use a soft and rhythmic voice he had never heard before.

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Krug's voice is a dynamic treasure, as it alternates between a soft mumble and a catapulting warble.

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It is also far more gripping, not least because it is told in the vulnerable but never self-indulgent voice of somebody who loves this part of Turkey, and has a soft spot for all the peoples who have lived, loved, died and killed there.

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The technology would enable a person talking to someone with a loud, high-pitched, rapid-fire voice to sound similar even if his actual voice was soft, low and slow, for instance.

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