EvaM Breathe

Eva (Exceptional Voice App) is a suite of voice training mobile application products. Eva is a self-guided learning experience that allows you to make efficient use of your time and energy and take your personal voice trainer on the go with you.

The Exceptional Voice program has been adapted into convenient lessons for your mobile device. These two initial lessons Eva M Breathe and Eva M Pitch will help lay the foundation for building a full, rich masculine voice. The techniques and exercises are designed for you transgender men who are beginning to masculinize your voice, whether you’re early in your gender transition or have been living full time for years. This Eva M program also has a function of keeping the voice tuned for you guys who have mastered your masculine voice, yet want a little something more to keep you vocally fit.

Eva M will provide you with ten lessons, which will be available separately at first. Later, when all the lessons have been completed, we will bundle them together into a single app. You will be able to purchase the whole program or individual lessons as needed.

Your Eva M Breathe lesson guides you to use your abdominal muscles to control your airflow. Learning to manage the breath cycle begins with the intention to speak. The techniques and exercises are provided in several short videos and teach you how to connect what you’re thinking with your voice. The introduction video teaches you about the motor mechanics for speech breathing.

Kathe will guide you through each exercise in the practice video. She will cue you to focus on your posture when practicing the breathing techniques. Some of the exercises include becoming aware of a specific tempo as you control your airflow for consonant sounds like “sss” or “fff.”

After learning these breathing techniques with Kathe in the practice video, you’ll have an opportunity to practice on your own using the self-guided section of this app. Eva will provide your score after you’ve completed three trials. And if you’d like, you can share your score with your friends on Facebook and Twitter.