# voice (auditory)

a sound that a human says

- Computed level: L17 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: everyday  ·  Arena: common

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [sound](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-sound.auditory), [human](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-human.person), [says](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-says.speech)

**Through:** a human says and sound follows

**Novel properties:**
- personal timbre
- speech articulation

## Examples
- During the 2020 U.S. presidential debates, Donald Trump spoke 3,421 words while Joe Biden spoke 2,954, each producing distinct human voice sounds. *(politics)*
- A nurse hears a patient say 'I need water' in a hospital ward, the voice emerging from the patient's vocal cords and speech. *(medicine)*
- In the 1966 Beatles' track 'Yellow Submarine', Ringo Starr's voice sings the lead, recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London. *(music)*

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-voice.auditory*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-voice.auditory.json*  
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