How can I strengthen my natural speaking voice?

How many of you change your voice when speaking? how often do people do it? I'm 16 and my voice sounds fine to me, but when i hear it over mic or video it sounds kind of "whiney" or lazy, like im half tired and not putting much emotion into...

It's really interesting how some singers seem to have such a husky/raspy/hoarse voice when they simply talk, yet at the same time have such a nice, smooth, open and strong singing voice. For example Stevie Wonder, Billie Holiday, Smokey Robinson, Luther...

Are there DIY methods to strengthening my speaking voice? I can't really afford a vocal coach/vocal lessons, but I am interested in strengthening my speaking voice. I tend to get hoarse after a day of consistent talking, and my voice is not one that...

My chest voice has become very strong over the past year or so, and I only want it to keep improving. However, I'm now having problems with my head voice (though it never was extremely strong to begin with). I feel as if it is being restricted or overpowered...

I saw a show on the History channel that showed an inventor who had developed an electronic device that hepled people get over their stuttering by listening to an electronicly modified version of their voice as they speak. He also developed a version...

I was just wondering, if you changed worked to change your speaking voice to be higher (like, really changed it, so that it would be like that naturally all the time), would your singing voice eventually get higher pitched? Same thing if you changed...

So, I'm a guy and I have a real deep voice. And I like it, other people like it and it's great. Except that if I try to sing anything I have to sing it an octave or two lower than what the original singer sings it in. And I feel that songs don't sound...

I love to sing, but I'm into heavy rock music and when I really go for it my voice wavers. My voice can't get as loud or powerful as I'd like, although I sound alright doing lighter stuff. Can I train my voice to improve in this sphere, and will my voice...

I have a very soft spoken voice, and really nasal, like Ne-Yo's, but I can't sing as well as he does. How can I strengthen my voice? And does having a soft spoken voice mean I can't have a powerful singing voice?