Why do I sound so weird on the phone?

Question

Everytime I record myself, talk on the phone, or do my voicemail I sound so different! Why is that?

Answer 1

I guess that's just how it is?

Haha. My mom can't tell me and my brother apart on the phone. Apparently, I sound like a guy? But when I talk to other people on the phone, they say I sound like my mom.

Answer 2

When you hear yourself talk, part of the sound is transmitted through the bones in your skull. When you hear your recorded voice it sounds different because you're not getting any of the sound through your skull.

Answer 3

That's how it is for everyone.  I sound like a guy on the phone.

Answer 4

The voice that you hear on the recording is actually what you sound like. We as humans don't have the ability to hear ourselves correctly when speaking. because our jaws are attached to our ears or something like that.