>Yup, it's absolutely not his voice.
However it does seem to copy the the way he "lisps" his S's. I am not sure that is common 'generic-sounding "podcast guy" voice'.
However it does seem to copy the the way he "lisps" his S's. I am not sure that is common 'generic-sounding "podcast guy" voice'.
What you're hearing is the way microphones deal with the hissing of an "s", same as they struggle with plosives like "p", from the whoosh of air. It's an artifact of microphones close to the mouth, so it makes sense that Google replicates it.
You can use physical pop filters or digital audio filters to reduce the effect, but podcasters don't usually use the physical ones, and the level of audio processing podcasters do really depends on their level of expertise and how much they even care.
To me that ‘s’ sound reminds me of the sibilance a Shure SM58 picks up without a pop filter. I hear a different side of the same idea on ‘p’ and ‘b’ as well.
I had a speech impediment as a youngster and the sound got in my head. Now I hear it on podcasts.
In particular, check out the pronunciation of the trailing S is the word "this" at 28 seconds in the clip of Davide Greene compared to 24 seconds in the Notebook LM clip. Really seemed uncannily similar to me.