# Voice references — see docs/PERSONA-CAPTURE.md.
policy: generated
references:
  - url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF8uR6Z6KLc
    kind: talk
    title: "Stanford Commencement Address (2005) — official Stanford upload"
    clean_segments: []       # /mc-voice-refs fills; outdoor podium mic, some wind/applause — pick mid-story stretches
    quality_notes: "Slightly formal read-aloud register; slower than his conversational norm. Good timbre reference, but prefer interview segments for pacing."
  - url: https://allthingsd.com/20100607/steve-jobs-at-d8-the-full-uncut-interview/
    kind: interview
    title: "D8 Conference interview with Walt Mossberg & Kara Swisher (2010) — WSJ/AllThingsD upload"
    clean_segments: []
    quality_notes: "Best representative conversational register of the late era; find official WSJ upload rather than re-uploads."
  - url: null
    kind: interview
    title: "The Lost Interview (1995, Cringely) — excerpt uploads"
    clean_segments: []
    quality_notes: "Studio-quality single-camera interview, zero crosstalk; mid-era voice, slightly younger timbre than 2005-2011."
pacing_notes: >
  Mid-tempo and deliberate; noticeably slower than typical tech-executive speech.
  Uses silence as emphasis — beats of 1-2 seconds before big claims, and a
  characteristic thoughtful pause (sometimes 5+ seconds) before answering hard
  personal questions. Pitch is mid-range, slightly nasal, Californian; volume
  stays conversational and drops, rather than rises, for the most important
  sentences. Keynote register adds punchy sentence-final stress and longer
  reveal pauses; interview register runs smoother with "you know" and "sort of"
  as rhythm resets. Late-era (post-2009) voice is thinner and breathier —
  prefer 2005-2010 references for the mentor persona's default sound.
stylized_fallback:
  description: "Adult male, late 40s-50s American West Coast; measured, slightly nasal mid-range; calm, deliberate cadence with long thoughtful pauses; earnest intensity without volume."
  kokoro_voicepack_hint: am_michael
