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Texas Accents

Texas Accents

The traditional Texas accent from classic cowboy films is more the west Texas sound, with a strong drawl; whereas the east Texas sound has much more "twang" to it. This download teaches both of these variations and includes recordings of native speakers from all over Texas.
$30.00
$30.00

Texas Accents Learning Materials

  • The Texas accent materials include recordings of AccentHelp coach Jim Johnson guiding you through learning the accent, with a female native Texan reading all of the practice words and sentences. Jim also helps you to apply the Texas accent to a practice monologue, which you also hear from the native speaker.
  • These materials include seven volumes of recordings of native speakers. Jim gathered these recordings over the course of living in Texas for many years. You'll have a PDF transcript of the conversations so that you can follow along as you listen.
  • You'll get a PDF of the teaching materials, plus two more formats of the book: a PDF to print and EPUB for various portable readers.
  • This accent is appropriate for productions of Vanities, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and other plays. You also hear it in films like the Lonesome Dove series and No Country for Old Men.
  • The Texas accent varies a bit from east to west, but you'll hear about those variations here. This download will focus on a distinctly Texas accent, though in some urban areas, people may speak with a fairly neutral American accent.
  • All of the sound files are in MP3 format so that you can play them on your computer, load them onto your phone, or burn them to a CD.
  • You'll receive a link via email so that you can download all of the materials as ZIP files directly to your computer.
  • You'll also get future updates for free!

5% of all profits from these materials go to diversity scholarships for actors at the University of Houston.

Listen to a Sample!

Audio files in Eight Volumes (925.4MB, 769 minutes)

Texan Volume 1: Learning a Texas Accent

  1. Sound Placement, Intonation and Helpful Hints (9:43)
  2. Consonant sound changes (15:49)
  3. Vowel sound changes part 1 (9:01)
  4. Vowel sound changes part 2 (9:10)
  5. changes to Diphthongs (8:12)
  6. Practice Sentences (5:31)
  7. Alternate Pronunciations (2:22)
  8. Practice Monologue part 1 (9:32)
  9. Practice Monologue part 2 (5:43)
  10. Practice Monologue part 3 (8:29)
  11. Placement & Intonation Practice (10:14)
  12. Practice Monologue Examples (2:47)
  13. Female Practice Monologue Examples (2:01)

Texas Volume 2: Native Speakers

  1. Female from Sulfur Springs reading (1:03)
  2. + her conversation (3:11)
  3. Male from Abilene reading (1:22)
  4. + his conversation (6:27)
  5. Male from Port Neches reading (1:20)
  6. + his conversation (4:42)
  7. Female from Houston reading (1:14)
  8. + her conversation (4:25)
  9. Female from Houston reading (1:11)
  10. + her conversation (:38)
  11. Male from Abilene reading (1:13)
  12. + his conversation (:45)
  13. Male from Houston reading (:51)
  14. + his conversation (1:46)
  15. Male from Abilene reading (1:30)
  16. + his conversation (3:05)
  17. Male from Orange reading (1:07)
  18. + his conversation (4:13)
  19. Male from NE Texas reading (1:23)
  20. + his conversation (4:16)
  21. Female from Ft. Stockton reading (1:04)
  22. + her conversation (5:19)
  23. Female from Kerrville reading (1:10)
  24. + her conversation (4:00)
  25. Female from Houston reading (1:08)
  26. + her conversation (3:59)
  27. Female from NE Texas reading (1:16)
  28. + her conversation (2:02)
  29. Female from Corpus Christi reading (1:15)
  30. + her conversation (5:03)

Texas Volume 3: More Native Speakers

  1. Male from Houston reading (1:35)
  2. + his conversation (3:38)
  3. Male from Houston reading ( 1:36)
  4. + his conversation (1:59)
  5. Female from Pasadena reading (1:14)
  6. + her conversation (4:45)
  7. Female from Houston reading (1:32)
  8. + her conversation (1:30)
  9. Male from Houston reading (1:15)
  10. + his conversation (2:55)
  11. Male from Ft. Worth reading (1:14)
  12. + his conversation (:37)
  13. Female from Houston reading (1:01)
  14. + her conversation (1:51)
  15. Male from Houston reading (:55)
  16. + his conversation (1:04)
  17. Female from Hitchcock conversation (3:45)
  18. Female from Houston reading (1:41)
  19. + her conversation (1:11)
  20. Male from Houston reading (1:07)
  21. + his conversation (2:49)
  22. Male from Houston reading (1:05)
  23. + his conversation (3:50)
  24. Male from Buffalo reading (1:18)
  25. + his conversation (2:28)
  26. Female from Longview reading (:59)
  27. + her conversation (3:31)
  28. Male from Laredo reading (1:10)
  29. + his conversation (4:06)
  30. Female from Paris reading (:55)
  31. + her conversation (2:28)

Texas Volume 4: More Native Speakers

  1. Female from Katy reading (1:25)
  2. + her conversation (3:33)
  3. Female from Dallas reading (1:20)
  4. + her conversation (4:42)
  5. Female from San Antonio reading (1:11)
  6. + her conversation (4:55)
  7. Female from Smithville reading (1:02)
  8. + her conversation (4:53)
  9. Female from Tyler reading (:59)
  10. + her conversation (6:09)
  11. Male from Coppell reading (1:12)
  12. + his conversation (4:43)
  13. Female from Rockwall reading (1:05)
  14. + her conversation (7:22)
  15. Female from San Antonio & Dallas reading (1:13)
  16. + her conversation (5:12)
  17. Male from Manfield reading (:58)
  18. + his conversation (7:46)
  19. Female from Waxahachie reading (:59)
  20. + her conversation (3:50)
  21. Female from North Texas reading (:58)
  22. + her conversation (2:10)
  23. Female from Abilene reading (1:12)
  24. + her conversation (2:51)
  25. Female from Arlington reading (1:01)
  26. + her conversation (4:06)
  27. Female from Arlington reading (1:07)
  28. + her conversation (4:29)
  29. Female from Irving reading (1:30)
  30. + her conversation (4:03)

    31. Texas Volume 5: More Native Speakers

    1. Male from Gober reading (1:04)
    2. + his conversation (3:47)
    3. Female from Jal NM reading (1:12)
    4. + her conversation (6:21)
    5. Female from Kermit TX & Eunice NM reading (1:05)
    6. + her conversation (6:23)
    7. Female from Silver City & Deming NM reading (1:04)
    8. + her conversation (6:05)
    9. Female from Pecos reading (1:06)
    10. + her conversation (5:26)
    11. Female from Monohans reading (1:12)
    12. + her conversation (4:31)
    13. Female from Monahans reading (1:00)
    14. + her conversation (5:02)
    15. Male from Midland reading (1:16)
    16. + his conversation (6:04)
    17. Female from Big Spring reading (1:13)
    18. + her conversation (4:54)
    19. Female from Big Spring reading (1:10)
    20. + her conversation (11:54)
    21. Female from Sweetwater reading (1:11)
    22. + her conversation (6:16)
    23. Male from Quail reading (1:11)
    24. + his conversation (6:16)
    25. Female from Dalhart reading (:58)
    26. + her conversation (5:47)
    27. Female from Stratford reading (1:25)
    28. + her conversation (4:52)
    29. Female from Clarendon reading (1:11)
    30. + her conversation (5:12)

      31. Texas Volume 6: More Native Speakers

      1. Female from Vernon reading (1:14)
      2. + her conversation (3:59)
      3. Female from Bowie reading (1:25)
      4. + her conversation (4:57)
      5. Female from Lufkin reading (1:00)
      6. + her conversation (5:11)
      7. Female from Nada reading (1:26)
      8. + her conversation (7:27)
      9. Female from Goliad reading (1:02)
      10. + her conversation (4:55)
      11. Male from George West reading (1:54)
      12. + his conversation (8:13)
      13. Female from Uvalde reading (1:32)
      14. + her conversation (9:03)
      15. Female from Palo Pinto reading (1:39)
      16. + her conversation (6:20)
      17. Female from Gatesville reading (1:12)
      18. + her conversation (5:51)
      19. Male from San Angelo reading (1:14)
      20. + his conversation (6:07)
      21. Female from San Angelo reading (1:21)
      22. + her conversation (5:22)
      23. Female from Ozona reading (1:02)
      24. + her conversation (7:07)
      25. Female from Brady reading (1:19)
      26. + her conversation (4:44)
      27. Female from Big Valley reading (1:22)
      28. + her conversation (9:22)
      29. Female from Rosebud reading (1:16)
      30. + her conversation (6:28)

        31. Texas Volume 7: More Native Speakers

        1. Male from Caldwell reading (1:24)
        2. + his conversation (9:27)
        3. Female from Huntsville reading (1:01)
        4. + her conversation (6:47)
        5. Female from Daingerfield reading (1:28)
        6. + her conversation (4:18)
        7. Female from Carthage reading (1:29)
        8. + her conversation (6:31)
        9. Female from St Augustine reading (1:17)
        10. + her conversation (7:23)
        11. Male from Woodville TX reading (1:14)
        12. + his conversation (11:54)
        13. Male from Schulenburg reading (1:12)
        14. + his conversation (4:03)
        15. Male from Hondo reading (1:15)
        16. + his conversation (4:20)
        17. Female from Bracketville reading (1:32)
        18. + her conversation (4:30)
        19. Female from Comstock reading (1:24)
        20. + her conversation (8:47)
        21. Male from West Texas reading (:57)
        22. + his conversation (11:27)
        23. Male from Austin reading (1:04)
        24. + his conversation (6:29)
        25. Female from Alpine reading (1:03)
        26. + her conversation (6:37)
        27. Female from Van Horn reading (1:18)
        28. + her conversation (5:38)
        29. Female from Justiceburg reading (1:09)
        30. + her conversation (5:40)

          31. Texas Volume 8: More Native Speakers

          1. Female from Roaring Springs reading (1:18)
          2. + her conversation (5:29)
          3. Female from Lubbock reading (1:04)
          4. + her conversation (7:12)
          5. Female from Amarillo reading (1:02)
          6. + her conversation (6:42)
          7. Female from Mexia reading (1:03)
          8. + her conversation (6:06)
          9. Male from Itasca reading (:40)
          10. + his conversation (3:58)
          11. Female from Breckenridge reading (1:18)
          12. + her conversation (4:08)
          13. Female from Haskell reading (:55)
          14. + her conversation (3:50)
          15. Female from Guthrie reading (1:22)
          16. + her conversation (4:27)
          17. Female from Childress reading (1:13)
          18. + two females in conversation (8:55)
          19. Female from Quitaque reading (1:13)
          20. + her conversation (6:44)
          21. Female from Bryan reading (1:05)
          22. + her conversation (5:59)
          23. Female from Pampa reading (1:14)
          24. + her conversation (3:19)
          25. Female from Canadian reading (1:07)
          26. + her conversation (3:57)
          27. Female from Archer City reading (:56)
          28. + her conversation (5:18)
          29. Female from Rising Star reading (1:00)
          30. + her conversation (4:40)
          31. Female from Llano reading (1:11)
          32. + her conversation (4:32)

          Most of these recordings are made "in the field" so you will hear such things as birds, cars or other people in the background. A transcription of the conversations is included to help you follow along.

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