I am very soft spoken too. Ioften have to repeat myself and even then people often do not hear me. To me..when I am speaking at a "normal" level I feel as though I am shouting. My husband picks on me a lot saying that he sees my lips moving but does not hear anything. I have been trying harder but it is something I have to focus on. I will work on some of the above mentioned advice. Sorry to hijack this thread for a bit.