disembodied voice

Voice without body

A disembodied voice is one heard without a visible source—the speaker cannot be seen.

The term appears in descriptions of supernatural phenomena, public address systems, and narrative techniques where an unseen narrator speaks: A disembodied voice announced the flight delay.

The word emphasizes the uncanny quality of hearing without seeing who speaks.

Related

phantom · narrator · ethereal · haunting · omniscient · booming · radio · intercom · announcement · public address · spirit · oracle · telephone · recording · invisible · floating · murmur · séance

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Opposites
physical presence

disembodied voicephysical presence

Being somewhere in body

talking head · bodily presence · video call

communication modality

disembodied voicelive audience

Spectators physically present

communication mode

disembodied voicewritten correspondence

Exchanged messages on paper

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG