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===Voice design=== [[File:Jonathan Coulton cropped.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Jonathan Coulton, the composer of the song "Still Alive".]] In creating the voice for GLaDOS, voice actress Ellen McLain attempted to sound like a computer. This was accomplished by the Valve team playing a computer-generated voice for her, and she would try to emulate it, adding emotion to the lines when called for.<ref name="mclain">{{cite web |title=GLaDOS Speaks |url=http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/831/831900p1.html |publisher=IGN |accessdate=2009-08-25 |date=2007-10-31}}</ref> While designing her voice, Swift commented that it was difficult to write some of the lines for GLaDOS, describing McLain as "super likable", and that they should write for that.<ref name="erikkim"/> She also performed the song "Still Alive", which features GLaDOS singing to the effect that she is still alive by the end of ''Portal''. This song was written by Jonathan Coulton, who was approached by the team and asked if he would want to write a song for them. He later decided that it would be a good idea to do a song featuring one of the voices from the game that would tie up the story at the end.<ref name="jonathanblog">{{cite web |title=Portal: The Skinny |url=http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2007/10/15/portal-the-skinny/ |publisher=Jonathan Coulton |accessdate=2009-08-25 |date=2007-10-15}}</ref> Swift stated that the team wanted the players to leave the game happy, leading to them implementing the song in the first place. Wolpaw and the other writers wrote down a list of things that would make people happy, which resulted in "Still Alive".<ref name="success"/> In discussing the difficulties in singing the song as GLaDOS, McLain listed one of the difficulties as breathing, due to the fact that computers do not need to breathe. As a result, she had to sing the phrases in one breath, while attempting to keep a clean, even tone.<ref name="tgl"/> Swift commented in an interview that one of the focuses of developing the game was for players to hear GLaDOS and hear her song.<ref>{{cite web |title=Student Union |url=http://www.develop-online.net/features/152/Student-Union |publisher=Develop Online |accessdate=2009-08-24 |date=2008-03-18}}</ref>
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