Having spent some time playing with buffers, microphones and the [record~] object in Max/MSP, i have got a patcher that records speech through a microphone, which can then be played back to listen to using a [groove~] object. However, trawling the internet once more, i discovered this range of Max/MSP patchers and externals by a guy who calls himself Snot Wong.

The one in particular that grabbed my attention was the auto talker backer, which plays back your speech as soon as you stop talking into [...]