The phrase "generic tone" is correct and can be used in written English.
It refers to the overall mood or attitude expressed in a sentence or piece of writing, typically lacking specific or personalized details. Example: The instructions in the manual were written in a generic tone, making it difficult for me to understand how to assemble the furniture.
Females in a nonbreeding state responded no differently to birdsong than to generic tones of the same frequencies.
"The general tone of pharmacists is that, I'm not going to be supporting the new generic option, now that a difficult to divert formulation is available.
At the site personal.skype.com, users can already purchase generic ring-tones for $1.20 each, but the deals with EMI and Warner could include tracks from artists such as Madonna, Rob Thomas and Green Day at undetermined pricing.
Microsoft uses Siri's voice (which isn't difficult, given that it's a fairly generic computer-generated female tone) to highlight what the Windows 8 tablet can do that the iPad can't, including things like live tiles (it took me a couple views to figure out what "I don't update like that" even meant), Windows Snap multitasking, and… PowerPoint.
What's really interesting is this: Unicode said back November that "[w]hen a human emoji is not immediately followed by a emoji modifier character, it should use a generic non-realistic skin tone -- such as that typically used for the smiley faces -- or a silhouette".
What's really interesting is this: Unicode said back November that "[w]hen a human emoji is not immediately followed by a emoji modifier character, it should use a generic non-realistic skin tone -- such as that typically used for the smiley faces -- or a silhouette". And what color are the smiley faces used on iOS?
A quick scan of facial expression, a gauging of voice tone and a generic answer, designed to cover most bases, lets me scrape by.
Gilroy won acclaim for the George Clooney drama Michael Clayton, but his last film was the more generic The Bourne Legacy, whose tone may be more in keeping with what Disney desire.
To cover all eventualities, four or more nude shadows is optimal ("nude" meaning any skin tone, not that generic Caucasian shade of buff the industry apparently imagines us all to be).
