In what is called near ventriloquism, the performer’s voice seems to come from nearby, such as from a doll on his knee.
Viens no vēderrunāšanas veidiem rada iespaidu, it kā balss nāktu no avota, kas atrodas turpat blakus vēderrunātājam, piemēram, no lelles, kas sēž viņam uz ceļgala.