US newsfromMail Online4 days agoFuhgeddaboudit! New York City accent is dying out, study findsThe New York City accent is declining and may disappear as several regional American accents, especially Appalachian, Southern, and Louisiana, are being used less frequently.
Digital lifefromwww.theguardian.com6 months agoI spoke to the AI avatar of a Leeds MP. How did it cope with my own Yorkshire accent?Voice recognition services struggle with accents, impacting AI interactions like chatbots for MPs.
Artificial intelligencefromwww.bbc.com7 months agoNew AI voice tool trained to copy British regional accentsA new AI voice-cloning tool accurately reproduces UK accents, addressing limitations of North American-based AI models.
Manchester Unitedfromwww.theguardian.com7 months agoMaxine Peake: I have a healthy balance of inferiority complex and slightly prickly ego'Strong regional accents lead to assumptions about class, status, and ability.