20 10, 2014

American accent Training: Car Voice Recognition Systems

2017-03-23T06:46:51-05:00By |

American Accent Training: Can car voice recognition systems interpret accents? Imagine that you've just purchased a new $95,000 Mercedes GL 500. You tell your Voice Recognition System (VRS) to take you down to the local supermarket and are surprised when you hear, "I'm sorry, I don't understand. Please provide a location." After all, you are [...]

8 03, 2012

How Americans Got Their Accents

2017-03-23T06:47:26-05:00By |

The American accent began to develop quickly after America won the Revolutionary war against the British. Until that time, both parties spoke with a rhotic British accent similar to the modern day American Accent. Difference Between Rhotic and Non-Rhotic Rhotic accents pronounce the hard /r/ sound at the end of words such as "car", and all [...]

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