Phil Edwards on MSNOpinion

British accents for ignorant Americans

In this video, I explore the subplot of Colin Frissell in *Love Actually*, analyzing whether his British accent is genuinely ...
Bustle

'The Great's Accents Are British Instead Of Russian. Here's Why It Works.

Tony McNamara's new Hulu series The Great depicts Russian emperor Peter III (Nicholas Hoult) and his wife, Catherine-the-soon-to-be-Great (Elle Fanning). The series takes place in 1700s Russia, though ...
Bay Area Reporter

American Accents in Fantasy: Why Fantasy Characters Are Always British

Fantasy books and films are a massive hit with both readers and spectators. Although the tales occur in a fictional realm, the characters always speak with British accents instead of American accents.
Georgia Tech News Center

Minority English Dialects Vulnerable to Automatic Speech Recognition Inaccuracy

The Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) models that power voice assistants like Amazon Alexa may have difficulty transcribing English speakers with minority dialects. [email protected] ...
9to5google

Google Recorder wider English dialect support begins rolling out

Launched alongside the Pixel 4 back in October 2019, the Google Recorder app is an excellent transcription app that leverages Google’s powerful voice recognition and AI language processing. After ...