When a funeral planning business recently decided to open its new contact centre in Newport, South Wales, it said it was doing so because Welsh accents sounded more empathetic and consoling – beating ...

The man was undergoing treatment for prostate cancer when he started talking with an Irish accent. Robina Weermeijer via Unsplash An American man suddenly started talking with an Irish accent during ...

Two scientists at Amazon used artificial intelligence to help them make Alexa Irish. The team trained Alexa on accents generated by text-to-speech models. This then helped them identify distinctive ...

While all eyes are on the brilliant Tom Hardy in the top class crime drama, Mobland, all Irish ears are trained on Pierce Brosnan's Irish accent. Brosnan, 71, who was born in Drogheda, plays ageing ...

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‘Very specific differences in language, dialect and accents have emerged over time, and that's a fascinating side of language evolution.’ By Laura Baisas Published Nov 19, 2024 7:01 PM EST Add Popular ...

For Alexa to speak like a Dubliner, Amazon researchers had to crack a problem that’s vexed data scientists for years: voice disentanglement. By Bernhard Warner Reporting from Dublin Like Henry Higgins ...