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Psychology
fromMail Online
4 days ago

People with foreign accents are seen as less competent, study reveals

Foreign accents reduce audience engagement on TED Talks despite equal content quality, creating an 'accent penalty' that affects reach and influence.
fromWIRED
4 months ago

AI and the End of Accents

Her own accent is faintly Eastern European-so subtle it took me a few playbacks to notice. The ad was for BoldVoice, an AI-powered "accent training" app. A few clicks led me to its " Accent Oracle," which promised to guess my native language. After I read a lengthy phrase, the algorithm declared: "Your accent is Korean, my friend." Smug. But impressive. I am, in fact, Korean.
Artificial intelligence
Relationships
fromSlate Magazine
6 months ago

Help! We Moved Away to My Wife's Home Country. One Part of Living Abroad Never Got Easier.

Language fluency won't erase outsider status; accent, ethnicity, and cultural differences often persist, so build selective family bonds and focus on children and supportive relatives.
New York City
fromNew York Post
6 months ago

Immigrant NYC restaurant owner mocked by rude customer over accent in viral TikTok: 'You should speak good English'

An immigrant restaurant owner in NYC was verbally harassed and mocked for her accent by a customer who demanded she 'speak good English'.
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