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How Amazon Taught Alexa to Speak in an Irish Brogue

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/01/technology/amazon-alexa-irish.html

For Alexa to speak like a Dubliner, Amazon researchers had to crack a problem that’s vexed data scientists for years: voice disentanglement.

How Amazon Taught Alexa to Speak in an Irish Brogue

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flyingjake

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Really interesting to know that the current regional flavors of a language are all separately trained. This new model layering the accent on top is intriguing. I wonder how word choice factors in, pronunciation is one clear point but things like "wee" vs "little", "wicked" vs "hella" vs "very", "pram" vs "stroller" I'm sure is an interesting challenge.