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Re: Show HN: AccentQuest – get better at understanding Indian accents

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Post by MisterSandman »

We need more of this and less of "Learn how to speak in an American accent in 2 months!"

As an Indian immigrant, immigrants speaking with a fake accent is the most depressing (and annoying) things I've seen. We have one of the largest English-speaking populations in the world.

(Fake Accent != People's accents changing over time, which has happened to me, or rolling their Rs sometimes for others to understand)

Re: Show HN: AccentQuest – get better at understanding Indian accents

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Post by ptm »

MisterSandman wrote: post #3

We need more of this and less of "Learn how to speak in an American accent in 2 months!" As an Indian immigrant, immigrants speaking with a fake accent is the most depressing (and annoying) things I've seen. We have one of the largest English-speaking populations in the world. (Fake Accent != People's accents changing over time, which has happened to me, or rolling their Rs sometimes for others to understand)

Thanks for the review.

> We need more of this and less of "Learn how to speak in an American accent in 2 months!"

I agree. I think familiarity with the Indian accent will soon be seen as a major skill set. A skill set that people should maybe work on.

Re: Show HN: AccentQuest – get better at understanding Indian accents

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Post by 2Gkashmiri »

ptm wrote: post #6
2Gkashmiri wrote: post #2

Can....these be submitted to Mozilla voice model? That would make it so much better instantly

Thanks for the review. I will check the Mozilla voice model site and their contribution options.

yeah, there is already a dearth of indian/hindustani accent in tech which is more of a problem in the FOSS world.

edit: this looks like a wonderful contribution if mozilla guys are willing to accept it

Re: Show HN: AccentQuest – get better at understanding Indian accents

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MisterSandman wrote: post #3

We need more of this and less of "Learn how to speak in an American accent in 2 months!" As an Indian immigrant, immigrants speaking with a fake accent is the most depressing (and annoying) things I've seen. We have one of the largest English-speaking populations in the world. (Fake Accent != People's accents changing over time, which has happened to me, or rolling their Rs sometimes for others to understand)

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Re: Show HN: AccentQuest – get better at understanding Indian accents

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Post by dvt »

MisterSandman wrote: post #3

We need more of this and less of "Learn how to speak in an American accent in 2 months!" As an Indian immigrant, immigrants speaking with a fake accent is the most depressing (and annoying) things I've seen. We have one of the largest English-speaking populations in the world. (Fake Accent != People's accents changing over time, which has happened to me, or rolling their Rs sometimes for others to understand)

> We need more of this and less of "Learn how to speak in an American accent in 2 months!"

Honest question: why? The onus of work is still on someone.

Given that English is my second language, I think the onus is on me to learn the proper pronunciation and enunciation of words. I would not expect someone to learn to decipher my accent, and I'm not sure why this would preferred over the alternative to begin with.

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