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How AI hears accents: An audible visualization of accent clusters

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Re: How AI hears accents: An audible visualization of accent clusters

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why is spanish so distributed?

Good question! It's likely because there are lots of different accents of Spanish that are distinct from each other. Our labels only capture the native language of the speaker right now, so they're all grouped together but it's definitely on our to-do list to go deeper into the sub accents of each language family!

Spanish is one of those languages I would love to see as a breakdown by country. I’m sure Chilean Spanish looks very different from Catalonian Spanish.

Re: How AI hears accents: An audible visualization of accent clusters

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Good question! It's likely because there are lots of different accents of Spanish that are distinct from each other. Our labels only capture the native language of the speaker right now, so they're all grouped together but it's definitely on our to-do list to go deeper into the sub accents of each language family!

Spanish is one of those languages I would love to see as a breakdown by country. I’m sure Chilean Spanish looks very different from Catalonian Spanish.

Did you mean Catalan (which is not Spanish) or Castilian Spanish?

Re: How AI hears accents: An audible visualization of accent clusters

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post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Spanish is one of those languages I would love to see as a breakdown by country. I’m sure Chilean Spanish looks very different from Catalonian Spanish.

Did you mean Catalan (which is not Spanish) or Castilian Spanish?

Yes the Spanish spoken in Spain, especially the one that’s like /ˈɡɾaθjas/ and /baɾθeˈlona/.

Re: How AI hears accents: An audible visualization of accent clusters

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Apparently Persian and Russian are close. Which is surprising to say the least. I know people keep getting confused about how Portuguese from Portugal and Russian sound close yet the Persian is new to me.

I thought I was the only one who perceived an audible similarity between Portuguese and Russian.

I speak neither, and both also sound similar to me depending on the accents of the speakers.

Re: How AI hears accents: An audible visualization of accent clusters

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Going mono-tonal to that of an expressive ebook increased my "American English" score from a 52% to 92%. I'd suggest training a little less on audio books.

What does it mean mono-tonal and what is an expressive ebook? I assume you are not American born? I had been of the understanding that rythm was more important than the exact sounds in comprehension.

Re: How AI hears accents: An audible visualization of accent clusters

#39

Apparently Persian and Russian are close. Which is surprising to say the least. I know people keep getting confused about how Portuguese from Portugal and Russian sound close yet the Persian is new to me.

I thought I was the only one who perceived an audible similarity between Portuguese and Russian.

I had that too but it was Brazillian Portuguese where I noticed it.

Re: How AI hears accents: An audible visualization of accent clusters

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post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Did you mean Catalan (which is not Spanish) or Castilian Spanish?

Yes the Spanish spoken in Spain, especially the one that’s like /ˈɡɾaθjas/ and /baɾθeˈlona/.

But Spanish sounds very different in Spain depending on what region of the country you are talking about.
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