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What’s in an (artificial) voice?

An introduction to a new experiment looking at how we respond to artificial voices from BBC R&D and University of Salford.

Do smart digital assistants really threaten regional accents?

Is Alexa really a threat to regional accents?

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24 Feb

Message of the day, "I just saw you and you Stonehenge work on The UnXplained with William Shattner."

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24 Feb

Webinar and Q&A for first ever machine learning challenge for hearing aids @clarityprojuk Wed 3rd March 2-3.30pm (UK time)
Even if you've not worked on hearing aids before, we have tools to help you get involved. http://claritychallenge.org/webinar-to-introduce-our-first-challenge

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23 Feb

In celebration of the first sound recording from mars, here is my voice as it would sound on the planet (just before I expire from the toxic atmosphere). Thnks Tim Leighton, @ISVRsouthampton From interview for https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08npns6

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