It's a highly frustrating moment talking to a voice assistant that doesn't understand your regional accent. But a new voice assistant launched by the BBC will learn UK regional accents to ensure you ...

“Until now, there was a lack of studies on the influence of regional and foreign accents on children's learning of new words,” says Hanulíková. To fill this gap, the researchers had 88 Freiburg ...

Mastering English can be tough for many learners. And choosing the right accent can add an extra challenge. But which English accent is easiest to learn: British or American? The answer is not as ...

It would behoove any cinephile to learn Alicia Vikander’s name, and learn it quickly. The Swedish actor first hit the states in Joe Wright’s 2012 “Anna Karenina” and since then she’s been working ...

If elementary school children are accustomed to many regional and foreign accents because they hear them frequently in their linguistic environment, then it is easier for them to learn new words from ...

Q: I’ve been working on learning different British accents (I’m American) to help expand my range, but I’m having trouble distinguishing between the various accents and dialects. Help! —@Tom_Snout, ...

Guess who’s old enough to drive? Google Docs is now 16 years old. Born in 2006, Google’s free-to-use word processor lets you create and edit documents in a web browser or mobile app, which is handy as ...

Last year, the BBC announced their own voice assistant called Beeb, which would work in a similar way to Amazon’s Alexa and Apple’s Siri. Recently, they have shared some more details about this ...

The infectiously bubbly Emily Fairn is sitting on the top floor dressing room of @sohoplace. A window behind her looks onto Tottenham Court Road. A glimmering electric billboard with a poster of ...

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