Some might say that AI’s new voice recognition technology has improved our lives somewhat. Now we don’t even need to touch a screen or type out a message; we can just shout out a question, statement or command to our virtual assistant of choice. From the iPhone’s faithful Siri, to OpenAI’s ChatGPT, the answer will be provided without even having to lift a finger.
That is, of course, if they can actually understand what you’re saying in the first place… Most AI’s accents are generalized American, easily understandable by most. But what happens when you’re the one they can’t understand? Guide2Fluency. com, a language learning platform, surveyed 3,000 Americans to find out how AI understands a variety of accents across the country. The 10 most misunderstood accents are:
#1 Southern The research found, perhaps unsurprisingly, the Southern accent (spoken by many Texans) was revealed as the least understood in the US - is it the use of the word ‘Ayuh’ that the technology doesn’t seem to get? Have you ever asked your device to find the nearest yoger class?
