Voice Synergy News
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Will Artificial Intelligence be Speaking In Court?
Voice for the courtroom is an essential tool in the barrister’s extensive skillset. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is widely becoming an additional, if not essential, tool of the barrister’s work in researching and preparing cases. Is a barrister’s voice likely to be replaced by AI in the years ahead? Currently there are plenty of news stories…
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Mocked For Your Accent?
In 2011 I conducted a survey with my colleagues at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, into how certain accents were perceived. We asked participants whether certain accents were ‘trustworthy’ or whether they communicated an underlying meaning to the words. We discovered that strong regional accents, as well as heightened Received Pronunciation (RP) all…