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Re:Project Common Voice by punchingwater on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @10:44AM (#14796898)
Exactly! Part of the goals of Common Voice is to make voice recognition work better for non-north american men (which is where the vast majority of the training data comes from).

If you are a non-native speaker, we need your voice!

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Re:Project Common Voice by tangue on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @10:58AM (#14797015)
Okay but what should strangers submit for country and accent in the form ? The only options are anglophones countries.
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Re:Project Common Voice by halomru on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @11:46AM (#14797442)
The accent you think you are speaking (or are emulating)

https://github.com/mozilla/voice-web/issues/242

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Re:Project Common Voice by punchingwater on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @11:45AM (#14797434)
Good question. Sounds like we should add an "Other" to that drop down, and make it clear that we are looking for all accents?
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Re:Project Common Voice by tangue on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @12:07PM (#14797636)
Yes - imho "non native english speaker" would be we the field where I would look first- edit typed on phone ...
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