misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoTeleperformance Uses AI to ‘Neutralize’ Indian Accents of Agentswww.bloomberg.comexternal-linkmessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up1161file-text
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minus-squareearphone843@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·24 hours agoIt’s not racism to acknowledge that accents can have a major negative impact on effective communication and design a product to address the issue.
minus-squareSteve Dice@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours agoYeah… most complaints about accents in customer service agents have nothing to do with understanding them.
minus-squareshawn1122@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·18 hours agoDefinitely true. We had a German professor with an essentially incomprehensible accent teaching calculus at our college. Basically everyone had to learn it from the textbook.
It’s not racism to acknowledge that accents can have a major negative impact on effective communication and design a product to address the issue.
Yeah… most complaints about accents in customer service agents have nothing to do with understanding them.
Definitely true. We had a German professor with an essentially incomprehensible accent teaching calculus at our college. Basically everyone had to learn it from the textbook.