From 'you'll get nowhere with that accent' to BBC radio pioneer

Growing up near Hull during World War Two, Michael Barton developed a love for listening to the "wireless" as radio ...

Is a Welsh accent a help or a hindrance in The Traitors?

From hiding their jobs, to secret relationships and faking accents, many contestants have trialled strategies to gain ...
Mediaite

‘QAnon Shaman’ Breaks Out Mocking British Accent When Grilled By BBC Host About Jan 6 Guilty Plea

BBC NewsNight’s interview with Jacob Chansley – known as the “QAnon Shaman” – derailed in the most bizarre way when the interviewee refused to say why he pled guilty to his role during the January 6 ...
Digital Trends

The BBC is working on an Alexa rival that better understands British accents

The Queen’s English is the British accent we Americans are accustomed to hearing, thanks mainly to the royal family. But that’s not how all British people speak. Some speak a far more accented English ...
SlashGear

BBC Beeb Voice Assistant Is Built To Understand Different UK Accents

The British Broadcasting Corporation or BBC may be best known for being, well, a broadcasting company but it actually has left very important legacies in the tech industry today. The BBC Micro in the ...
techtimes

BBC Launches Beeb Voice Assistant and It Knows British Accent; Here's How to Use it!

The voice assistant uses Microsoft technology and is now in the beta phase to test it for a period to check if all its features are working properly before reaching the market shelves. Users will be ...