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		zehaeva 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How AI hears accents: An audible visualization of ... When I went to Portugal I was struck by how much Portuguese there does sound like Spanish with a Russian accent!

oscarfree 3 months ago [–]

Part of this is the "dark L" sound

BalinKing 3 months ago | [–]

I’d guess that the sibilants, consonant clusters, and/or vowel reduction would play a big role.

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