[Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] another use for AI

[Stan Rose]

Which is almost always.

On Mon, Aug 29, 2022, 1:09 PM john rudy <jjrudy1 at comcast.net> wrote:

> For what it is worth this was 1965-6
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> My complaint is when HELP DESK folks, who truly need to be 100%
> understood, are unintelligible
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> John Rudy
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> *From:* Elaine <scribelaine at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Monday, August 29, 2022 12:48 PM
> *To:* john rudy <jjrudy1 at comcast.net>
> *Cc:* Michael Alexander <mna.ma at yahoo.com>; Lex Computer Group <
> LCTG at lists.toku.us>
> *Subject:* Re: [Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] another use for AI
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> ... or from Detroit, where I am from. It's the flat Midwest non-accented
> pronunciation of the region. TV announcers are trained to use it to
> eliminate region bias.
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> As a Speech/Language Pathology major at the University of Michigan, there
> was no mention of "standard" English. What we were taught was a phonetic
> alphabet to use for transcription when evaluating someone's language. Each
> phoneme has a specific pronunciation and symbol, so we can record properly
> exactly how someone articulates sounds, accent or not. It even allows
> transcription of every language with the same symbols.
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> Don't you think that training people from different regions to all sound
> the same would lose the beautiful, multi-faceted diversity that helps give
> personality and authenticity to each individual and our melting pot? It
> would kind of be like wanting everyone to be white and Christian, and then
> take away cultural and regional differences as well. Once we reach that
> state, what would be left to talk about? May as well all be converted to
> rote robots, with no personality or emotion.
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> - elaine
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> On Mon, Aug 29, 2022 at 12:06 PM john rudy <jjrudy1 at comcast.net> wrote:
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> Jan was a Speech Pathology major at Emerson.  Freshman year they had a
> class that taught “standard” English.  I think the objective was that
> everyone sounded as if they came from Chicago
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> John Rudy
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> *From:* Michael Alexander <mna.ma at yahoo.com>
> *Sent:* Monday, August 29, 2022 12:00 PM
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> *Subject:* Re: [Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] another use for AI
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> Maybe they should, also, translate some regional American accents into
> ordinary “American”?
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>     – Mike A
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> On Monday, August 29, 2022, 11:53 AM, john rudy <jjrudy1 at comcast.net>
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> *https://mashable.com/article/ai-startup-makes-call-center-foreigners-sound-white#:~:text=This%20time%20around%2C%20Palo%20Alto,of%20making%20them%20sound%20white
> <https://mashable.com/article/ai-startup-makes-call-center-foreigners-sound-white#:~:text=This%20time%20around%2C%20Palo%20Alto,of%20making%20them%20sound%20white>.*
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> John Rudy
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