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Slickster
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Sat Oct 04, 2008 9:28 pm |
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Speech Accent Archive
http://accent.gmu.edu/
speech samples from a variety of language backgrounds
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| Heli
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Sun Oct 05, 2008 6:51 am |
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Thanks Slickster!
As a Court Reporter, I'm often faced with judiciary, counsel and witnesses with strong accents. Transcribing from audiotape can often be nightmarish when speakers have such accents.
As an example, a colleague of mine spent, I would estimate, several hours of her personal time as well as other reporter's time in attempting to identify a single word a witness repeatedly used in his testimony.
Even knowing the subject matter of the case etc. didn't seem to help her or us to make sense of this single word. Va-ca-ry is what we all heard over and over. This man had a strong asian and/or middle eastern accent.
In the end, the reporter did identify the word 
It was Blackberry. What made it confounding is that the witness referred to it not as a device but as a company, i.e. "I worked for Blackberry" or as we kept hearing "Vacary" 
I'm looking forward to checking this site out completely and sharing it with my colleagues. Thanks again![/i]
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| Hannie
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Sun Oct 05, 2008 9:29 am |
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Totally cool!! Thanks Slickster!
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li'l Shango's Mommy
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Location: The Hague, The Netherlands
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| Slickster
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Sun Oct 05, 2008 11:20 am |
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Wasn't sure if it would work or not, me not knowing another launguage.
Glad I could be of assistance.
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