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How Amazon helped Alexa capture the Irish accent

For Alexa to speak like a Dubliner, Amazon researchers had to crack a problem that’s vexed data scientists for years: voice disentanglement. (Shane Cluskey/The New York Times) — FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY WITH NYT STORY ALEXA IRISH ACCENT BY BERNHARD WARNER FOR JULY 1, 2023. ALL OTHER USE PROHIBITED.

The technologists are part of a team at Amazon working on a challenging area of data science known as voice disentanglement.

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