[punchingwater]

Exactly! Part of the goals of Common Voice is to make voice recognition work better for non-north american men (which is where the vast majority of the training data comes from).

If you are a non-native speaker, we need your voice!

[tangue]

Okay but what should strangers submit for country and accent in the form ? The only options are anglophones countries.

[halomru]

The accent you think you are speaking (or are emulating)

https://github.com/mozilla/voice-web/issues/242

[punchingwater]

Good question. Sounds like we should add an "Other" to that drop down, and make it clear that we are looking for all accents?

[tangue]

Yes - imho "non native english speaker" would be we the field where I would look first- edit typed on phone ...