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by smalltorch 16 days ago
Interesting, what's the purpose? Maybe, host a podcast without revealing your real voice?

I tried a few, I think the British American was maybe the best one. I didn't really notice a huge difference on Italian or Indian accent.

British - American https://pastewaves.com/player/25cacf64-461a-4eef-9b02-9bc0da...

A little shaky, but no doubt hints of a British Accent.

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I went to a lot of work to adopt a “neutral” American accent, with some success. Perfectly adequate for casual conversations.

Why? You run across many people with accents every day, right? Well, it’s a problem; people definitely treat you differently.

This issue isn’t specific to the USA btw, it’s just I’ve been working in the USA for a long time.

The only accent I treat differently is the unsolicited spam call.

Face to face, I work with Indians, Ukrainians, Vietnamese, Mexicans, Brazilians, Russians, Guatemalans, Cubans, Italians and I love to hear the twang each person has.

Curious what you mean by treated differently or why you needed to put so much effort into hiding your accent? Are you sure it wasn't just general English? Because of course you may get treated differently if you can't speak English...but I think the accent is not really a problem.

Cool. Thank you for testing it. It can have multiple purposes. For people that want to do video presentations for instance and have a more native accent. Or yes, for a podcast. What do you think I should improve?