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Mapping the Similarity of Speech Accents
I've been working on a fun mapping project using data provided by George Mason University's Speech Accent Archive.
Each subject recorded the same paragraph of text containing a wide variety of English language sounds:
Please call Stella. Ask her to bring these things with her from the store: Six spoons of fresh snow peas, five thick slabs of blue cheese, and maybe a snack for her brother Bob.
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