Abstract: Accents, characterized by deviations from standard pronunciation, often lead to a sharp decline in the performance of speech recognition systems. This issue becomes even more serious when ...

The city-wide program running June 4 to 7 will span runway shows, exhibitions and installations from some 28 designers including Van Beirendonck, Julie Kegels and Royal Academy creative director ...

BELGIAN ACCENT: Forty years after the “Antwerp Six” — as Belgian designers Marina Yee, Dries Van Noten, Ann Demeulemeester, Walter Van Beirendonck, Dirk Bikkembergs and Dirk Van Saene were ...

Belgium was lowered one step by Moody’s, underscoring how the struggle to cut one of the biggest budget deficits in Europe is besmirching the country’s status as a borrower. The rating is now assessed ...

Anyone who speaks a language other than their mother tongue has inevitably had moments of self-doubt about their accent: “Do they understand me? Do I sound silly? Is my pronunciation okay?” While it’s ...

Star Katherine LaNasa might not be a born-and-bred Yinzer, but she gets much of that unique accent right. It's not easy. It’s the verbal tic that everyone and their attending physician has been using ...

BRUSSELS, April 8 (Reuters) - Smugglers are increasingly using Belgium's shoreline to transport migrants to Britain since tighter controls began along the French coast, authorities say. Though numbers ...