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The Speech Accent Archive

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Melies color Voyage dans la lune, by Georges Méliès, Public Domain.

A great new audio project worth highlighting is the Speech Accent Archive at George Mason University. It features 264 native and non-native speakers reading the same paragraph in english. Ever wonder what a Romanian from Bucharest sounds like in relation to a Boston accent? Look no further, as it is all released under a Creative Commons License.

Posted 14 August 2003