I used AI to change their “class”. Does it affect how you hear them?
Dr Geoff Lindsey
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Business Inquiries: [email protected] Hi! I want to share the fascination and fun of speech, language and accents, and I'm so grateful to anyone who feels able to support this work via my Patreon. I studied at University College London and got my PhD at the University of California Los Angeles. I've taught at universities including UCL, Edinburgh and Cambridge, published research in many areas, and worked as a forensic analyst. I've given invited lectures and workshops around the world. I wrote the influential 'English After RP' (Palgrave Macmillan), and my blog contains over a hundred audio-illustrated articles. I'm co-editor of the free searchable online pronouncing dictionary CUBE. I've also worked in film and TV as a screenwriter and director. I wrote the screenplay and arranged the music (performed by Lang Lang) for the animated fantasy Magic Piano, which was shortlisted for an Academy Award nomination.
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Go to https://buyraycon.com/GEOFFOPEN to get up to 30% off during Raycon’s Black Friday and Cyber Monday Sale. --- YouTubers Gary Stevenson and Jimmy the Giant say their working-class accents make it harder for some people to take them seriously. In this video I look at accents and class, why “RP” causes so much confusion, and I explore their claim by giving them AI-generated “middle-class” voices. What effect, if any, does this have on how you perceive them? Answer the two poll questions here: Poll 1: http://youtube.com/post/UgkxBDO8QpPFXcW6xzSSk1h-PngHOjx3g5ya?si=s58BcQQbQbw6Npv8 Poll 2: http://youtube.com/post/UgkxW_fe02WWBPC1lF4qqXv5CnKxUclSjise?si=PB9NiB5qJRHwGLR8 https://www.youtube.com/jimmythegiant https://www.youtube.com/garyseconomics 00:00 Intro: accents, class, trust 02:58 Gary & Jimmy’s own accents 03:40 Luton vs Ilford PRICE vowel 04:25 RP WTF 06:08 What is posh? 10:23 What is middle class? 13:50 The 1966 Frost Report class sketch 16:50 SSB 18:31 What is to be done: My Fair Lady vs Cyrano 20:59 The experiment setup (AI SSB voices) 21:49 The dubbed excerpts 24:14 My reaction
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