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Amazon Lex can now speak British English… or simply ‘English’ if you’re British

Alexa-derived chatbot tech allegedly understands 'the British accent’, but fails to recognise that there are many

It’s only taken three years, but the conversational interface tech underlying Amazon’s Alexa assistant is now capable of the world’s lingua franca in its purest form – “British English”.…

https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2020/09/17/amazon_lex_can_speak_british_english/