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[–] [email protected] 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I don’t understand why this is considered US-centric. It’s not like anybody is making it illegal or oppressed to develop speech models in your local area.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 12 hours ago

Local hobbiests tend not to have then as the default for phones, and pc software.

The fact that the US companies can't even get their voice recognition to follow other US accents but still think that they're ready for global rollout.

You're right in that we should encourage non-Yankspeak English search engines. It would be a good way to attempt to stymie the loss of our own culture.