It was a week after Kim Hall’s surgery when her sister first noticed something different about her voice. “My mom and my sister came to visit me, and my sister said to my mom, ‘oh, she sounds very ...

Cockatoos are one of those birds that everyone kind of has an idea of: they're one of the most iconic parrot species of all time, second to the gorgeous Scarlet Macaw. We know what Cockatoos look like ...

An Australian woman who has lived in the US for eight years has revealed how her accent can sometimes get her into trouble. Video game designer Alanah Pearce, who lives in Los Angeles, took to TikTok ...

Australian Angie Yen has been speaking with a new Irish accent for two weeks in what's suspected to be a case of foreign accent syndrome. Yen, aged 27, is originally from Taiwan but has lived in ...

While this particular Harry Potter film veteran inadvertently gave their character an Australian accent, they've done better ...

Yes, we know. The Australian accent is really difficult to master. It's the reason why so many actors and voiceover artists mess it up, either sounding like a New Zealander fresh from Dunedin or a ...

Alphabet Inc. GOOGL recently enhanced its Google Assistant's features by introducing Australian and British accent for the company's U.S.-based users. DeepMind's speech synthesis model WaveNet will be ...

Is there something a little bit different about the way Asian-Australian native English speakers, like myself, talk? By Yan Zhuang The Australia Letter is a weekly newsletter from our Australia bureau ...

An Australian woman who suddenly woke up with an Irish accent after undergoing tonsil surgery in April last year has revealed that she still suffers from a definite Irish inflection 10 months later.

Readers reflect on the country’s many different accents. By Yan Zhuang The Australia Letter is a weekly newsletter from our Australia bureau. Sign up to get it by email. Last week, I wrote about ...

Google Assistant hasn't been traveling, but it has picked up some new accents. The voice assistant now has the ability to speak in an Australian or English accent (though Google calls it British). The ...

As of today, Google Assistant in the United States now has support for Australian and English accents. The accent options are rolling out to users who can choose to activate them using the assistant's ...