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#1 Real voice and TTS accent effects on intelligibility and comprehension for indian speakers of English as a second language [PDF] [Copy] [Kimi¹]

Authors: Frederick Weber ; Kalika Bali

We investigate the effect of accent on comprehension of English for speakers of English as a second language in southern India. Subjects were exposed to real and TTS voices with US and several Indian accents, and were tested for intelligibility and comprehension. Performance trends indicate a measurable advantage for familiar accents, and are broken down by various demographic factors.