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How AI hears accents: An audible visualization of ...
I thought I was the only one who perceived an audible similarity between Portuguese and Russian.
dgan
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I am native Russian speaker, and work/visited Portugal. It definitely tricks me when not paying attention, its very similar sounding
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I speak neither, and both also sound similar to me depending on the accents of the speakers.
djmips
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I had that too but it was Brazillian Portuguese where I noticed it.
maleldil
6 months ago
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The characteristics that make pt-PT sound similar to Russian are largely absent in pt-BR.
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