An AI call handler could struggle with Birmingham accents, it's feared - Ingus Kruklitis/iStockphoto A police force trialling an AI-powered non-emergency call service fears the technology will not ...

When a funeral planning business recently decided to open its new contact centre in Newport, South Wales, it said it was doing so because Welsh accents sounded more empathetic and consoling – beating ...

Peaky Blinders takes place in Birmingham, where the accents are tough to copy. The show’s creator Steven Knight told the BBC that the Brummie accent is so tricky that production companies shy away ...

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The Birmingham accent has been ranked the fifth most annoying in the country - with four other dialects ranked higher. Brummie has been a source of unnecessary teasing for decades, with the accent ...

Birmingham Council's new automated phone system reportedly struggles to understand a Brummie accent. Costing £11 million to implement, the system uses speech recognition technology. However, local ...

The star of the hit show set in Birmingham discussed how he turned himself into the intimidating head of the Shelby clan. Sign up for the top news stories every day to keep you informed with what's ...