{"id":19673,"date":"2025-08-08T04:37:40","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T02:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/08\/i-spoke-to-the-ai-avatar-of-a-leeds-mp-how-did-it-cope-with-my-yorkshire-accent\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T04:37:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T02:37:40","slug":"i-spoke-to-the-ai-avatar-of-a-leeds-mp-how-did-it-cope-with-my-yorkshire-accent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/08\/i-spoke-to-the-ai-avatar-of-a-leeds-mp-how-did-it-cope-with-my-yorkshire-accent\/","title":{"rendered":"I spoke to the AI avatar of a Leeds MP. How did it cope with my Yorkshire accent?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Leeds MP Mark Sewards has launched a digital assistant, but the results of my chat show MPs\u2019 aides have nowt to worry about<\/p>\n

As anyone with even a trace of a regional dialect who has had to pay a parking fine can attest, voice recognition services struggle with accents. Now, people in Mark Sewards\u2019 constituency in Leeds are likely to find the same problem with his AI variant.<\/p>\n

A chatbot billed as the first AI version of an MP responds in Sewards\u2019 voice with advice, support or by offering to pass on a message to his team \u2013 but only if it understands you.<\/p>\n

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\nLeeds MP Mark Sewards has launched a digital assistant, but the results of my chat show MPs\u2019 aides have nowt to worry about
\nAs anyone with even a trace of a regional dialect who has had to pay a parking fine can attest, voice recognition services struggle with accents. Now, people in Mark Sewards\u2019 constituency in Leeds are likely to find the same problem with his AI variant.
\nA chatbot billed as the first AI version of an MP responds in Sewards\u2019 voice with advice, support or by offering to pass on a message to his team \u2013 but only if it understands you. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Leeds MP Mark Sewards has launched a digital assistant, but the results of my chat show MPs\u2019 aides have nowt to worry about As anyone with even a trace of a regional dialect who has had to pay a parking fine can attest, voice recognition services struggle with accents. Now, people in Mark Sewards\u2019 constituency …<\/p>\n

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