Author: Peter-Wang-Mobile-2026

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voice recognition software 音声認識ソフト；
Scottish スコットランドの
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Voice recognition software is amazing. I can talk to my cell phone and it types exactly what I say as long as I speak slowly. I have an American accent, but I wonder if it can understand people with accents from other countries. There is a funny video that shows how accents can be a problem. Two men from Scotland with strong Scottish accents get on an elevator with voice recognition software. They need to say the floor number, but the elevator doesn’t understand them when they say 11. You can find the video by searching for “eleven” on YouTube. (by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)

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the Persian Empire ペルシア帝国
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May 9 is “Ice Cream Day” in Japan. It started in Japan in 1965, but the first ice cream was sold in Japan much earlier, about 100 years ago. I thought ice cream was something modern. However, the history of ice cream may go back 2,500 years to the Persian Empire. The Chinese seem to have eaten a kind of ice dessert for over 1,000 years. For most of history, ice cream was a dessert for rich and powerful people. Then, someone started selling it at a station in Britain in the 1800s. Now, it is popular around the world, a favorite dessert. (by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)