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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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cicada セミ；
shell 殻；
branch 枝
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It’s been raining almost every day this week. Luckily, the rain often stops in the morning when I take my dog for a walk. When it stops, I can hear cicadas. Last weekend, I found the shell of a cicada on a branch. It looked alive, but it didn’t move. I took it off the branch and wanted to take it home, but my granddaughter stopped me. She wanted me to throw it away. She knows that her mother is afraid of cicadas. (by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)