Gallery

A selection of images from the pilot study in 2016, the subsequent exhibition in 2017 at Manchester Central Library, and an event for the Manchester International Festival in 2019.

Sep 2019 – Feb 2021

Online mapping

Sep 2020 – Aug 2021

Submit your voice

Jan 2021 – Apr 2022

Talking About Voices podcast resource for schools

Summer 2021

The Accent Van goes on tour

November 2021

Accent Attitudes Quiz

Late 2021-2022

Poetry workshops.

Spring 2022

Manchester Central Library installation.

Spring 2022

Manchester Poetry Library installation.

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Manchester Voices @VoicesMcr·

29 Nov

"Maybe I try to come across a bit more articulate than I am?"

A clip from one of our recent outings in the #AccentVan. You can still add your voice to our research via the #VirtualAccentVan:
https://virtualvan.manchestervoices.org/

#ManchesterMondays #Voices2021 #ManchesterVoices #McrVoices

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Manchester Voices @VoicesMcr·

22 Nov

"I do like the way I speak, and I would never want to change it."

A clip from our recent #Voices2021 trip to #Rochdale in the #AccentVan 🗣️🚐

There's still time for you to add your voice: https://virtualvan.manchestervoices.org/

#ManchesterMondays #ManchesterVoices #McrVoices

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Manchester Voices @VoicesMcr·

15 Nov

We're still looking for more people to take part in our #AccentQuiz! Anyone at all can take part, but we're particularly in need of people from #Bolton, #Wigan and #Oldham. Just click here to get started > https://research.sc/participant/login/dynamic/4EC556B5-6E1A-4E7F-ACC3-4EBA4645E707

Manchester Voices@VoicesMcr

Can you tell where in #GreaterManchester someone is from just by the way they speak? Take our #AccentQuiz and see how you score! Click here to begin:
https://research.sc/participant/login/dynamic/4EC556B5-6E1A-4E7F-ACC3-4EBA4645E707

#ManchesterVoices #McrVoices #Manchester #McrMetUni

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Manchester Voices @VoicesMcr·

15 Nov

"I don't go to a job interview with this #accent, they'll think that I'm trying to mug them."

A clip from a recent trip to #Bury in the #AccentVan. There's still time to take part via the #VirtualAccentVan! https://virtualvan.manchestervoices.org/

#ManchesterMondays #ManchesterVoices

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Manchester Voices @VoicesMcr·

15 Nov

Do you ever find that voice recognition technology struggles to understand your accent? Or does Alexa get you just fine? You can take part in research into this subject and help to create more accessible technology!

Nina Markl@ninamarkl

🎙️Still looking for respondents from the North & North East of England who use automatic speech recognition systems (or struggle to use them as the case may be)!

Please RT & share! https://twitter.com/ninamarkl/status/1455497395773521926

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