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Does it work if you have a thick (non-American or non-RP) accent? Serious question.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMS2VnDveP8

As one of the comments pointed out, it's even funnier if you turn on the automatic captions :)

Exactly. I have a mild accent, but my dad still has a thick brogue. Would a car understand him? Not if it's using the same algorithm as YT's captioning.

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