As a person with a funkily spelled last name, at least for English speakers, I appreciate that Siri tries to say my name, but I never really assumed she could pronounce it correctly. If you’re having ...

Slack is rolling out a few new features for profiles, including ways to help folks avoid the embarrassment and unpleasantness of mispronouncing a colleague's name. Starting today, users can add an ...

Have a confusingly long first name you never use -- or a consonant-heavy last name -- that even your friends can't pronounce? A new Facebook feature recently spotted on some users' profiles is ...

A common problem among all voice assistant services, though some are better than others, is how unnatural and robotic they sound. And the pronunciation of certain words, especially names, can be quite ...

If you ever traveled around the world and stayed for long enough to get caught in the new country’s culture and language, you most probably know how hard it is to get the foreign names right. Whether ...

To ensure professors and students pronounce each other’s names correctly, all University of Minnesota system campuses will implement a name pronunciation software into Canvas next month. The software, ...