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Google patents a way search results could be affected by your accent

on May 30, 2015 | 0 comments

By Staff Writer

Google has patented voice search technology which could see your results determined by your accent.

According to Quartz, the patent awarded last week would allow for it to assess users’ accents and predict their preferences for restaurants, places, and movies based on the way they speak.

‘Accent-influenced search results’ would offer you results based on the data left by people with similar accents to you, including reviews they have left online.

Google gives this example: “If English-language speakers with a French-language accent show a preference for a particular result for the query terms ‘restaurants in Scranton’ than do English-language speakers with a Read full story ›

Source: The Drum