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Despite appearances to the contrary, going digital has not meant a change in culture. In person meetings used to be a study in power relationships. Without any doubt, moving work (and other social interactions) out of the office and into the ether, has, as with all things that have migrated online, lent a new character to these relationships. And it is not beautiful. Nor useful.

Open any serious newspaper (online or old fashioned paper), and you run a very high risk of running into arcane screeds on how the marriage between technology and communications continues to force change on the world we live in. Often, the focus is on work. Not just the way it has become more productive. But also in the degree to which new tools and ways of working might make large swathes of our current labour force redundant. This new effect of the technology revolution shows up beyond work, too. Household utensils are smarter, especially the genre-straddling mobile phone. We learn that the consumption of leisure values is more and more about experience, where once the onus was on ownership.

While last years pandemic has had very obvious health effects, its longer lasting impacts will be felt in those areas in which it has accelerated the uptake of technology. Video conferencing over in-person meetings. Working from home instead of the commute-intensive work from the office. And then there are the tremendous possibilities opened up for telemedicine by the swarm of wearable devices now able to measure their wearers vital signs and process these online and in real time.

For obvious reasons, this commentary focuses on the positives. How working from home, for instance, has made being a mother less laborious a challenge than before the pandemic. In the instances when the negative consequences of technologys imprint on modern man and the interaction of both these and the pandemic come up for mention, they are often posed as problems to be solved. Take fake news for one, and how responses to it may imperil social cohesion. Do not worry that governments have mounted this stead who mean to also undermine civil liberties, as part of a design that perpetuates their stay in office.

Thus, it would appear that whether or not technology is useful to any people depends almost entirely on the context within which it will be used. This is more so when that technology is not a product of the culture that consumes it.

What the tension between these trends seems to suggest is that like most human inventions, technology is not always a force for good. At best, it is an instrument available to man which he may use according to his ken. At worst, the upheavals that rapid technological progress is responsible for change human societies in less than welcome ways. As an instrument, it is as morally ambivalent as is the humble hoe available to build a ridge to sow seeds in, or help decapitate an assailant. Or like the internal combustion engine, responsible simultaneously for the swift expansion of human communities, and the incineration of the earth.

Thus, it would appear that whether or not technology is useful to any people depends almost entirely on the context within which it will be used. This is more so when that technology is not a product of the culture that consumes it. Nothing reminds me more powerfully of this than the video conferencing meetings that I have had to attend since this became a staple of work last year.

if interactions were this way in my kindergarten days, the responses in our Zoom and Team meetings cannot be described as newI was on a Zoom meeting last week. And it was obvious that these video communication apps need an idobale emoji to help with the local propensity to kiss arse.

Despite appearances to the contrary, going digital has not meant a change in culture. In person meetings used to be a study in power relationships. Who sat were? Who arrived before whom? Who gets to carry what? And for whom? Any which way you tell it, obsequiousness was writ unctuous in those interactions. Without any doubt, moving work (and other social interactions) out of the office and into the ether, has, as with all things that have migrated online, lent a new character to these relationships. And it is not beautiful. Nor useful. Affliction with an atavistic variant now means that meetings start as classes once did in the kindergarten. The Big boss man walks in, virtually starts the meeting, and the chorus of Good morning Big Boss is as sickening as it is an auditory challenge.

Alas, the mute button works very well for microphones; but not for speakers. Still, if interactions were this way in my kindergarten days, the responses in our Zoom and Team meetings cannot be described as new. My friend insists that it is not necessarily wrong, either. In his reading, We are a culturally VERY respectful people. How else would we expect to be shown respect if we show no respect to our superiors? Maybe. Maybe not. However, I was on a Zoom meeting last week. And it was obvious that these video communication apps need an idobale emoji to help with the local propensity to kiss arse.

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ALBANY, N.Y., Aug. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Global Pressure Transducer Market: Overview

A pressure transducer, also known as a pressure transmitter, converts pressure into an analogue electrical signal, and it is widely used in an extensive range of industries, such as Telemetry, HVAC, oil & gas, automotive, consumer electronics, etc. A pressure transducer is utilized in the oil & gas sector to monitor pressure in liquid tanks orpipes, outlet,inlet,or system pressure, and manyother applications. The system is made of two basic components: an elastic substance that deforms when subjected to a pressured media and an electrical device that identifies the deformation.

The global pressure transducer market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 3.4% during the forecast period of 2021 to 2031. By 2031, the pressure transducer market is estimated to value more than US$ 5.61 Bn. Numerous factors are influencing the global pressure transducer market, such as increasing industrial automation and rising need for pressure transducers in the process industry. As a result, the marketis expected to grow due to the rising applications of pressure transducers in the process industry.

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Besides healthcare andmedical devices business, pressure transducer producers are in high demand in aeronautics, hydraulics, and automationindustries. Es Systems, a producer of high-quality and novel sensor solutions for the medical and industrial fields, is gaining acclaim for its capacitive micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) technology-based transducers for various industrialas well asautomationoperations.

In specialized medical technology applications, the MEMS technology is gaining prominence. With the aid of the MEMS technology, businesses in the pressure transducer market are able to uncover growth potential in blocked filter detection, pressure valves, andautomated pneumatic assembly applications.

Market players are ramping up the manufacturing of cellular pressure transducers that are simple to install and can connect directly to a provider's secure data portal, where they provide 24/7 customer and technicalassistance. Wireless pressure transducers with built-in cellular communication are a new entry in the globalpressure transducer market. As compared to traditional transducers, these devices make monitoring pressure andtemperature simpler. An array of sensors can be monitored only by a single system utilizing these transducers.In addition to improving and innovating in pressure transducers, manufacturers provide lower pricing and minimal inventory costs to their customers.

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Finance teams are on an exciting journey of discovery. They are finally starting to embrace the benefits of technology a move that is long overdue, according to Anish Kapoor, CEO of AccessPay, a cloud-based payment specialist.

Finance teams have lagged behind other areas of the business in the use of technology, he says. Marketing and sales have been using tech to become more efficient for 20 years.

He suggests that the decision of finance teams to accelerate their adoption of technology is due to increased compliance burdens in the face of changing requirements from regulators and greater demands placed on businesses by consumers.

They have prioritised investment in other areas over themselves, but now the biggest gains from automation are in the finance function, he says.

The benefits are clear, according to Kapoor. Automating as many tasks as possible will free up time for other revenue generating work or even to guard against future economic shocks.

Business will be under pressure to cut costs due to lower revenues or paying back loans after Covid-19, he warns. Finance functions wont be exempt from these problems.

The finance function, therefore, will need to find innovative ways to keep manage cash to ensure financial stability and monitor payment authorisations in the most cost-effective way possible.

Its important that businesses start investing for the long-term and make significant structural changes, says Kapoor. More organisations are starting to bite the bullet on these decisions.

Kapoor believes there is plenty of scope for development as many of the core financial operations have failed to keep pace with a fast-developing and more connected world.

Getting data to and from your banks is at the heart of what finance teams do and yet the technology hasnt changed in 20 years when we moved from telephone and branch banking to internet banking, he says.

This is something that AccessPay is keen to change.

We are a trusted partner to global banks, he says. Customers use our technology to create a secure, fully digital connection between banks and their ERP [enterprise resource planning], HCM [human capital management] and treasury systems.

Citing corporate customers such as ITV and Imperial College London, he insists digital connections not only result in cost savings, but also provide data in real-time.

They can save hundreds of thousands of pounds in fees, bank charges and financing costs, by managing their cash better, he says.

Driving finance forward

In recent weeks, AccessPay has become available to Sage users through their online marketplace, with it sitting alongside other approved independent software vendors to enhance back-office systems of Sage customers.

Earlier this year, it also announced a partnership with Yapily, the open banking infrastructure provider, to provide treasury solutions for corporates. The tie-up will provide real-time visibility into cash positions and transaction flows for thousands of UK businesses. Kapoor believes such agreements illustrate how technology has become a must-have for the finance function.

Five years ago, we could maintain the status quo but now all businesses are under pressure to do more with less and the only way you can do that is with technology, he says. Finance teams are under huge pressure to deliver more detailed information, with analytics, faster to the business with less resource.

The changing demands are one of the key driving factors. The sheer amount of data they need to process makes automation a crucial component of success.

An important trend within payment provision is corporate banking becoming more digitized within day-to-day operations.

More lending decisions are made using data pulled from ERPs and banks, while more services are only available digitally, such as low-cost international payment services, says Kapoor. For many firms this requires a change of mindset. Finance teams need to be moving to a more digital connection with their banks, to allow them to keep pace with these changes, he adds.

Kapoor insists this is where AccessPay can play a role. Helping to automate and digitise banking operations can free up 50 percent of a finance teams time, he says. It also gives them access to data with which to make better business decisions and allows them to access the new range of digital first financial services.

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And it is still the case that when we hear a womans voice as part of a tech product, we might not know who she is, whether she is even real, and if so, whether she consented to have her voice used in that way. Many TikTok users assumed that the text-to-speech voice they heard on the app wasnt a real person. But it was: it belonged to a Canadian voice actor named Bev Standing, and Standing had never given ByteDance, the company that owns TikTok, permission to use it.

Standing sued the company in May, alleging that the ways her voice was being usedparticularly the way users could make it say anything, including profanitywere injuring her brand and her ability to make a living. Her voice becoming known as "that voice on TikTok" that you could make say whatever you liked brought recognition without remuneration and, she alleged, hurt her ability to get voice work.

Then, when TikTok abruptly removed her voice, Standing found out the same way the rest of us didby hearing the change and seeing the reporting on it. (TikTok has not commented to the press about the voice change.)

Those familiar with the story of Apples Siri may be feeling a bit of dj vu: Susan Bennett, the woman who voiced the original Siri, also didnt know that her voice was being used for that product until it came out. Bennett was eventually replaced as the US English female voice, and Apple never publicly acknowledged her. Since then, Apple has written secrecy clauses into voice actors contracts and most recently has claimed that its new voice is entirely software generated, removing the need to give anyone credit.

These incidents reflect a troubling and common pattern in the tech industry. The way that peoples accomplishments are valued, recognized, and paid for often mirrors their position in the wider society, not their actual contributions. One reason Bev Standings and Susan Bennetts names are now widely known online is that theyre extreme examples of how womens work gets erased even when its right there for everyone to seeor hear.

The way that people's accomplishments are valued, recognized, and paid for often mirrors their position in the wider society, not their actual contributions.

When women in tech do speak up, theyre often told to quiet downparticularly if they are women of color. Timnit Gebru, who holds a PhD in computer science from Stanford, was recently ousted from Google, where she co-led an AI ethics team, after she spoke up about her concerns regarding the companys large language models. Her co-lead, Margaret Mitchell (who holds a PhD from the University of Aberdeen with a focus on natural-language generation), was also removed from her position after speaking up about Gebrus firing. Elsewhere in the industry, whistleblowers like Sophie Zhang at Facebook, Susan Fowler at Uber, and many other women found themselves silenced and often fired as a direct or indirect result of trying to do their jobs and mitigate the harms they saw in the technology companies where they worked.

Even women who found startups can find themselves erased in real time, and the problem again is worse for women of color. Rumman Chowdhury, who holds a PhD from the University of California, San Diego, and is the founder and former CEO of Parity, a company focused on ethical AI, saw her role in her own companys history minimized by the New York Times.

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (FOX 46 CHARLOTTE0 Technology is helping CMPDs bomb squad save a life. Theyre using robots instead of people to handle bombs that are real or fake.

Sergeant Chad Strong says it comes in handy as the department is seeing an increase in the number of calls about illegal bombs being found in Charlotte.

We start with the robot if we can do everything without sending a bomb tech downrange we will try and do it, Strong said. It can do anything that a one-armed person can do it.

Most of the bombs found turn out to be fake but police say its still raising concern for the people who find them.

Authorities responded to a call last week where they found a replica of a military explosive on Queens Drive.

If you find them, please call us dont touch it, just leave it where it is, Strong said. Right now, CMPD has 13 certified bomb technicians who have gone through extensive training to detect if the bomb is active or not.

Wearing heavy custom gear and clothing protects them against explosions if they happen. The custom suit weighs about 85 pounds. Police say calls into the department have gone up as more large-scale events start to happen in the Queen City.

Normally they would respond to about 60 calls a year, now its more than 100 and growing. Officials remind people that bombs and some fireworks are illegal in North Carolina and say most people who make them at home are more curious versus looking for a way to hurt people.

If you know of anyone thats using manufacturing or has possession of illegal homemade or improvised fireworks, please call us because the danger to the public is very great, Strong said.

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The elephants in the room are people. But theres a resistance to see the elephants or deal with the often obvious steps necessary to solve people problems. As the pace of technology accelerates, digital competition explodes, and the need for agile leadership grows, companies must revisit and reimagine how it recruits, rewards and manages their technology teams including especially executive leadership.

Simplest Explanations Are Still the Best

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TheOccams Razorprinciple stated that plurality should not be posited without necessity.The principle givesprecedenceto simplicity:of two competing theories, the simplerexplanationof an entity is to be preferred.The principle is also expressed as entities are not to be multiplied beyond necessity.There are similar principles out there, notably the KISS principle keep it simple, stupid which most likely finds its origins in similarminimalistconcepts, such asOccam's razor,Leonardo da Vinci's simplicity is the ultimate sophistication,Shakespeare's brevity is the soul of wit,Mies Van Der Rohe's less is more.Bjarne Stroustrup's make simple tasks simple!, orAntoine de Saint Exupry's it seems that perfection is reached not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.Colin Chapman, the founder ofLotus Cars, urged his designers to simplify, then add lightness.Heath Robinsonmachines andRube Goldberg's machines, intentionally overly-complex solutions to simple tasks or problems, are humorous examples of non-KISS solutions, including Einsteins "make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler.

The point?When it comes to enterprise technology, we insist on attributing failure to anything but the obvious.Sure, there are a few analyses that focus on the simplest explanations, but by and large we like to explain failure around methods, tools, techniques, technologies, networks, platforms, data anything we believe we can define and measure.Our obsession with capability maturity models is a perfect example of how we aggregate competencies into measurable frameworks.Agile is a surefire methodology to fix broken software projects!ERP is perfect for integrating accounting and finance!Project Management Certifications will make us better project managers!And so IT goes.

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Things We Believe

Were not good at this.We often want to believe things that have no basis in fact or even reality.Like the earth is flat, Covid vaccines make us magnetic and left-wing democrats consume babies. On the not-as-crazy list are what tens of millions of Americans actually believe, such as:

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Why such a long list? Well, its not long. There are at least fifty more things I could have listed. Its important to understand that many of the same people who believe these (and many other things) run projects, companies and government agencies.Many of the people who believe these things are technology consultants, run technology companies and manage technology projects.To assume otherwise, defies Occams core principle and other common-sense notions of likelihoods, not to mention any statistical measures of probability.Stated differently, whats the probability thatnoneof the believers of any of these (and so many other) things run technology companies, manage technology projects or consult? It gets worse.When we delve into the psychological profiles of many of our friends, associates and leaders, it gets horrifyingly messy. Whats the probability that none of the people in your professional orbit believe any less-than-factual things and have no personality challenges?

The point?

The simplest explanations for why so many enterprise technology projects fail in addition to all of the conventional explanations are traceable to people.Before you rip out and replace all of your methods, tools, techniques, frameworks, data, platforms and technologies, look closely at the people in the room. Study the belief systems, the personalities and relationships exhibited (noting that many are hidden), and think about how all these influence planning, decision-making, promotions, investments and, yes, technology project failures.

The Elephant in the Room

A businessman says, "I suppose I'll be the one to mention the elephant in the room".

I started this analysis a while ago when I attempted to explain why so many technology projects fail.I offered that it was all about the people, all the time, and that the lack of the right talent, poor executive support and an anti-technology corporate cultures explained more about failure than the old favorites, like scope creep, requirements mismanagement, etc.Its the long way of saying that incompetent people with strange world views (and other traits) can be damaging to project success (not to mention corporate success). Who knew?Everyone and thats the elephant in the room so few of us are willing to see.How many people do you know have no business doing what theyre doing?I stopped counting years ago.William of Ockhamhad it right:the simplest explanation is usually the best. Our problem is we just refuse to see it.

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Over the last decade, technological advancements have grown exponentially. As a result, we have been relieved of the mundane tasks that used to eat up all of our time, and we are now able to focus our attention on different areas of work. We have more time to solve bigger problems, or simply lay bigger and stronger plans for the future.

The time we receive back from using technology to automate tasks has elevated our society in many ways, but at its core, it can be simply unlock the potential for more creativity. We are able to solve things that are important for you, or your client, whereas you might not have had time to do so without technology. For example, we now have tools that help with automating tasks, leading to improved workflows, and allowing you to serve clients more efficiently. Technology gives us that time back, and allows us to refocus our attention somewhere else.

The extra time technology has given you back means more opportunities to focus on advisory services at your firm. This helps build client relationships and offers insights beyond just completing tax returns. You now have space to think creatively to solve client problems, develop long-term, specific goals with each client, and offer a more tailored approach to ensure their goals are achieved.

The time you get back when utilizing technology also serves a purpose in a creative way. It frees up your brain to focus on industries or topics you are passionate about that can be beneficial in the long run for you or your client. It cements you as a knowledgeable partner, and one your clients can seek out advice from on new laws, investing advice, and more when working together to map out their long term goals and their definition of success. You could even use this as a chance to further educate yourself on different industries and become an expert in offering advice in new areas. Creative thinking helps inspire outside-the-box ideas that can come in handy during client problems or long-term planning.

In addition, all these new tools and technology give professionals more power behind their client relationships. Giving us access to data insights and AI helps us seek out and offer the best advice to our clients. It allows us to analyze client information, find patterns, project where targets need to be, and more.

Technology creates more space in our schedules to allow for new and exciting opportunities. It cultivates an environment that allows creativity to flow more freely and fosters exploration into other outlets of interest for both the benefit of you, and your clients. In the end, it leads to powering prosperity for both firms and clients.

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In the adoption cycle of any new technology, there is a tipping point that must be overcome before it cascades to mainstream use. This is the most difficult part of a company or markets growth. Enter, Geoffrey Moores Crossing the Chasm assessment.

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The adoption of clean technology is greatly accelerating toward mainstream adoption and large-scale usage. Software and smart technology eliminate cost and reliability concerns, allowing clean technology to disrupt the market. Its time for investors to put their money in companies with disruptive innovations, both to accelerate the adoption cycle, but also to maximize their own benefit on this substantial market opportunity.

Lets explore why.

Embracing Change

One major lesson we have learned from the COVID-19 pandemic is our capacity to adapt and innovate when needed. When circumstances drastically shifted, we embraced major changes in the way we operated and the technology we used in our daily lives. This power to embrace change was refreshing. In the post-pandemic world, one thing we can expect is for society to be more welcome to change, and more willing to adapt. This will result in more governments, companies, and consumers adopting smart, clean technologies and innovations earlier. With the substantial market potential, investors will quickly get on board.

The Disruptive Nature of Clean Tech

The key to a new technology being adopted at scale, as Jeffrey Bussgang notes, is its delivery of a major competitive advantage. With this competitive advantage, the technology can disrupt the traditional market structure. Clean technology provides this necessary advantage with smart software.

In 2011 Marc Andreessen suggested that software is eating the world and predicted software would continue to transform and take over many aspects of the economy. Well, he was right, and smart software technology is giving cleantech firms a key competitive advantage. Smart technology allows companies to remotely manage and operate their solar panels and batteries, for example, efficiently. This enhances the reliability of the technology, while substantially reducing its costs. Considering that reliability and costs are the two main concerns contributing to renewable energy hesitancy (as was the case in the cleantech bubble of the early 2000s), eliminating these concerns through smart technology grants a competitive advantage.

This competitive advantage creates an immense opportunity for investors and will help cleantech disrupt the energy sector. By providing power reliably and at lower costs, more people will shift from traditional methods and adopt clean technology. Therefore, the disruptive potential of cleantech will lead to its adoption at scale.

Government Policy

Government policy has the potential to tip the scales in favor of clean technology. As mentioned in a previous blog post, President Joe Bidens climate plan will help accelerate the growth of clean technology and renewable power. As more governments push toward net-zero emission targets, cleantech will inevitably benefit from this. As of now, 132 countries have made pledges to reach net-zero emissions by 2050. Policies like these will drive more consumers, and companies to adopt clean technologies early in their lifecycle, helping to cross the chasm.

More specifically, President Biden recently announced an ambitious infrastructure deal. The deal includes $73 billion to upgrade the electricity grid and improve access to clean energy. Although this is still a long way from being passed into law, its proposal inspires confidence for future investment and growth in the cleantech industry. Overall, the Biden administration aims to invest $2 trillion in clean energy to reach its decarbonization goal. Policies such as these will supercharge the adoption of clean technologies in mainstream society.

The Takeaway: A Major Market Opportunity

As suggested, the market potential for clean technology is immense. According to the Report from Canadas Economic Strategy Tables, the global market for clean technology is expected to reach over $2.5 trillion by 2022. While the clean technology market is made up of several sub-markets, this is an enormous, rapidly growing opportunity. As previously mentioned, there is untapped demand in the African telecommunications market. This presents a major opportunity for investors as Africas population is expected to double by 2050, and already 871 million people across Africa do not have access to the internet. Due to population growth, billions of people will likely need connectivity. By investing in cleantech early, investors can support bridging the digital divide, and help cleantech cross the chasm. In the end, they will be better off for it.

Ultimately, clean technologies are rapidly moving toward mainstream adoption. Our increased capacity to embrace change, the disruptive nature of cleantech, and the increasing green policies of governments are all influencing the diffusion of clean technology innovations. Also, there is immense market opportunity in clean technology. So, investors should invest more in early-stage companies with disruptive technology to accelerate the adoption cycle, as well as maximize their own benefit.

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SEATTLE, July 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- DefinedCrowd, the one-stop-shop for high-quality artificial intelligence training data, today releasedthe first of a series offree Spanish-accented English speech datasets to allow AI developers totesthow well their speech recognition models understand nonnative Englishspeakers,a demographic represented by over 35 million people in the United States.

"There isan accent gap in speech technology. Research shows that speech recognition technologies are not nearly as accurate in understanding nonnative accents as they are in understanding white, non-immigrant, upper-middle-class Americans,"said Dr. Daniela Braga, founder and CEO ofDefinedCrowd.

It is not a surprising phenomenon; it is this demographic that had access to and trained the technology from the beginning. To address the bias present in speech recognition technology,DefinedCrowdhas releasedthe first offour sets of Spanish-accented English speech datasets, which developers can use to test or benchmark their models to identify bias and areas which need more training data.

"Unfortunately, it has resulted in models that are more useful to some people than to others. And that must change," said Dr. Braga.

However, many companies do not have the resources to train or test their systems withdifferentaccents, meaning that speech recognition systemsare likely to provide an unresponsive, inaccurate, and even isolating experience to nonnative English speakers.

This is clearly bad for business: according to the U.S. Census, over 35 million people in the United States are native speakers of a language other than English. Sixty percent of these people speak Spanish at home.

"For companies with AI solutions to compete in the large nonnative English-speaking market in the U.S., speech models need to be able to understand a wide range of different Spanish accents, originating from all the Americas," said ChristopherShulby, Director ofMachine Learning EngineeringatDefinedCrowd.

Thefirstdataset, released in two phases,includesSpanish-accented English data from the Americas, includingArgentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, the United States,Uruguayand Venezuela.

Subsequent releases will include datasetsfromnative Spanish speakers fromaround the world, includingAustralia, China, Finland, France, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.

The datasets represent speakers aged from 18 - 40, with an equal distribution of male and female speakers.

To access the data, developerswill need to register onDefinedCrowd'sMarketplace here, after which they will receive a link to download the dataset.

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