Miami University has added a new resource to promote and sustain an inclusive community: NameCoach, which provides accurate audio pronunciation of names. “This is a major move to create more inclusion ...
Yes, you’re tempted to transpose the two middle letters, making it Tori. Or to say, “troo-ee.” Or to assume it’s the same as the French word for three, “twa.” But it is pronounced as if it ended in a ...
Slack has added a new feature that allows each user to put their audio name pronunciation on the profile, The Verge reports. When you’re working remotely, most communications are through email or ...
LinkedIn profiles can now include audio recordings of users saying their own names to assist others with proper pronunciation. When a name pronunciation recording is uploaded to someone’s profile, a ...
Pronouncing a name correctly isn’t just polite. It’s a way of recognizing someone’s identity, and it’s key to creating an inclusive workplace. With that in mind, LinkedIn is introducing a new feature ...
To ease the first contact with other users, whether in a virtual meeting, a phone call, or a face-to-face encounter, LinkedIn allows you to record audio so that others know how to pronounce your first ...
A new LinkedIn feature is helping to put an end to mispronounced names. The professional networking site is now letting users upload short audio clips of up to 10 seconds long in which they can ...
This episode of Defining Safe covers the frequent mispronunciation of non-Western names. In this episode, we look into the phonetics of pronunciation and hear the perspective of students whose names ...
Getting to know your colleagues can be tricky when working remotely, but Slack is adding a handful of new features to its user profiles that should make things a little more fluid. New features ...
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... You say tēhōn,I sayōtāhōn. In a diversely populated state where place names stem from English, Spanish, French and American Indian origins, it’s hardly ...