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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Editor's take: Few things are as embarrassing as realizing on the spot that you don't know how to correctly pronounce someone's name. Do you try to sound it out as you go or just run with the first ...
Kourtnee covers TV streaming services and home entertainment. She previously worked as an entertainment reporter at Showbiz Cheat Sheet, where she wrote about film, television, music, celebrities and ...
LinkedIn, the professional networking site, is adding a new feature that will allow users to hear how other members pronounce their own names. The move—coming to LinkedIn’s 690 million users this ...
Mangled names may be as much of an awards season tradition as snubbing female directors, but that doesn’t mean we have to be all right with it. Right in time for the Golden Globes, Slate has put ...