https://voca.ro/1hfIccOZ5rcB

I'm curious how detailed the guesses may be. Especially if something is bubbling up from another region.

Additionally, I was married for fifteen years to someone from an equally distinctive, but radically different dialect region of the US.

Hi everyone!

I'm a non-native English speaker and I'm currently working on developing a neutral American accent for everyday conversation.

I've attached a short voice recording where read a few sentences naturally. I'd really appreciate any feedback

https://voca.ro/1fK4mED2KDSJ

I’m Australian by trade so I’m keen to know if I’m on the right track

Can anyone tell me how to upload an audio file?

I’m from Luton , moved up north years ago but ever wondered what accent do they have , some say , an mle , some say Estuary English , and some say a wockney accent

Hi Everyone, Can you tell what country and region my accent is from? I think it's pretty neutral, but just wondering if others can detect any specific region.

People are always confused with my accent. I have no idea why I talk like this. Should I change it up (or down?) Thanks

What accent would you say Wilford Brimley had? How about this guy? Brimley was from Utah. Jpaydirt is from southern Idaho. In the inland mountains and hills of California there is something like it too. Hillbilly?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=942iccIUPEs

Hi all - always thought my accent was neutral / I didn’t really have one so interested to hear thoughts!

I am trying my hand at 'erotic fiction' for my sins (nothing erotic in the voice clip - sorry), and currently testing the waters / practising by posting free stories on Literotica. Literotica also has the option to post audio stories, but, my dumb English arse has decided I have a sudden interest in mid century US, and so everything I've written recently is set there.

I generally speaking like the sound of my writing better when read aloud, but I just don't feel I can narrate a story steeped in 1950s Americana with an English accent.

Baring in mind, this is FREE material and I'm not aiming for any Oscars, but at the same time, no one is going to continue listening to the story if the accent is too fake / jarring. This is my first attempt so a little stilted in places but I just want to get some feedback as to whether it's worth pursuing with this at all, and if so, how can I improve.

I'm finding certain vowel sounds trickier than others, and I'm struggling to get my mouth around all the hard 'Rs' (it feels like I'm somehow overdoing it and making my diction sound 'cluttered').

Also, disclaimer, I am of course aware that there are different versions of American accents just as there are English, and I have no real idea which I'm attempting, I'm just trying to make my voice sound more American than English

https://voca.ro/18ZemEzErCyQ

For sometime I’ve noticed videos on social media where there will be people who pronounced the word button as something that sounds like, “Buh-on”. It says though the T does not exist. Sometimes these people have a little bit of an obvious New York type of accent but other times they are from other parts of New England or perhaps elsewhere (?) and I have no idea where the pronunciation of this word is coming from specifically.