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What Taking an Intercultural Competence Assessment Won’t Teach You

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Why You Need More Than Awareness to Lead in a Global ContextBy Dr. William E. Hamilton, Jr. Many professionals today are seeking to become more “culturally aware.” And while that’s a worthy start, awareness alone is not growth—and it’s certainly…

Building Voices That Resonate: The Journey to Culturally Diverse Text-to-Speech Models

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William E Hamilton Reading Black stories in Black voice to the young children of tomorrow. Credit: Envato. Creating an African-American voice model in Text-to-Speech (TTS) has been a journey in technical challenges and cultural representation. Working in TTS for my…

Revolutionizing Language Learning Through Virtual Reality

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Using VR in the classroom. Photo licensed by Envato. In the rapidly evolving educational landscape, Virtual Reality (VR) stands out as a potentially transformative technology, especially in the field of language learning. This blog post explores how VR can revolutionize…