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How Nigerian drivers got a map app using local voices
When the voices on a Lagos map app mangled local pronunciations, a project to produce a version using local voices was born. Kola Tubosun, a speech linguist at Google Nigeria, explains.
Photo: "Danfo" mini-bus taxis in Lagos Credit: Getty Images
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