Question 1

What accent do I have?

Accepted Answer

Read one short passage aloud and Accent Sherlock — a free AI accent guesser — places your English accent on a world map: the region it was most likely shaped in, and often a probable country. Under a minute, no signup.

Question 2

How does the AI accent test work?

Accepted Answer

A self-supervised speech model turns about 20 seconds of your voice into phonetic features — vowel shades, consonant habits, rhythm — and classifiers trained on open research corpora compare them with thousands of speakers worldwide. Every guess comes with an honest confidence level, never fake certainty.

Question 3

Is Accent Sherlock free?

Accepted Answer

Yes — completely free, no account, no usage limits. It is a research and educational demo by Mimica, the English-speaking tutor.

Question 4

How accurate is the accent detector?

Accepted Answer

Broad world regions are the confident call; a specific country is shown only when the signal is strong, and lookalike origins are named as alternatives. Accuracy keeps improving up to about 20 seconds of speech, which is why the recording window is 20 seconds.

Question 5

Does it store my voice?

Accepted Answer

Voice clips are stored only to improve this open research model and are never used to identify you. By recording you agree to that use.

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