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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]These kids have worked their tails off for four years, not to mention spent a great deal of money to earn their degree. The absolute very least the college can do for them is have a human take the time to learn the proper pronunciation of their names and read them as they walk across the stage. Truly, it is so upsetting to me that we have lost so much of our humanity that this is even a question.[/quote]

The only advantage of AI, as I tried to imply, is having students pre-approve how their name will sound. We read out full names (first/middle/last), and with a diverse student population and sometimes difficult names for non-natives of whatever ethnicities the students are to pronounce, the names aren't pronounced correctly all the time even with the help they supply. To be fair, students who should know enough to supply a recording often do not despite multiple reminders, etc. I figure they deserve to have their name incorrectly pronounced if they choose to ignore the emails telling them to upload help! They also suck at providing phonetics.[/quote]

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