I think you are the first person I have ever heard who actually likes the BNS's speech. I agree that the Accent lives up to its name in that it actually has an accent. However, try typing the following words into each synthesizer and see the difference in how well they are pronounced. Pirate Garage baseball awhile Phoenix. I prefer words to be pronounced correctly without having to create tons of exceptions in my dictionary. Speaking of synthesizers with accents, did you ever hear the original Dectalk?