About Us
The International Dialects of English Archive, IDEA, was created in 1997 as a repository of primary source recordings for actors and other artists in the performing arts. Its home is the Department of Theatre and Film at the University Of Kansas, in Lawrence, KS, USA; while associate editors form a global network. All recordings are in English, are of native speakers, and you will find both English language dialects and English spoken in the accents of other languages. The recordings are downloadable and playable for both PC and Macintosh computers. The development of this website is supported, in part, by grants from the University of Kansas General Research Fund and the Kimbell Faculty Enrichment Fund.
While searching for stuff for a thing for work I found this awesome archive of english dialects and accents. The best part is they force all the submitters to read the same passage and maybe some additional key phrases. All available and free! Ain't the tubes great?
