Abstract: A system and/or method receives speech input including an accent. The accent is classified with an accent classifier to yield an accent classification. Automatic speech recognition is performed based on the speech input and the accent classification to yield an automatic speech recognition output. Natural language understanding is performed on the speech recognition output and the accent classification determining an intent of the speech recognition output. Natural language generation generates an output based on the speech recognition output and the intent and the accent classification. An output is rendered using text to speech based on the natural language generation and the accent classification.