Private online accent reduction, speech improvement, and presentation skills training. Are you ready to improve your speech clarity and your American accent?
Do you have employees who would benefit by a course of accent reduction? Our goal is to help you sound clear and feel confident. We promote a confidential and nurturing environment with a fully personalized curriculum. AccentsOff Speech and Voice Improvement is a New York City-based business, founded in 2011 by speech pathologist Rochel deOliveira. Our team of accent specialists is ready to work w
10/31/2025
Interested in pronunciation science and why certain names and words are so tricky? Here’s a great article about NYC’s probable next mayor’s name and why it’s difficult (for Americans) to pronounce.
Opinion | I Now Mispronounce You the Likely Next Mayor of New York City (Gift Article) A lot of people seem to trip over Zohran Mamdani’s name. The reason may not be as simple as it seems.
10/11/2025
We are fortunate to have Julia Burton on board as our new instructor! Julia is smart and luminous and fun to work with. Welcome, Julia!
10/10/2025
Today a client made up a beautiful English idiom! He has a new baby girl and he said when he sings to her she "goes peaceful". I loved this and apparently the phrase is not used and doesn't exist in this context. It does now!
06/23/2024
Meet Farrah Pukin, our lovely new instructor on the AO team. Farrah is a speech-language pathologist with expertise in both accent and voice. She is also a pianist and singer and speaks Russian. She is seeing clients 1:1 in our NYC office and on Zoom. Welcome, Farrah! https://accentsoff.com/our-instructors/
01/10/2024
We have a new American accent and voice instructor! Sari Koppel is a speech pathologist with a strong background in voice improvement. She's got a musical theater background as well! Love the combo. Welcome, Sari!
You can meet Sari and others on our team by scheduling an accent or voice evaluation. Find out more by scheduling a 20-minute Discovery Call: https://accentsoff.com/contact/
12/25/2023
Crazy Festive Accent Fun with Rafa Nadal and Roger Federer 😹
Roger and Rafa spreading some festive cheer 🤣 #tennis #tennistv #atptour #federer #nadal
12/21/2023
Happy Holidays! Here is one of my fave videos - it’s a peek into Voiceover Hell. 😹
Santa Sessions http://www.procommvoices.comEven Santa can have a rough day in the voice over studio. Check out the viral video from Dailey and Associates called 'The Santa ...
11/09/2023
Who grew up outside of the U.S. and learned English watching "Friends"? A lot of our students did. Here's an article that talks about it:
How ‘Friends’ Helps People Around the World Learn English (Published 2021) Language teachers say the show is a near-perfect amalgam of easy-to-understand English and real-life scenarios that feel familiar even to people who live worlds away from the West Village.
How do you pronounce "kitten"? Like "kidden"... or some other way? The T-N combo is interesting! In Standard American English ends of words that contain T-vowel-N are usually pronounced with a "glottal stop". Here's a short video that explains it: https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/glottal-stop #:~:text=The%20Glottal%20Stop%20in%20American,%3A%20before%20syllabic%20%2Fn%2F.
07/27/2023
Unfortunate but true…
Passed over for another business opportunity? It may be because of your accent Globally, nearly one in five workers say they've been passed over for business trips because of the way they speak, according to a survey.
07/16/2023
Speaking of Wimbledon 🏆🎾😻, you tennis fans out there will appreciate this guy's ability to mimic the voices of a few of the tennis greats! Awesome.
Josh Berry: Imitating Roger Federer, Rafa Nadal, Novak Djokovic, McEnroe, Kyrgios at Wimbledon
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