Amazon's voice assistant, Alexa, is being prepped to understand commands and pronunciation for a French-Canadian audience ...

For Amazon, that meant introducing Alexa to workers in its five French fulfillment centers, who interacted with the burgeoning voice assistant in Boigny-sur-Bionne and beyond.

MONTREAL – Last September, Hans Laroche embarked on an unusual teaching assignment. He and a few thousand fellow Quebecers were enlisted to help Amazon’s virtual assistant Alexa learn the ...