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As a well travelled reader I hate it when an author writes an accent phonetically. I have heard many different accents, and, I have enough imagination to imagine what a southern American drawl, a British toff or another accent sounds like if I've not heard it. Because of that I don't write with accents either. I write short stories, and I feel this distracts what I am trying to get across anyway, and to be honest my audience could not care less.
Having said all that, if you don't know what the different American or British dialects sound like I can imagine it being useful to the less well travelled. A thick geordie accent from Newcastle in England can confuse the most educated person who has never heard one before.
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