RE: Usefulness of language annotations

Richard Ishida wrote:
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> A voice browser ought to be able to tell that 'chat' in English is not
> pronounced the same as 'chat' in French, even if it can't speak French
> (though presumably it might at some point).

Yes! Screen readers like JAWs will switch language profiles 'on-the-fly' when 
@lang is used in-line. For example, Richard's example, if marked-up, would use 
the French enunciation: <p>The french language translation of cat is <span 
lang="fr">chat</span>.</p> I can provide an MP3 file if you need/want Jens - 
ping me directly if you want it.

JF

Received on Monday, 11 August 2014 18:37:55 UTC