- From: Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 13:25:13 -0500
- To: pjenkins@us.ibm.com
- CC: w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
pjenkins@us.ibm.com wrote: > > The Japanese version of Home Page Reader does not (currently) use LANG > attribute. English and Japanese use completely different character set > (Alphabet and Kanji). Therefore detecting Japanese and English is not so > difficult for TTS Engine. ProTALKER does not speak Native-English. It > speaks limited English word in Japanese accent. We are looking at > supporting the LANG attribute in the future. > > I agree that it is not a P1 for authors, but perhaps a high priority for > UAs Currently [1], support for "lang" is just one aspect of Priority 1 support for HTML. - Ian [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/1998/WD-WAI-USERAGENT-19981112/#gl-language-access-features -- Ian Jacobs (jacobs@w3.org) Tel/Fax: (212) 684-1814 http://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs
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