- From: <pjenkins@us.ibm.com>
- Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 18:16:11 -0400
- To: w3c-waI-gl@w3.org
There are additional differences not mentioned about HPR >Gregg, > >This came up on the conference call today. Here's information on this >topic from Mark Hakkinen on the UA list [1] (sent 24 November 1999): > >> pwWebSpeak allows synthesizer language changing for the page under these >> conditions: >> >> 1. The LANG attribute is specified in the HTML element. >> 2. The LANG attribute corresponds to one of the installed synthesizer >> languages. >> >> Users can manually switch the "reading" synthesizer to one of the installed >> languages, if no LANG attribute is present. >> >> Presently we don't switch on LANG attributes within a page (though we are >> likely to add that). We do note significant time delays when switching >> between some synthesizers (eg, some SAPI engines may exhibit a long load >> time, particularly when using engines from different vendors). That has been >> a concern of mine if we switch on arbitrary LANG attributes appearing in the >> page as it could introduce unnatural reading flow. > >From Jim Thatcher (24 November 1999) [2]: > >> Home Page Reader does the same and plans the same. IBM Home Page Reader does not only rely on the lang attribute in the HTML element, but will also scan the page and determine the appropriate natural language and switch to the installed language for the duration of the page. This is known as "auto language detection". Also, when reading or switching between it's own controls, for example it's history list, HPR will speak the French title in French, the Italian title in Italian, and switch back to English on the English page. HPR does not recognize the lang= attribute on other elements within the page. I still consider switching mid stream a translation issue, not accessibility. >Hope this helps, > > - Ian >[1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ua/1999OctDec/0434.html >[2] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ua/1999OctDec/0435.html Regards, Phill Jenkins IBM Accessibility Center - Special Needs Systems
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