- From: David Poehlman <david.poehlman@handsontechnologeyes.com>
- Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 06:32:58 -0400
- To: Léonie Watson <lw@nomensa.com>
- Cc: "Rebecca Cox" <rebecca@signify.co.nz>, <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
There are also a number of custom screen readers available which are totally developped for specific languages and those include some dos, hardware and software screen readers. The disadvantage of all three of the bigies from what I understand is that in many cases, the interface is still english. In other words, Yes, I can have my screen reader speak in any number of languages as far as content goes, but the os may still be in english. I don't know how they work in .locallized environments. On Aug 15, 2005, at 5:51 AM, Léonie Watson wrote: Rebecca Cox wrote: "Does anyone know what sort of support there is for languages other than English, using screen readers?" The languages that a screen reader supports vary according to the speech engine or synthesizer that are in use. The default language support amongst the 3 leading screen readers are as follows: Jaws with Eloquence: English British. English American. French. French Canadian. German. Italian. Spanish Castilian. Spanish Latin American. Portuguese Brazilian. Finish. Hal with Orpheus: English British. English American. Chinese Cantonese. Chinese Mandarin. Danish. Dutch Finish. French. Greek. German. Italian. Norwegian. Polish. Spanish Castilian. Spanish Latin American. Spanish Catalan. Swedish. Window Eyes with Eloquence: English British. English American. Spanish Castilian. Spanish Mexican. French. French Canadian. German. Italian. Portuguese. Regards, Léonie. -- Léonie Watson - Head of Accessibility. http://www.nomensa.com/ -----Original Message----- From: w3c-wai-ig-request@w3.org [mailto:w3c-wai-ig-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Rebecca Cox Sent: 15 August 2005 04:22 To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org Subject: Screen reader support for languages other thank English
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