- From: Joshue O Connor <joshue.oconnor@ncbi.ie>
- Date: Thu, 02 Apr 2009 10:54:41 +0100
- To: mattmay@adobe.com
- Cc: Christophe Strobbe <christophe.strobbe@esat.kuleuven.be>, "w3c-wai-ig@w3.org" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Matt Morgan-May wrote: > Unless I'm mistaken, there is no screen reader that supports Maltese. I > think the same is true for Irish, though a cursory look shows there's been > work on a Gaelic TTS engine. Still, until that work is done, any movement in > accessible technology (that is, not just web accessibility) in those > languages is blocked by the absence of suitable screen reader technology. While I haven't tested it (and I probably should being Irish n all) that the Spanish Engine can do a good job of reading Gaelic. This is unconfirmed and could have come from people who may not know very much Spanish, or Gaelic for that matter. Josh ******************************************************************** NOTICE: The information contained in this email and any attachments is confidential and may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient you should not use, disclose, distribute or copy any of the content of it or of any attachment; you are requested to notify the sender immediately of your receipt of the email and then to delete it and any attachments from your system. NCBI endeavours to ensure that emails and any attachments generated by its staff are free from viruses or other contaminants. However, it cannot accept any responsibility for any such which are transmitted. We therefore recommend you scan all attachments. Please note that the statements and views expressed in this email and any attachments are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of NCBI ********************************************************************
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