As I've said here before, Eloquence's version of British English is truly pathetic--more of a bad joke than a feature. If the Brit were dead drunk, with one side of his or her mouth numbed from a recent trip to the dentist, it might pass muster, but I doubt it. The BBC it ain't.
Ted -----Original Message----- From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Cristóbal Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2014 12:30 AM To: 'The Jaws for Windows support list.' Subject: RE: Switching languages on the fly using JAWS. Yes, I know. The dictionary manager I believe has a max of 1,000 entries. I use it all the time. -----Original Message----- From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Soronel Haetir Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2014 8:45 PM To: The Jaws for Windows support list. Subject: Re: Switching languages on the fly using JAWS. Actually the jaws dictionary feature can force words to be spoken using a particular language. On 4/16/14, Cristóbal <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, this is true, but more often than not, it's not the case. Jaws > will just as easily start speaking in British English if you're an > American English speaker or for Spanish speakers the synthesizer will > go to the Castilian instead of Latin American or vice versa and so on. > Sometimes, the synthesizer will speak the text in a totally different > destination language instead of the source language. I know it's not > necessarily a problem with Jaws, but more the document or webpage or > whatever. Not to mention, when you're multi-lingual and unless you're > just a hard core polyglot with super-duper listening skills switching > on the fly and having the alternative language spoken at the same > speech rate as the default language, it can be quite jarring. Especially if > you're not necessarily prepared for it. > > This is why in part I suggested to FS a further enhancement of voice > and language profiles. If someone's visiting one of the Spanish > language Google search engines .ar, .es, .mx or even ending in .de if > you're a german speaker then why not have the ability to associate > that URL or country's domain with a previously created voice profile > with the corresponding language to assure a smoother user experience. > Same goes for email addresses, file names, rss feeds and so on. Where > you know the language you're going to use is not the default one. This > would save the step of having to use the control+insert+s to switch > back and forth and avoid the hit or miss on the language detection > working because someone used God knows what keyboard layout to type the text > you're trying to read. > > Anyway... Language detection is an option, but it's way too flakey to > really be relied on. Switching back and forth with self-created voice > profiles in my opinion at least offers greater control even though > there are limitations in certain scenarios as you point out. > > ----Original Message----- > From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Soronel Haetir > Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2014 6:03 PM > To: The Jaws for Windows support list. > Subject: Re: Switching languages on the fly using JAWS. > > The thing about the language detection is that when it works you can > work on a single document that is written in more than one language > and get appropriate synthesizers for each language. Voice profiles > are not especially helpful for that kind of thing. > > On 4/16/14, Cristóbal <[email protected]> wrote: >> The language detection feature is indeed there, but it's more of a >> hassle than anything. It's not always consistent. With the >> self-created voice profiles, you're offered a more customizable >> listenning experience. Speech rate, synthsizer, etc. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Cy >> Selfridge >> Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2014 10:53 AM >> To: 'The Jaws for Windows support list.' >> Subject: RE: Switching languages on the fly using JAWS. >> >> Hi Mike, >> It does seem to me that JAWS either has or used to have a language >> detection feature. >> I have never used it as I do real good to handle English. (LOLLOLLOL) >> Cy >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Jfw >> [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of Michael Mote >> Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2014 11:29 AM >> To: 'The Jaws for Windows support list.' >> Subject: Switching languages on the fly using JAWS. >> >> Hi folks! Is there a way to switch languages on the fly using JAWS? >> I am working with a couple of clients who are fluent in both English >> and Spanish, and want to be able to use both at different times doing >> their jobs. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was >> scrubbed... >> URL: >> <http://lists.the-jdh.com/pipermail/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com/attachments >> / >> 201404 >> 16/d007770d/attachment.html> >> _______________________________________________ >> Jfw mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Jfw mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Jfw mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com >> > > > -- > Soronel Haetir > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Jfw mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Jfw mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com > -- Soronel Haetir [email protected] _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com
