Hi, Ok, i'll probably get lynched by americans and other anglosaxen people on this list for saying this, but sometimes, the anglosaxen folks tend to forget that there's a world outside their language sphere. When a program or speech synth is "multi lingual" it often mean various dialects of english, spanish, german, french and so on but small odd languages like Swedish, Norwegian, Danish and so on are often forgotten. Too bad, but that's the way of the world, shrug. /Krister
15 nov 2009 kl. 21.05 skrev Donna Goodin: > > Wow, that's just amazing. Over the years I've worked with/known a > number of blind individuals in other countries who simply did not have > access to the financial resources needed to purchase a PC and a screen- > reader, and who, consequently, just went without. The Mac could be > such a great answer for people in that situation. I mean, granted, > buying an InfoVox voice is still cheaper than the PC with screen- > reader route, but still, even that cost would have been prohibitive to > some of the people I am thinking of. It also deprives them of the out- > of-the-box access that we English speakers have been enjoying so very > much. > > Don't misunderstand, I'm not slamming Apple, I just think that their > inclusivity ought to include people outside the English-speaking > world. I think I'll join you in your hammering. :) > Cheers, > Donna > On Nov 15, 2009, at 2:48 PM, Anne Robertson wrote: > >> >> Hello Donna, >> >> On Nov 15, 2009, at 8:43 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: >> >>> >>> Ah, licensing issues, I should have thought of that. Still, if >>> that's >>> the case, how is it that they can be included on the iphone? >> According to Apple, they are licensed specifically for the iPhone >> and iPod Shuffle. I've been hammering Apple about this for at least >> four years but they're not budging. >> >> The only concession to non-English speakers I got from Apple was the >> change from contracted to uncontracted Braille during installation. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Anne >> >> >>> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
