Hi Listers, There is a easy solution to this situation. Just learn english. Talk soon
On Nov 16, 2009, at 7:28 AM, James & Nash wrote: > > You're right!!! > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Krister Ekstrom" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 10:52 AM > Subject: Re: question for non-native english speakers > > > > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
