Hi,

Sounds like a pretty American attitude. ;)

It's hardly a requirement, though. English is silly.

Regards,
Nic
Skype: Kvalme
MSN Messenger: [email protected]
AIM: cincinster
yahoo Messenger: cin368
Facebook Profile
My Twitter

On Nov 16, 2009, at 1:51 PM, Chuck Reichel wrote:

> 
> 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
-~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---

Reply via email to