[bksvol-discuss] Re: OT: Looking for books written in more than one language
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 19 May 2012 14:24:38 -0700 (PDT)
fascinating
----- Original Message -----
> From: Ali Al-hajamy <aalhajamy@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 7:18 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: OT: Looking for books written in more than one
> language
>
>T hat's exactly how it works. I only read in BRF, and never in DAISY unless
> I'm using a textbook, and when I read, I copy the translated text out of the
> BRF file and into a text editor, then open that with an e-reader called
> QRead,
> so even if it was indicated in the XML file, I don't think it would make a
> difference for me. If it was marked up correctly in the XML, I wonder if the
> speech synthesiser would automatically switch languages while reading in
> DAISY,
> as it does on most web pages? Different languages have a very distinct sound
> to
> them when being read with a speech synthesiser, and I've taught myself to
> recognize German, French, Spanish, and Dutch.. It's equivalent to having
> someone who has no knowledge of the nuances of a language's pronunciations
> reading to you. I could switch languages easily if I wanted, all I'd need to
> do is create a voice profile in my screenreader where [insert language here]
> is
> the default and switch between the two periodically, but it's not quite
> worth the effort when I've just gotten used to hearing the words spoken
> with the American English voice, and have learned to automatically translate
> into correct pronunciation as it reads.
>
> On 18-May-12 22:03, Cindy wrote:
>> Interesting question. I would guess that's you'd just have to
> recognize that the word the synthesizer, or braille translator, is reading g
> is
> not English, the same way a sighted reader does. smile
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: John J. Boyer<john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Cc:
>>> Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 4:00 PM
>>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: OT: Looking for books written in more
> than one language
>>>
>>> T hanks for the suggestions. I've downloaded a couple of books.
> However,
>>> i can't see how a Braille translator or speech synthesizer would
> know
>>> what language is being used. There doesn't seem to be any
> indication in
>>> the xml file. Take the Rilke book, for example, do you have to tell
> your
>>> synthesizer whether to speak German or English ezch time you start a
> new
>>> page?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> John
>>>
>>> On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 12:25:52PM -0700, Valerie Maples wrote:
>>>> If you want simple tests, any of the Josefina books by Valerie
> Tripp that I
>>>> scanned or proofread will have proper characters in Spanish as
> well as
>>> basic
>>>> English. I did some totally bilingual Disney books, but would
> have to
>>> search
>>>> for those titles.
>>>> Valerie
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ________________________________
>>>> From: John J. Boyer<john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Sent: Fri, May 18, 2012 1:23:01 PM
>>>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] OT: Looking for books written in more
> than one
>>>> language
>>>>
>>>> For purposes of testing the liblouis softare, which is used by
>>>> Bookshare for its Braille output, I need to find books that
> contain more
>>>> than one language, say Spanish and English. The different
> languages must
>>>> be properly indicated by markup in the xml file. Any suggestions
> will be
>>>> appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> John
>>> -- John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
>>> Abilitiessoft, Inc.
>>> http://www.abilitiessoft.com
>>> Madison, Wisconsin USA
>>> Developing software for people with disabilities
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