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From: Jonathan C Cohn
Date: Apr 4, 2015 9:55AM

I don't know much about JAWS. I know that Kanji is often used with computers in the 80's as an input system and that at least one Asian language is supported to have input via the drawing on the trackpad of the Macintosh.

Specifically for JAWS, if JAWS is recognizing that the character is Japanese then probably just downloading the synthesizer will work.


If you look at the Help menu in JAWS there should be an item to open the Real Speak synthesizer downloads.

> On Apr 4, 2015, at 09:59, Howard Kramer < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
> Hello All:
>
> I've been testing a web-based Japanese placement exam in NVDA and JAWS,
> with the Firefox and I.E. browser respectively.
>
> The ISO Japanese characters seem to be there but they are just read as
> either "Japanese character" or "Japanese," respectively, in each
> screenreader. The Japanese words are tagged with the proper lang attribute.
> I'm assuming that the Japanese in the exam is accessible, I just need to
> tweak the screenreader settings or load a Japanese capable synthesizer.
> I've tried to figure this out through the NVDA & JAWS help and website but
> haven't found the answer. Any help anyone can provide would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Howard
>
>
>
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