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From: Ryan E. Benson
Date: Apr 4, 2015 6:25PM

I agree, you most likely need to have the Japanese voice selected. They are
found at http://www.freedomscientific.com/Downloads/Synthesizers

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Ryan E. Benson

On Sat, Apr 4, 2015 at 11:55 AM, Jonathan C Cohn < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> 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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> > > > >