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Re: alt text in 2 languages?

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From: Sachin Pavithran
Date: Apr 23, 2004 7:43AM

I know that JAWS does work great with German. One of the JAWS users here at
Utah State University uses JAWS with his German classes that he is enrolled
in.

Sachin


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----- Original Message -----
From: "Sean Keegan" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
To: < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 11:05 PM
Subject: RE: alt text in 2 languages?


> As far as the two big screen-readers are concerned, Window-Eyes and JAWS
> 5.0 will support the lang attribute for those language packs installed
> on the computer (installing the additional language packs occurs when
> you are installing either Window-Eyes or JAWS).
>
> About the only languages I have not tested this with is German,
> Portuguese, and Finnish (Spanish, French, and Italian worked for me).
>
> Take care,
> Sean
>
> Sean Keegan
> Web Accessibility Instructor
> High Tech Center Training Unit for the
> California Community Colleges
> 408.996.6044
>
>