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From: Surendra
Date: Mon, Feb 13 2017 5:21AM
Subject: JAWS does not autoswitch between pre-installed languages
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Hi members,
I hope this eMail finds you all in great spirit.
As we all know that JAWS has the capability of switching to various
languages automatically, it's not happening with my JAWS17. Actually, I have
to test a webpage with informations in English and Spanish languages; but
JAWS17 reads all text in English US voice. Cany anyone tell me what stops it
from switching between these two languages?
From: JP Jamous
Date: Mon, Feb 13 2017 6:26AM
Subject: Re: JAWS does not autoswitch between pre-installed languages
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Surendra,
Press Insert + Space Bar followed by the letter z. JAWS should switch to the default settings.
Test the page and if the issue stops, it would be something in your user settings. If it remains, we would have to look at other alternatives.
In your page are you ensuring that the P elements that contain the Spanish text have the attribute lang="" assigned to Spanish?
You should have the lang attribute assigned to English in the HTML element and Spanish assigned only in the containers that have Spanish words in them.
English would replicate down the children of the page, while Spanish would affect its parent element and its children.
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Subject: [WebAIM] JAWS does not autoswitch between pre-installed languages
Hi members,
I hope this eMail finds you all in great spirit.
As we all know that JAWS has the capability of switching to various languages automatically, it's not happening with my JAWS17. Actually, I have to test a webpage with informations in English and Spanish languages; but
JAWS17 reads all text in English US voice. Cany anyone tell me what stops it from switching between these two languages?