[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: Fri, 18 May 2012 19:03:00 -0700 (PDT)
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
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> From: John J. Boyer <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 4:00 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: OT: Looking for books written in more than one
> language
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>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
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