Re: Orca Translation questions

[Jorge Sandin <jorges elsendero es>]

Hi list!

> Orca relies upon underlying speech synthesis engines to speak the 
> language of the user.  We have German users of Orca, but I'm not sure if 
> they are using German or English speech synthesis.  We also have Spanish 
> users, and I know they use Orca effectively in Spanish (I witnessed it 
> first hand at Software Libre this month :-)).  I recall users from other 
> locales reporting success in their native language, but I cannot 
> remember the specifics.
>
>   
Hehe, there is actually a spanish voice. It's useful but too old now, 
and too "plain". There are people working in a new voice, spanish male 
and female for festival... I don't know if there is a german voice or 
not, but seeing the Free Software iniciatives out there, it wouldn't be 
strange :)

> > (1) There are some strings from ../src/orca/orca_gui_prefs.py like
> > »Mod.Mask 2« or »Use Mod.2«. I am not sure if these strings should be
> > translated or if there are just technical constants or handles.
> >     
>
> We just had a discussion about this, and we agree these should be 
> removed.  My apologies!
>
>   
Ouch! I see... let's take them away!! :)

Bye!

Jorge.