[access-uk] Re: Calling all language experts
- From: william lomas <lomaswilliam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2010 20:13:43 +0100
how are you going about learning the language
On Jul 11, 2010, at 8:10 PM, Mark Matthews wrote:
> Hi Negoslav and George - thanks for this.
>
> Once I've installed the new language though, how does one go about finding
> out what keys do what on the new keyboard layout, would there perhaps be
> documentation in Windows Help? I'm thinking in the case of Russian as it uses
> a completely different alphabet, then it would be in a way learning to type
> all over again?
>
> Hope I've made enough sense there *Smile*.
>
> Mark
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Negoslav Sabev
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Sunday, July 11, 2010 3:01 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Calling all language experts
>
> Control panel, regional and language options, languages tab, details button.
> Using the add button you land on a list where you choose Russian language.
> Tab once and you are in a list where you can select keyboard layout for
> different languages. be sure Russian is chosen. and activate the ok button.
> Tab again to ok, do this once again and you're set to use the russian
> alphabet. You change between English and Russian with alt+shift.
> HTH
>
> Negoslav
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mark Matthews
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2010 8:42 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Calling all language experts
>
> Thanks Negoslav. Now how about producing the Cyrillic alphabet on a keyboard,
> can you point me in the direction of any hints. So far a Google search has
> yielded little success.
>
> Mark
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Negoslav Sabev
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 5:05 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Calling all language experts
>
> You need the Russian voice installed. No way for eloquence or other English
> synthesizers or voices to read the Cyrillic alphabet.
>
> Negoslav
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mark Matthews
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2010 5:36 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] Calling all language experts
>
> HI Guys,
>
> I'm imminently going to be embarking upon a Russian course, some of which is
> going to be in written form learning the alphabet etc. I'm a JFW 10 user, and
> I'm just wondering what exactly I need to do in order to get it to recognise
> the various characters...I presume I need to install Russian support using
> the standard tools provided by Vista? Currently when I encounter Russian
> letters, I get no feedback whatsoever, or in the case of a Webpage, I am
> informed that the characters are indeed Russian if the appropriate Markup has
> been used.
>
> If anyone has any experience of dealing with the Russian alphabet, or any
> other alphabet other than our vernacular Roman, any advice would be
> appreciated.
>
> Mark
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