[Fabs] Changing JAWS and VoiceOver to Spanish Language

[Mauricio Almeida]

Hi Helga,
I hope this message finds you well.
I will try and answer your questions below, but do let me know if you
have difficulty with anything on or off list and i will do my best to
clarify. if you tell me the specific version of jaws and what you use
voice over on it may facilitate me helping you. I have separated my
answer in sections to make it easier for you.
Jaws:
In jaws, i will teach you how to change the sinthesizer language,
because even though jaws has a language menu, which contains an option
called jaws language, it does not contain all the languages supported
for some reason.
To do that, it is easy: Just go to your jaws window, press alt and
navigate down. you will then be in the options menu, and on te voices
sub menu. if you press enter you will hear voice adjustments, and you
then want to press enter againn to activate this menu.
In the window that opens, you will hear a combo box saying profile name.
Press tab until you hear cinthethizer language.
If you go down on that combo box jaws will automatically change to the
language you want, leave it on the language you wish and then tab to
save.
If this is a change you will be making frequently, i suggest creating
a profile for it, that way in the future all you need to do is select
your profile in the first box of the window.
if you would like i can provide you more instructions on that.

voice over:
To give you specific instructions, can you tell me if you are using a
mac or an iphone?
it can be done in both cases.

symbols in a computer:
Sorry, I am probably not the best person to help with this. I use
portuguese, and in this case I either keep two keyboard layouts which
i dont recommend or just allow international accents and symbols in
the keyboard configuration.
If you tell me your operational system, (IE windows 7 8 ) I can
research for you though.

Braille not apex:
I dont have one of those. I just use a focus 40 at work. maybe someone
else can help you there.

sincerely and hope this helped,

Mauricio
On 3/2/14, helga.schreiber26 at gmail.com <helga.schreiber26 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi guys, this is Helga! How are you all? I just wanted to tell you that I'm
> going to be taking a CLEP exam this summer  around June. The reason I'm
> going to be taking this exam is because in order for me not to take Spanish
> classes, since I already Speak Spanish, and I already took it when I was in
> high school. If I take this exam, and if I pass it I will get 8 credits with
> it, rather than just taking a Spanish class where I would    only receive 3
> credits. Actually, my mom will help me review and practice my Spanish
> punctuation skills, and writing skills in order to get ready for this test!
> I just wanted to ask you, how can I change JAWS and VoiceOver to Spanish
> Language in order for me to practice my Spanish writing punctuations and
> skills? And also could you tell me how can I do the accents symbols and all
> other types of symbols when I'm writing words and phrases in Spanish by
> using JAWS on the computer? And also, do yu know if it is possible to write
> in Spanish in the BrailleNote Apex? Just curious! I will really appreciate
> it, if you could help me and give me some suggestions regarding this. Hope
> to hear from you soon. Thanks so much and God bless!!
> P.S. Sorry, sorry, for asking you all these questions! Thanks again!