[Trainer-Talk] Spanish on iPhone

[Taylor Durrett]

I worked with a student at one time and we use d Microsoft translator to have a back-and-forth conversation. He had his voiceover on Spanish and super fast, and it was also kind of turned down low, so I really couldn’t hear what was going on, and of course, with the language barrier, he would only mumble things to me. So I found that using the Microsoft translator app to almost do like texting back-and-forth was the best way. You speak into the app in your own language and it converts it to the other language, then you send that as a message.
Taylor Durrett
Assistive Technology Trainer for the Blind and Visually Impaired
JAWS Certified, October 2020
(940) 230-6051

> On Aug 25, 2024, at 8:27 PM, Nancy Coffman via Trainer-Talk <trainer-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello:
> 
> 
> 
> I have a student who speaks Spanish and minimal English. He has an iPhone
> and the language is set to Spanish. The Voiceover language is also set to
> Spanish. I reset the phone so we could get English out of the rotor and I am
> not sure it didn't get put back in somehow, although I have not heard it
> come up and we have not put it back in the rotor during class.
> 
> 
> 
> I have noticed several translation errors as my student has worked in IOS
> 17. Many words are English but the phone pronounces them with a thick
> English accent. This often confuses my student.
> 
> Any tips you have for teaching basic gestures or other concepts would also
> be helpful. Three instructors have worked on flicking, the rotor and other
> skills. The student prefers to use SIRI. Sometimes, knowing what to say is
> difficult with the language barrier. Do you use Voice memos? Is there
> another recording app that is better?
> 
> 
> 
> The challenge with voice memos is that the pause button must be found and
> double tapped. Magic tap starts a new recording rather than pause and play.
> We were hoping to use voice memos for recipes. The student got a cookbook in
> Spanish and we are going to see if that is a solution.
> 
> 
> 
> Thank you for any ideas you can give me.
> 
> 
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Nancy Coffman
> 
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