Thanks Dorene. Your information is appreciated.
Sandy
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Sent: Monday, March 10, 2014 5:49 PM
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Subject: Re: [VICUG-L] Free Accessible Translation Software
Hi Sandy and Ana
First Ana, THANKS. I started to answer Sandy and then realized I should
check for an email from you too.
Sandy, Ana gives great technical help. She is right about many times short
texts work okay with machine translation. However, my general rule is to
treat automatic translations with extreme caution and at MINIMUM to verify
with someone who speaks the language and preferably with a trained
translator any time you need to rely on this for correct usage and precise
idioms.
Big caution.
DoreneC
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From: Ana G <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Mon, Mar 10, 2014 5:59 am
Subject: Re: [VICUG-L] Free Accessible Translation Software
Sandy,
If you're translating small chunks of text, you can try Google
Translate:
http://translate.google.com
It works better with Firefox than with internet explorer. If your languages
are common (like English and Spanish), you can just press enter on the
English and Spanish buttons, making sure one is above the Swap Language
button and the other is below it. Then type your text in the edit field, and
finally, press enter on the Translate button. To find your result, jump to
the bottom of the page with ctrl+end, and move up to the first button from
the bottom. Arrow up a few times from there.
If you use NVDA, you can try an instant translate plugin:
http://addons.nvda-project.org/addons/instantTranslate.en.html
To install it, download the package, and while NVDA is running, press enter
on it. To set it up, go into the NVDA menu>Preferences>Addons, up/down-arrow
to Instant translate, and tab to select your source and target languages. to
use it, select text, copy it to the clipboard, press NVDA+shift+y, then
paste the contents of the clipboard to a blank document.
Reading Made Ez also sells or sold an accessible translator. I remember
needing sighted help to install it. It's been so long since I've used it I
don't remember how I liked it or how practical it was. I think it cost about
$150.
All of these options, of course, produce machine translations, which give
you the gist of what's happening, but aren't especially good.
ciao
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