Language for the Reading Voice is Incorrect

This article applies to:

• Kurzweil 1000

Symptoms

Sometimes, particularly with short pages, the reading voice changes automatically, and begins reading the page with a voice that is clearly designed for a different language.

Cause

The Kurzweil 1000 attempts to automatically detect which language is being read. Usually it does this once per page, although it can be instructed to do it once per paragraph. If the speech engines on your computer can read in multiple languages, the Kurzweil 1000 may change the reading voice to choose one that it decides is more appropriate for the text you are reading. It sometimes makes the wrong choice, particularly when the amount of text on a page or in a paragraph is relatively small.

Solution

Language Identification can be a useful feature if you regularly switch between one language and another while you are reading. If you do not, you can disable language identification. To do so, press the ALT key, then “T”, and then “R” to open the Reading Settings dialog. Press the ALT key and “L”, or down arrow to the Language Identification setting. Then press down arrow until you hear the word “Disabled”. Press enter to accept the change. If you wish, save your settings over the default settings file. If you have multiple settings files and wish to alter all of them, you may wish to save partial settings, selecting the reading settings as the category to be saved, and then tabbing into the list of settings files and pressing Control plus “A” to select all of them.

History

Creation Date: March 28, 2003

Last Modified: March 28, 2003