Will browsers and screen readers respect the #html lang attribute #WordPress allows us to set on paragraphs?
TL;DR; most browsers "read aloud" feature ignores element specific lang attribute, but dedicated screen readers like #NVDA and Apple #VoiceOver do fairly well!
I've installed the 20 most spoken languages in #europe on my PC and virtual Mac.
Blog post is in the making, so feel free to ask questions and send me on even more side quests 😁
Teaser at oldrup.dk/en/teaser-testing-th…
Teaser: Testing the 20 most spoken languages in Europe, with NVDA and VoiceOver – oldrup.dk
WordPress has basic support for the HTML lang attribute, but how does that actually sound in browsers using assistive technology?Bjarne Oldrup
NV Access
in reply to Bjarne Oldrup • • •Glad NVDA is working well switching languages in your tests! With the languages - note that NVDA uses Windows OneCore by default. It will happily switch languages AS LONG AS you have the voice pack for the new language installed in Windows. This post is old but should cover the process: nvaccess.org/post/in-process-1…
With eSpeak-NG, a popular synthesizer which we bundle with NVDA, it includes over 120 languages built in, from memory. And if using other synthesizers like Eloquence YMMV
NV Access | In-Process 14th January 2021
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