Brutkey

Fedi.Tips
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services

p.s. For anyone wondering what the post language setting is even for, it allows people to easily filter out posts in languages they don't speak, and also provides a "translate" button below your post if people don't speak your language.

However, this system relies on people using the correct language settings for their posts, so that the system knows which language each post uses.

You can find out more about language settings on Mastodon in the guide at https://fedi.tips/setting-your-language-preferences-on-mastodon-and-filtering-out-posts-in-other-languages

Elena Brescacin
@elettrona@poliversity.it

@FediTips@social.growyourown.services To set posts in correct language, is also meaningful for users relying on voice synthesizers to read (including blind people) as most screen readers now support language change

Fedi.Tips
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services

@elettrona@poliversity.it

Ah, interesting, thank you for that!

Just to check I have understood correctly, do screen readers include their own translation systems, or is this just for setting the post language on Mastodon?

Elena Brescacin
@elettrona@poliversity.it

@FediTips@social.growyourown.services Nothing to do with translation. It's pronunciation. So, English is pronounced with English tts, and so on.

Fedi.Tips
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services

@elettrona@poliversity.it

Ahh, that is something that I am ashamed to say I had not even thought about. Thank you so much for raising this point!

Elena Brescacin
@elettrona@poliversity.it

@FediTips@social.growyourown.services I honestly deactivate this function (screen reader pronunciation language change) because there are too many web sites which are badly tagged, so you find Italian-speaking web pages, which use English pronunciation instead. But as I'm a professional tester, I often use my test workstation which include every functionality possible.