Re: [d-i] language selection bad for non English speakers
On 2/26/19, Samuel Henrique <samueloph@debian.org> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm just passing along feedback that I received from a Brazilian user who
> could not install Debian using speech synthesis, he was using the latest
> stable ISO (but this should be happening for sometime now).
>
> The problem was that right at the start there is a screen to choose the
> language of the installation process and the system installed, with a list
> of 29 languages, and then the following:
> "Next choices are available with '+' ".
>
> He didn't understand the last part and thought there was no Portuguese
> support, as the languages are sorted alphabetically and the 29th one is
> Lithuanian.
>
> Now, my main goal here is to report this so we can have a datapoint. I'm
> not sure about the fixes though as I'm not experienced in accessibility,
> but I would be happy if there was a way to solve this.
>
> The first quickest and dirtiest solution that I see is to just list all of
> the languages at once, without paginating it, and thus requiring the user
> to only understand the English translation o the numbers.
Would... having something say "M - Z" or "M to Z" (or even both,
perhaps with one in parentheses) along with the '+' help any?
Just thinking out loud... after pondering for a few seconds. This is a
toughy. You'd have to find something universally translatable for
those very seconds in Time... before Users get in the door to the
language they speak and understand.
Cindy :)
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Cindy-Sue Causey
Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA
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