Re: [d-i] language selection bad for non English speakers
On 2/27/19, Cindy-Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
Additionally.. For it to make sense, it would help if the first page
somehow referenced "A - L" or maybe "A - Li" at the top of the list.
That would help hint that the rest of the alphabet can be expected to
appear further on down...
Cindy :)
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Cindy-Sue Causey
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