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Multilinguals on Smartphones

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Test Drive Story 1

Please use English under the American flag for best translation.

Before test driving this story, please read all the instructions first.

Story 1: Nabbed

"No thanks, no sweets!" said Doctor McNabb. "Not a slab, not even a dab. You see I am trying to lose some flab. Therefore, I eat just crab, and I drink just Tab. Now please bring me my bill, or call it a tab if you will. But let's not confab, or in other words gab, for I must hasten back to my lab.”

As his waitress left to tally his tab, McNabb continued to blab, saying something about taking a stab, at not paying his tab.

Then he fled outside and quickly grabbed a cab. But thanks to the police he was soon nabbed, and a criminal tabbed. From then on, his life was dreary and drab.

Smartphones

There are two ways to read stories. The first way applies to Story 1 above.

One--For Reading Aloud Only

Press down on the title of the story until a thump is felt.
Tap the three vertical dots on the horizontal menu that will pop up. See Photo 1a.
Tap "Read aloud" from the vertical menu. See Photo 1B. When you do this, navigation controls and Voice options will appear on the top of your screen. Also, a TTS voice will begin to speak English or some other flag language you may be using. See Photo 1c.

Photo 1a

vertical menu: read aloud, web search, translate, etc.

Photo 1b

Voice Controls

Photo 1c

Two -- For Reading Aloud and Translating

Requires Google Translate App --

To get the best textual fidelity, use English under the American flag.
Press anywhere on the story until two blue "teardrops" appear. See Photo 2.
With your thumb, drag the left "teardrop" so that it covers, in blue, the start of the story. And drag the right "teardrop" to cover, in blue, as much of the story as possible. See Photo 3
Drag the right "teardrop" until it covers the whole story in blue. See Photo 4.
Release your thumb momentarily, then slide your screen up until the full story fills your display.
The horizontal menu should still be visible, but if not, slide your screen slightly up or down to get it to reappear. See Photo 5.
Tap the three vertical dots on the right of the horizontal menu. When you do so, as before, the drop-down vertical menu will appear. See Photo 6.
Tap "Translate" on the vertical menu. Doing so will dramatically change the look of your display. See Photo 7.
If you tap the speaker icon opposite of "Danish," a TTS voice will read Story 1 in Danish. If you tap on Story 1 in English, the story will open up fully, then, if you tap the speaker icon opposite of English, an English speaker will begin reading the story. And if you tap "Danish," a long list of languages will pop up. Then, if you tap on a language, a TTS speaker will start to speak that language. See Photo 8.