I need to teach my computer to speak Japanese

Gil Hamilton · Post by **Gil Hamilton** » 2006-03-28 07:23pm

I'm running Windows XP Home Edition. However, my computer doesn't seem to be able to read Japanese characters (it brings them up as question marks). When I go to the Microsoft website, I can seem to find a pack for language support that I can download and install.

I was wondering if I could get some help or hints on the matter, since I'm pretty ignorant about what I have to do to make my computer not scratch its head in the face of hirigana and katakana, let alone kanji.

Uraniun235 · Post by **Uraniun235** » 2006-03-28 08:44pm

I think what you want to do is go to Control Panel -> Regional and Language Options -> 'Languages' tab -> check 'Install files for East Asian languages'

I think that should do it.

Gil Hamilton · Post by **Gil Hamilton** » 2006-03-28 11:55pm

That did the trick. Thanks.

GuppyShark · Post by **GuppyShark** » 2006-03-29 04:33am

Here I was thinking... "Why does Gil need a computer that speaks Japanese out loud? This can't be good..."

Gil Hamilton · Post by **Gil Hamilton** » 2006-03-29 11:34am

GuppyShark wrote:Here I was thinking... "Why does Gil need a computer that speaks Japanese out loud? This can't be good..."

Obviously, I need a computer that speaks Japanese in a cute school girl voice so I can play hideously cruel and perverted pranks on lonely college nerds, but mostly I just want it to be able to read the characters right.