<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 7px 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 13px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(252, 253, 254);" class="">Hi all, I am working with Microsoft Research and we have an app called Microsoft Soundscape (on iPhone only currently) for the Visually Impaired and Blind communities. The app provides a 3D map experience and calls out to the user several points of interest and road names, all based on OSM data.</div><div style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 7px 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 13px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(252, 253, 254);" class="">In Canada we have noticed that in the French speaking cities and areas of Quebec, that roads may be named "1e Avenue" or "1er Avenue".</div><div style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 7px 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 13px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(252, 253, 254);" class="">I am assuming that this should be called out as "Première Avenue" in French and "First Avenue" in English. Is this correct?</div><div style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 7px 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 13px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(252, 253, 254);" class="">But I have noticed that there is no translation for both languages. </div><div style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 7px 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 13px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(252, 253, 254);" class="">Is it possible for some local OSM mappers to consider providing these translations so that apps can callout the names of roads accurately? i.e. a user using the French Language & Voice settings would hear "Première" and users using the English Language & Voice settings would hear "First"?</div><div style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 7px 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 13px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(252, 253, 254);" class="">I have included a link to such a road where I have added the English translation. <br class=""><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/20443208" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(35, 101, 176);" class="">https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/20443208</a></div><div style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 7px 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 13px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(252, 253, 254);" class="">What are the thoughts here?<br class="">Thanks<br class="">Steven</div></body></html>