From e457ad0cfa1648e21b0ec57f196693c04ba8e1b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Todd Lyon <19413953+tmlyon@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2019 12:48:54 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Update hololens2-language-support.md Added more verbose instructions for changing language settings and what is impacted by the language settings. --- .../hololens/hololens2-language-support.md | 27 +++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/devices/hololens/hololens2-language-support.md b/devices/hololens/hololens2-language-support.md index e38fbd5569..091c9dd907 100644 --- a/devices/hololens/hololens2-language-support.md +++ b/devices/hololens/hololens2-language-support.md @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ appliesto: # Supported languages for HoloLens 2 -HoloLens 2 supports the following languages, including voice commands and dictation features. +HoloLens 2 supports the following languages, including voice commands and dictation features, keyboard layouts, and OCR recognition within apps. - Chinese Simplified (China) - English (Australia) @@ -42,4 +42,27 @@ HoloLens 2 is also available in the following languages. However, this support d > # Changing language or keyboard -To change the Windows display language, region, or keyboard settings, use the start gesture to open the **Start** menu, and then select **Settings** > **Time and Language** > **Language**. +HoloLens is configured for a language and region during set up. You can change the configuration under the “Time & language” section of Settings app. + +## To change the Windows display language + +1. Go to **Start** menu, and then select **Settings** > **Time and Language** > **Language**. +2. Choose a language from the **Windows display language** menu. + +If the supported language you’re looking for is not in the menu, use the **Add a language button** in the **Preferred languages** section on the page to search for and add the language, then check in the **Windows display language menu** again. + +Changing Windows display language will: + +- Change the UI text language for Windows and apps (for apps that support localization). +- Change the supported speech language for speech features in Windows and apps. +- Add the default keyboard layout for the language. + +## To change the keyboard layout + +To add or remove a keyboard layout, go to **Start menu** > **Settings** > **Time & language** > **Keyboard**. + +When there is more than one keyboard layout added, you can switch between different keyboard layouts using the Layout key in the lower right corner of the on-screen keyboard. + +> [!NOTE] +> While you can use the on-screen keyboard to enter text that requires Input Method Editor (IME) such as Chinese, using a Bluetooth hardware keyboard with IME is not currently supported. When a on-screen keyboard layout uses IME, you can continue to use a Bluetooth keyboard to type in English. To toggle a hardware keyboard to type in English, press the ~ key. +>