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How can I persuade Intel to address me in English?

MCalv4
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MartyG
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At the top of the forum, beside the search magnifying-glass icon, is a globe icon. Clicking it offers language change options. Have you tried this, please!​

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MartyG
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Could you explain more please about what you need help with? Thank you very much.

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MCalv4
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No matter what I do, https://forums.intel.com/s/topic/0TO0P00000018NTWAY/intel-realsense-technology insists in sending me pages in German. I've tried "Wählen Sie Ihre Region Aus" and choosing US-English., and every other possibility of default language, no avail:

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For those that think that this isn't a big deal:

  • In Switzerland we use 4 languages https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Switzerland. The fact that my IP address might seem to indicate that I'm a German speaker is highly unreliable (my native tongue is English but I've been speaking French for 40 years).
  • Even for the German-speaking part of Switzerland, addressing them in Hoch-Deutsch (high-German) is mis-directed because their language is Swiss-German dialect (which a German would be incapable of understanding).

Now I understand the well-intended "your IP says your're in Switzerland, so let's do it in German". Fine. But PLEASE give me the option of choosing my interface language MYSELF.

 

 

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MartyG
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At the top of the forum, beside the search magnifying-glass icon, is a globe icon. Clicking it offers language change options. Have you tried this, please!​

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MartyG
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You could select the 'Go to your region / country' and select North America.​

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MartyG
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I see you must have done this already. My apologies. Sorry too for multiple comments - I am on my Android tablet and message edit does not work on it!

Some people who want to avoid geographic IP restrictions use a VPN, though their use is frowned upon due to their potential to get around regional licensing lock outs on services such as Netflix.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_private_network

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MartyG
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If you have access to an Android device, it was announced today that Opera have now built a ​free VPN into its Android browser.

 

https://www.engadget.com/2019/02/08/opera-android-browser-vpn/

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