# How can I make my computer stop speaking FrenchÉ

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-make-my-computer-stop-speaking-frenche/736596>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 4, 2015, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-make-my-computer-stop-speaking-frenche/736596 "2015-11-04T07:22:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Claverhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Claverhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claverhouse)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-make-my-computer-stop-speaking-frenche/736596/21 "2015-11-05T19:20:25Z")

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Wouldn’t it be simpler just to move to France ?

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**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-make-my-computer-stop-speaking-frenche/736596/22 "2015-11-05T20:16:52Z")

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> [@Northern\_Piper](#):
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> Thanks for this, but I was hoping for a map of the Canadian French keyboard, showing which key is é, which is ç, and so on. I’ve not been able to find that at this site?

Sorry I misunderstood. Try these sites:

> **[List of Characters on a French Canadian Keyboard - How to Access Characters...](https://www.ergocanada.com/ergo/keyboards/list_of_characters_on_french_canadian_keyboard.html)**
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> Kinesis Maxim adjustable keyboard detailed specification sheet by ErgoCanada.com

[http://www3.uakron.edu/modlang/french/keyboard.html](http://www3.uakron.edu/modlang/french/keyboard.html)

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**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2015, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-make-my-computer-stop-speaking-frenche/736596/23 "2015-11-06T05:03:59Z")

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> [@Northern\_Piper](#):
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> This had happened to me a lot. I didn’t know about the Alt-Shift hot key. I must hit it frequently without even knowing it.

I did it approximately one hundred and thirty-seven thousand times before I figured out what I was doing and how to turn off the hot key.

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**Author:** ![russian\_heel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2015, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-make-my-computer-stop-speaking-frenche/736596/24 "2015-11-07T09:12:50Z")

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Hit the computer with a cue stick and try to get the English out of it.

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