Decimal Separator in Language Settings

Changing non-English macOS default settings for fractions can fix problems with read aloud and embedded web code.

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For some users with different European languages the default language on macOS can affect how the mathematics is applied in CircularFLO. e.g. for audio timings or CSS scaling.

With the maths used in CircularFLO and EPUB we need to be sure we are using a decimal point (.) rather than a comma (,) as the separator for decimal numbers.

This article on OS X Daily shows how to change this in recent macOS System Preferences.

The System Preferences pane of macOS showing the required setting.

For users on older macOS, the first 30 seconds of this YouTube video demonstrate how to change this.