You can make ClaroRead speak non-Western characters using a Western voice, for example reading Greek characters in chemistry using RealSpeak Daniel. You need to be an administrator, you may need your Windows installation CD, and only one non-Western language can be supported in addition to English – English and Cyrillic, or English and Greek are fine, but not Greek and Cyrillic.
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Open Control Panel > Regional and Language Options.
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Select the Advanced tab.
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In the “Language for non-Unicode programs” section select the language for the characters you want to read, for example Russian.
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Restart your machine.
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Open ClaroRead and Word.
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Select and copy one character to be spoken, e.g. “Я”.
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Open ClaroRead settings and click the Pronounce button.
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Paste the character “Я” into the “Word to replace” box. This may take a couple of tries: if it does not work, copy and paste again.
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Type the English pronunciation into the “New Pronunciation”, e.g.”ya” for “Я”.
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Click the “AddReplace” button and ensure the character and pronunciation appears in the list to the left.
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Click OK and OK the settings dialog.
ClaroRead should now correctly pronounce the character “Я ” as “ya” when it encounters it. You will have to do this with every character you wish to have pronounced.