Re: Web Audio API is now a W3C Candidate Recommendation (Call for Implementations)

My initial reaction was no, but reading through the use cases seems to suggest we might want to talk to this group. While most of the APIs seem geared more for a live audio experience (video calls, live performances, gaming), there's some APIs that seem to me would assist in creating a better listening experience for audio content in a web context (speeding up playback with pitch modulation, volume controls, etc.). This kind of dovetails into yesterday's conversation about non-WP browser experiences, since while an audio-WP played in a WP-compliant UA would likely have all of those features already built in (possibly even using those APIs but also with other methods), a non-WP experience could possibly have some of these as fallbacks. I have to do a lot more reading on this though, so this is just my initial impression. 

I'll let others correct my initial assumptions. 

-Wendy

On 2018-09-18, 9:49 AM, "Siegman, Tzviya" <tsiegman@wiley.com> wrote:

    Hi All,
    
    I know almost nothing about audio, so I may be way off, but does this affect our work on audio books? Sync media?
    
    Thanks,
    Tzviya
    
    Tzviya Siegman
    Information Standards Lead
    Wiley
    201-748-6884
    tsiegman@wiley.com 
    
    -----Original Message-----
    From: Xueyuan [mailto:xueyuan@w3.org] 
    Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2018 9:21 AM
    To: w3c-ac-forum@w3.org
    Cc: chairs@w3.org
    Subject: Web Audio API is now a W3C Candidate Recommendation (Call for Implementations)
    
    
    Dear Advisory Committee Representative,
    Chairs,
    
    I am pleased to announce that Web Audio API is a W3C Candidate
    Recommendation:
       https://www.w3.org/TR/2018/CR-webaudio-20180918/

    
    The approval and publication are in response to this transition request:
       https://github.com/w3c/transitions/issues/89

    
    Please provide feedback by 12 December 2018 as follows:
       raise an issue on GitHub
       https://github.com/WebAudio/web-audio-api/issues

    
    Patent disclosures relevant to this specification may be found on the Audio Working Group's patent disclosure page in conformance with W3C policy:
       https://www.w3.org/2004/01/pp-impl/46884/status

    
    This Call for Implementations follows section 6.4 "Candidate Recommendation" of the W3C Process Document:
       https://www.w3.org/2018/Process-20180201/#candidate-rec

    
    Thank you,
    
    For Tim Berners-Lee, Director, and
    Philippe Le Hégaret, Project Management Lead; Xueyuan Jia, W3C Marketing & Communications
    
    ==============================================
    Quoting from
    Web Audio API
    W3C Candidate Recommendation, 18 September 2018
    
    This version:
       https://www.w3.org/TR/2018/CR-webaudio-20180918/

    Latest published version:
       https://www.w3.org/TR/webaudio/

    
    Abstract:
    
    This specification describes a high-level Web API for processing and synthesizing audio in web applications. The primary paradigm is of an audio routing graph, where a number of AudioNode objects are connected together to define the overall audio rendering. The actual processing will primarily take place in the underlying implementation (typically optimized Assembly / C / C++ code), but direct script processing and synthesis is also supported.
    
    The Introduction section covers the motivation behind this specification.
    
    This API is designed to be used in conjunction with other APIs and elements on the web platform, notably: XMLHttpRequest [XHR] (using the responseType and response attributes). For games and interactive applications, it is anticipated to be used with the canvas 2D [2dcontext] and WebGL [WEBGL] 3D graphics APIs.
    
    Status of this document:
    
    This section describes the status of this document at the time of its publication. Other documents may supersede this document. A list of current W3C publications and the latest revision of this technical report can be found in the W3C technical reports index at https://www.w3.org/TR/.

    
    This document was published by the the Web Audio Working Group as a Candidate Recommendation. This document is intended to become a W3C Recommendation. This document will remain a Candidate Recommendation at least until 12 December 2018 in order to ensure the opportunity for wide review.
    If you wish to make comments regarding this document, please file an issue on the specification repository or send them to public-audio@w3.org (subscribe, archives).
    
    A preliminary implementation report is available.
    
    Publication as a Candidate Recommendation does not imply endorsement by the W3C Membership. This is a draft document and may be updated, replaced or obsoleted by other documents at any time. It is inappropriate to cite this document as other than work in progress.
    
    This document was produced by a group operating under the W3C Patent Policy. W3C maintains a public list of any patent disclosures made in connection with the deliverables of the group; that page also includes instructions for disclosing a patent. An individual who has actual knowledge of a patent which the individual believes contains Essential
    Claim(s) must disclose the information in accordance with section 6 of the W3C Patent Policy.
    
    This document is governed by the 1 February 2018 W3C Process Document.
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