Re: Comments from PFWG on CSS3 Speech Module

On Oct 12, 2011, at 9:05 AM, Daniel Weck wrote:

> On 11 Oct 2011, at 20:25, Janina Sajka wrote:
>> 2.)	voice-volume: silent;
>> 
>> The spec should give an example of expected appropriate usage of this value.
>> Because this generates a period of silence equal to the length of the
>> would-be-spoken content, most listeners will just assume speech output has
>> prematurely stopped. In radio terms, this is "dead air." How do you expect this
>> value to be useful?
>> 
>> Despite the at-risk status of this property, we believe it would be extremely
>> useful for conveying context, particularly in situations such as two-party
>> dialogue. 
> 
> 'voice-volume' is not marked "at-risk". Can you clarify what you mean please?
> Cheers, Daniel

It appears that a line was inadvertently deleted when the feedback was combined. Here's that section from the original draft, which clarifies that the sentence was referring to voice-balance, not voice-volume.

voice-volume: silent;
The spec should give an example of expected appropriate usage of this value. Because this generates a period of silence equal to the length of the would-be-spoken content, most listeners will just assume speech output has prematurely stopped. In radio terms, this is "dead air." How do you expect this value to be useful?

voice-balance:
Despite the at-risk status of this property, we believe it would be extremely useful for conveying context, particularly in situations such as two-party dialogue. 

Cheers,
James