Message-Id: <199902112150.QAA00982@tux.w3.org> To: w3c-ac-members@w3.org Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 16:50:11 -0500 From: Janet Daly Subject: Call for Review: Voice Browser Activity Proposal Dear Advisory Committee Representative, Attached is the Call for Review for the Voice Browser Activity proposal, explained in detail at: http://www.w3.org/UI/Voice/1999/voice-activity-brief A summary of the Briefing Package is also attached. If you have any questions or need further information, please contact Dave Raggett, Voice Browser Technical Lead, at . Thank you, Dave Raggett and Janet Daly ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Procedure 1. Read the full Briefing Package http://www.w3.org/UI/Voice/1999/voice-activity-brief 2. Before 24:00 GMT 12 March 1999, fill out the review form included below, and send to 3. The W3C Director will announce the disposition of the ballot on 26th March 1999 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Executive Summary The rationale for W3C to set up a Voice Browser activity is covered in the mission statement of the charter at: http://www.w3.org/UI/Voice/1999/voice-wg-charter.html W3C held a workshop on "Voice Browsers" in October 1998. The workshop brought together people involved in developing voice browsers for accessing Web based services. The workshop concluded that the time was ripe for W3C to bring together interested parties to collaborate on the development of joint specifications for voice browsers, particularly since these efforts concern subsetting or extending some of the core W3C technologies, for example HTML and CSS. As a response, this briefing package proposes to establish a W3C working group for "Voice Browsers" . The working group will have the mission: 1. To prepare and review documents related to Voice Browers, for instance, relating to dialog management, extensions to existing Web standards, speech grammar formats and authoring guidelines. 2. To serve as a coordination body with existing industry groups working on related specifications. 3. To serve as a pool of experts on Voice Browsers, some of which will participate in the other W3C working groups relevant to Voice Browsers. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Member Review Ballot I, ____________________ , W3C Advisory Committee Representative of [name of Member organization] available via electronic mail at: having read Briefing Package: Voice Browser Activity Proposal of February 1999, hereby state we are: [ ] in support of this proposal as written [ ] in support of this proposal with the following modifications: [ ] in opposition to this proposal for the following reasons: Should this proposal be approved, we are prepared to participate in the Activity with the following resources (this expression of support is provisional, subject to review of any modifications included in the Director's Decision): Our participation is subject to the following conditions: Send your filled-in form to Responses must be received by 24:00 GMT 12th March 1999. The Director's Decision will be announced two weeks later; see the timeline for details. Your feedback will be held in confidence by the W3C Team. If you would like to share your comments with other members please use . You should receive confirmation by email immediately after your form is received. Should you experience any difficulty, please contact: Dave Raggett, Voice Browser Technical Lead +44 122 578 2984 Janet Daly, Head of Public Relations , +1 617 253 5884 ------------------------------------------------------------- Janet Daly Head of Public Relations, W3C MIT/LCS +1 617 253 5884 (voice) NE43-344 +1 617 253 5999 (facsimile) 545 Technology Square janet@w3.org Cambridge, MA 02139 http://www.w3.org/