Re: Call for Consensus (CfC): Publish Spoken Presentation FPWD

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JF

On Tue, May 4, 2021 at 8:04 AM Janina Sajka (janina@rednote.net) <
janina@rednote.net> wrote:

> Colleagues:
>
> This is a Call for Consensus (CfC) to the Accessible Platform
> Architectures (APA) Working Group proposing publication of our Spoken
> Presentation Specification document as a First Public Working Draft
> (FPWD). The document to review for this CfC can be found here:
>
>
> https://raw.githack.com/w3c/pronunciation/90425c2688b59b8655ff9c30fbcbb6ebbbfdc72d/technical-approach/index.html
>
> This action was requested by our Spoken Presentation Task Force
> following several years of gap analysis, requirements enumeration,  and
> specification development.  The request to publish as an FPWD is
> documented here:
>
> https://www.w3.org/2021/04/07-pronunciation-minutes.html#ResolutionSummary
>
> IMPORTANT NOTE: This FPWD publication presents two technical approaches
> which the Task Force believes could meet its accessibility requirements
> with a request to the wider community to indicate which approach is
> preferable and why. It is hoped that substantial community response can
> aid in choosing the better approach for accessibility which can also
> assist spoken presentation generally, well beyond any accessibility
> specific use cases. As usual we prefer solutions for accessibility that
> are also generally applicable and have wide stakeholder approbation.
>
> ***Action to Take***
>
> This CfC is now open for objection, comment, as well as statements of
> support via email. Silence will be interpreted as support, though
> messages of support are certainly welcome.
>
> If you object to this proposed action, or have comments concerning this
> proposal, please respond by replying on list to this message no later
> than 23:59 (Midnight) Boston Time, Wednesday 12 May.
>
> NOTE: This Call for Consensus is being conducted in accordance with the
> APA Decision Policy published at:
>
> http://www.w3.org/WAI/APA/decision-policy
>
> Janina and Becky
>
> --
>
> Janina Sajka
>
> Linux Foundation Fellow
> Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup:       http://a11y.org
>
> The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
> Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures        http://www.w3.org/wai/apa
>
>
>

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