Re: Voice session at TPAC

Thanks Phil. I'm definitely interested in this breakout session, thank 
you for proposing it.

The area that the Voice Assistant (VA) Standardisation CG was created 
for, was to look at standardising the way we develop VA skills/actions 
etc. At present it's a duplication of the problem we experience with 
Android/iOS development, it needs to be developed and tested twice over, 
there are "code once publish twice" platforms and tools, but they tend 
to produce more brittle end results, and most existing VA devices 
(Amazon Echo, Google Home etc.) use propriatary non-standardised 
technologies to construct their voice UI architecture under the hood (as 
well as some W3C standards like SSML).

I still believe this to be a conversation worth having, even though I 
haven't had time or energy to get this CG into motion (mostly because 
I'm spending most of my time developing said voice skills/actions etc.!).

Léonie.

On 03/09/2019 10:38, Phil Archer wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
>   From the evidence before me it seems, sadly, that both of these CGs are
> inert. If there is an active conversation going on elsewhere, please let
> me know. A recent Twitter exchange with Azizur Rahman at the BBC
> suggests there might be [1].
> 
> In an effort to move things along a little... if you're going to TPAC
> this year, I hope you'll join me for a breakout session on the Wednesday
> to talk voice interaction/voice assistants. I've written a basic
> proposal for such a session in the unconference but would warmly welcome:
> 
> - more specific topics within the general area of 'voice';
> - additional names on the proposal.
> 
> Please see and, as appropriate, edit the wiki at
> https://www.w3.org/wiki/TPAC/2019/SessionIdeas#Voice_assistants_-_opportunities_for_standardization.3F
> 
> 
> [1] https://twitter.com/Azizur/status/1166335799165640704
> 
> 
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