Re: Wanders by and offers a thought... (was Re: Response to WHAT -- Draft #1

Perhaps, John, and personally very happy to see you still participating!

However, let us take one problem at a time, please! :)

Janina

John Foliot writes:
> As I was not party to the discussion, I'll just wonder out loud if
> 
> > "...elevating SSML to a status parallel to SVG in HTML 5"
> 
> should actually also include MathML as well (i.e. SVG *and *MathML - both
> 'xml'-based, but both previously brought in under the HTML5 umbrella)
> 
> <waves>
> 
> JF
> 
> 
> On Tue, Oct 11, 2022 at 11:08 AM Janina Sajka <janina@rednote.net> wrote:
> 
> > Colleagues:
> >
> > I have an action to draft a followup to WHATWG regarding elevating SSML
> > to a status parallel to SVG in HTML 5. Herewith my draft. Clearly, it
> > needs a little help, especially as I'm not immediately recalling (or
> > finding) the list of 4 element overlaps!
> >
> > When we complete our drafting (hopefully this week), please allow me (or
> > Matthew) to send on behalf of APA. It's a formality I think we should
> > observe for now.
> >
> > <begin draft>
> >
> > Dear Anne, All:
> >
> > Thank you for the very helpful joint meeting during TPAC in Vancouver
> > last month. APA is highly encouraged by our conversation and the
> > outcomes. One of those specific next steps follows below. But, first let
> > me ask you to also thank Mike Smith, Simon Peters, and the other WHAT
> > participants who joined us. I would cc them--but I don't have current
> > emails.
> >
> > So, in this email we'd like to confirm your recommendation regarding
> > specifics relating to our work on a normative approach for TTS
> > generated output that can be relied on to produce consistent results
> > across multiple operating environments and user agents. This is the work
> > of our Spoken Presentation Task Force whose home wiki page is here:
> >
> > https://www.w3.org/WAI/APA/task-forces/pronunciation/
> >
> > This was our second topic in Vancouver, under the title "Spoken
> > Presentation" as logged here:
> >
> > https://www.w3.org/2022/09/13-apa-minutes.html#t03
> >
> > APA would like to request WHAT consider elevating SSML to a status in
> > HTML parallel to that currently provided for SVG. We believe this would
> > be the most direct and productive approach for our various accessibility
> > use cases, and we believe it would be beneficial for nonaccessibility
> > use cases as well.
> >
> > Our analysis indicates there are exactly 4 elements defined both by HTML
> > and SSML for which we'd need to define disambiguation. We believe the
> > first question should be to confirm our list. Is it correct? Or are
> > there others? Once confirmed, we could take up what we might do to
> > resolve the overlap.
> >
> > The 4 overlapping elements are:
> >
> > *       sub
> >
> > *       p
> >
> > *       [item 3]
> >
> > *       [item 4]
> >
> > Please advise your suggestion of next steps. Shall we log a formal
> > github request for SSML in HTML noting the above 4 pain points?
> >
> > With thanks,
> >
> > APA Chairs
> > Spoken Presentation Co-Facilitators
> > cc'd to various list archives
> >
> > <end draft>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Janina Sajka (she/her/hers)
> > Accessibility Consultant https://linkedin.com/in/jsajka
> >
> > The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
> > Co-Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures     http://www.w3.org/wai/apa
> >
> > Linux Foundation Fellow
> > https://www.linuxfoundation.org/board-of-directors-2/
> >
> >
> >
> 
> -- 
> *John Foliot* |
> Senior Industry Specialist, Digital Accessibility |
> W3C Accessibility Standards Contributor |
> 
> "I made this so long because I did not have time to make it shorter." -
> Pascal "links go places, buttons do things"

-- 

Janina Sajka (she/her/hers)
Accessibility Consultant https://linkedin.com/in/jsajka

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
Co-Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures	http://www.w3.org/wai/apa

Linux Foundation Fellow
https://www.linuxfoundation.org/board-of-directors-2/

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