RE: Agenda W3C [PBG] call for TPAC Meetings 10/13 and 10/14

Well, please keep us updated on progress. I believe there are several organizations working on this kind of thing.

 

Best

George

 

 

From: Laurent Le Meur <laurent.lemeur@edrlab.org> 
Sent: Friday, October 9, 2020 1:38 AM
To: George Kerscher <kerscher@montana.com>
Cc: Avneesh Singh <avneesh.sg@gmail.com>; McCloy-Kelley, Liisa <lmccloy-kelley@penguinrandomhouse.com>; Bill Kasdorf <bill.kasdorf@w3.org>; Ralph Swick <swick@w3.org>; Cristina Mussinelli - Fondazione LIA <cristina.mussinelli@fondazionelia.org>; Daihei Shiohama <shiohama@mediado.jp>; W3C Publishing Steering Committee <public-publishing-sc@w3.org>
Subject: Re: Agenda W3C [PBG] call for TPAC Meetings 10/13 and 10/14

 

Hi George & all, 

 

This is an aparté from this discussion thread, as it has not much to do with TPAC; we're now re-starting with Association Valentin Hauy (France) a project around the access to a library of audiobooks (and audiobooks only) from smart speakers (Google Home and Alexa). We made a good prototype a year and half ago with the Google Home, but had to wait until some evolutions appear, which seems to be the case now. 

 

The user requirements are not as extensive as George's (no in-book search for instance). 

The project is in a very early stage (search for fundings is starting). 

An interesting thing is that new technologies (from yesterday's announcements by Google) may allow people to use any Android phone as an equivalent of a smart speaker. 

This is something we'll discuss asap with the Daisy Consortium and other international orgs involved in a11y. 

 

Bien cordialement, 

Laurent Le Meur
EDRLab





Le 9 oct. 2020 à 04:21, kerscher@montana.com <mailto:kerscher@montana.com>  a écrit :

 

Hi,

 

Reading with smart speakers includes:

* Audio books
* EPUB 3 using TTS
* Searches that retrieve information.
* Placing bookmarks toplayback at the beginning of a passage.

Best

George

 

*  

 

From: Avneesh Singh <avneesh.sg@gmail.com <mailto:avneesh.sg@gmail.com> > 
Sent: Wednesday, October 7, 2020 10:51 PM
To: McCloy-Kelley, Liisa <lmccloy-kelley@penguinrandomhouse.com <mailto:lmccloy-kelley@penguinrandomhouse.com> >; Bill Kasdorf <bill.kasdorf@w3.org <mailto:bill.kasdorf@w3.org> >; Ralph Swick <swick@w3.org <mailto:swick@w3.org> >
Cc: Cristina Mussinelli - Fondazione LIA <cristina.mussinelli@fondazionelia.org <mailto:cristina.mussinelli@fondazionelia.org> >; Daihei Shiohama <shiohama@mediado.jp <mailto:shiohama@mediado.jp> >; W3C Publishing Steering Committee <public-publishing-sc@w3.org <mailto:public-publishing-sc@w3.org> >
Subject: Re: Agenda W3C [PBG] call for TPAC Meetings 10/13 and 10/14

 

We have quotes we want to create a widget for to work with a connected speaker so you can say “give me a quote from one of my favorite authors”

 

Reading books through smart speakers or similar devices is gaining huge traction. It would be nice to make progress in this direction. 

 

With regards

Avneesh

From: McCloy-Kelley, Liisa 

Sent: Thursday, October 8, 2020 5:47

To: Bill Kasdorf ; Ralph Swick 

Cc: Cristina Mussinelli - Fondazione LIA ; Daihei Shiohama ; W3C Publishing Steering Committee 

Subject: Re: Agenda W3C [PBG] call for TPAC Meetings 10/13 and 10/14

 

Bill-

 

WoT relates to publishing when:

* We have a photography or art book that we want to be able to have the images shared to a connected frame 
* We have quotes we want to create a widget for to work with a connected speaker so you can say “give me a quote from one of my favorite authors”

 

There are lots of possible use cases where publishers and authors might find new uses for our content via the web of things. 

 

We thought it would be an interesting thing to start discussing because publishers are looking for new business opportunities and the WoT team are looking for possible use cases that help them with developing the standard. 

 

It should be fun!

 

Liisa

 

 

From: Bill Kasdorf <bill.kasdorf@w3.org <mailto:bill.kasdorf@w3.org> >
Organization: Kasdorf & Associates, LLC
Date: Wednesday, October 7, 2020 at 1:08 PM
To: Ralph Swick <swick@w3.org <mailto:swick@w3.org> >
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Subject: Re: Agenda W3C [PBG] call for TPAC Meetings 10/13 and 10/14

 

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On 2020-10-07 10:37, Ralph Swick wrote:
> Cristina, Daihei, and Liisa;
> 
> Thanks for generating an agenda. These topics all look very
> interesting but it seems unlikely to be able to fit all of them into
> two hours.
> 
> Would you share with the Steering Committee your goals for each of the
> topics. Perhaps we can help you focus some of them.
> 
> Perhaps the order of the agenda could use some discussion to be sure
> that we are doing the best to accommodate the timezones of those who
> are most prepared for those topics.
> 
> (Personally, I am quite curious about what you think will be covered
> in 30 minutes on WoT.)
> 
> -Ralph
> 
> On 2020-10-07 09:56 AM, McCloy-Kelley, Liisa wrote:
>> Dear Publishing Business Group members:
>> 
>> During TPAC next week, we are doing something a little different for 
>> our PBG meetings. We’ll be holding two meetings next week on 13/14 
>> October to cover our members in different time zones and to talk about 
>> issues relative to the future/present/past of digital publishing 
>> around the world. In both segments we will be meeting with the 
>> co-chairs from the W3C Web of Things WG to hear about what they’ve 
>> been working on and to discuss the intersection of publishing content 
>> and all the places it can now be surfaced in new ways.
>> 
>> You should already have calendar invites for those two times with the 
>> zoom meeting details.
>> 
>> The times are:
>> *Session 1:* 10/13 16:00-17:30 UTC/ 12:00-13:30 EDT/ 09:00-10:30 
>> PDT/JST 10/14 01:00-02:30
>> 
>> *Session 2:*10/14 0:00-1:30 UTC/ 10/13 20:00-21:30 EDT/ 17:00-18:30 
>> PDT/ JST 10/14 09:00-10:30
>> 
>> The agendas are at:
>> 
>> https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/MAl8Cv2j5mI7740rrIQs8ZO?domain=docs.google.com <https://docs.google.com/document/d/16YXOo7lifjXOgWGS2dWIWKr0CRypx7taSKZW2ZglWxk/edit?usp=sharing> 
>> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/16YXOo7lifjXOgWGS2dWIWKr0CRypx7taSKZW2ZglWxk/edit?usp=sharing>
>> 
>> Please join us for whatever time and segments of the discussion you 
>> want to participate in and encourage any colleagues to also 
>> participate.
>> 
>> If you or your colleagues are already a participant in the Publishing 
>> Business Group, then you may register for any TPAC events per the 
>> participation information here:
>> 
>> https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/ivejCwpk5nhGGPZggFq4h6C?domain=w3.org <https://www.w3.org/2020/10/TPAC/participation.html> 
>> <https://www.w3.org/2020/10/TPAC/participation.html>
>> 
>> PubBG participants should use this link to register: 
>> https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/AwMmCxkl5oI11BqPPhYgiV8?domain=w3.org <https://www.w3.org/2020/10/TPAC/registration.html> 
>> <https://www.w3.org/2020/10/TPAC/registration.html>
>> 
>> If you are having any difficulty with registering or getting details, 
>> please reach out to our co-chairs and we can put you in touch with W3C 
>> staff who can help.  If you know of someone who should participate in 
>> these discussions who is not currently involved in our group, please 
>> let us know and we will see if we can invite them as observers.
>> 
>> We look forward to talking next week.
>> 
>> Best from your PBG Co-Chairs,
>> 
>> Liisa McCloy-Kelley
>> 
>> Daihei Shiohama
>> 
>> Cristina Mussinelli
>> 
I'm also curious about how WoT relates to publishing.
-- 
Bill Kasdorf
Principal, Kasdorf & Associates, LLC
Founding Partner, Publishing Technology Partners
W3C Global Publishing Evangelist
bill.kasdorf@w3.org <mailto:bill.kasdorf@w3.org>