Re: Association Valentin Hauy audiobook project [was: Agenda W3C [PBG] call for TPAC Meetings 10/13 and 10/14]

Merci Laurent; this is very interesting  When there are public pages on 
the web describing the project, I hope you will let us know!

-Ralph

On 2020-10-09 03:37 AM, Laurent Le Meur wrote:
> 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>>
>> *Cc:*"McCloy-Kelley, Liisa" <lmccloy-kelley@penguinrandomhouse.com 
>> <mailto:lmccloy-kelley@penguinrandomhouse.com>>, 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
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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 
>> <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 
>> <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 
>> <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>
>>
> 

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