FPWD: Explainer: Improving Spoken Presentation on the Web

Explainer: Improving Spoken Presentation on the Web

https://www.w3.org/TR/2020/WD-pronunciation-explainer-20200310/

Abstract

The objective of the Pronunciation Task Force is to develop normative specifications and best practices guidance collaborating with other W3C groups as appropriate, to provide for proper pronunciation in HTML content when using text to speech (TTS) synthesis. This document defines a standard mechanism to allow content authors to include spoken presentation guidance in HTML content. Also, it contains two identified approaches and enumerates their advantages and disadvantages.

Status of the Document

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This is a First Public Working Draft of Pronunciation Explainer by the Accessible Platform Architectures Working Group. It was initially developed by the Pronunciation Task Force. 

To comment, file an issue in the W3C pronunciation GitHub repository. If this is not feasible, send email to public-pronunciation@w3.org (subscribe, archives). Comments are requested by 14 April 2020. In-progress updates to the document may be viewed in the publicly visible editors' draft. 

Publication as a First Public Working Draft does not imply endorsement by the W3C Membership. This is a draft document and may be updated, replaced or obsoleted by other documents at any time. It is inappropriate to cite this document as other than work in progress.

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