Re: Accessible RTC Routing use case and Audio Device Client proposal from Web Audio Community Group

Cool - here is the video (on Vimeo) of Hongchan Choi's presentation 
about the Audio Device Client proposal.

https://vimeo.com/350904743

Thanks

Josh

On 27/08/2019 15:43, White, Jason J wrote:
> Thank you, Josh - this is interesting and appears to address some of the use cases which RQTF has discussed. I would expect the functionality described to be useful for both XR applications and real-time communication.
>
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> From: Joshue O Connor <joconnor@w3.org>
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> Subject: Accessible RTC Routing use case and Audio Device Client proposal from Web Audio Community Group
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> Hi all,
>
> For anyone tracking some of our discussion about Accessible RTC, and the Routing use case  [1] - this may be of interest. It from the 'Audio and Games' section of the Games Workshop report. [2]
>
> There is an Audio Device Client (ADC) proposal, under incubation in the Web Audio Community Group, which aims to provide truly low-level audio input and output.  Audio Device Client is suggested as middle layer between the Web Audio API and the audio device used by the browser.
>
> Here is the explainer for the Audio Device Client proposal
> https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2FWebAudio%2Fweb-audio-cg%2Fblob%2Fmaster%2Faudio-device-client%2Fexplainer.md&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cjjwhite%40ets.org%7Cff348bbf55884cb24de108d72af9c444%7C0ba6e9b760b34fae92f37e6ddd9e9b65%7C0%7C0%7C637025124547692604&amp;sdata=Q3pkqug0as8v3H%2F2%2BMOEjfCsnJoOON1cHQ87e4F5qwQ%3D&amp;reserved=0
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> There are different features of the proposal including threading for
> audio, but what is of interest is the suggestion to modify I/O buffers,
> which could help with performance, some AT output does not need to be
> high sample size/bitrate, and especially the ability to select audio I/O
> devices via a MediaTrackConstraints pattern and modify the
> inputDeviceId/outputDeviceId. You can also use suggested
> inputChannelCount/outPutChannelCount properties as constraints on the
> global Audio Object (that my reading anyway).
>
> It is not meant to replace the Web Audio API but to function as a
> customisable middleware and could be a way for people with disabilities
> to manage bespoke/complex routing of multiple audio input and output
> directly in the browser.
>
> Interesting!
>
> Thanks
>
> Josh
>
> [1] https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2018%2F12%2Fgames-workshop%2Freport.html%23audio&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cjjwhite%40ets.org%7Cff348bbf55884cb24de108d72af9c444%7C0ba6e9b760b34fae92f37e6ddd9e9b65%7C0%7C0%7C637025124547692604&amp;sdata=mUlgNDh3aEQ84bUdPnG0Oa9aFisY0yAaK1PaSqdVc44%3D&amp;reserved=0
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> [2]
> https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2FWAI%2FAPA%2Fwiki%2FAccessible_RTC_Use_Cases%23Audio_Routing_and_Multi_Channel&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cjjwhite%40ets.org%7Cff348bbf55884cb24de108d72af9c444%7C0ba6e9b760b34fae92f37e6ddd9e9b65%7C0%7C0%7C637025124547692604&amp;sdata=H%2BPXW4itdpzm%2Bgsn1HgpllbH5DJjha0o6dW3fkHJEFM%3D&amp;reserved=0
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