Re: Action-2201 Blind users texting interfaces

Reading this again this early morning, I see at least one glaring
grammatical error.

I was trying to use the construction: "latter ... former" but made them
both former. Boo.

Joshue O Connor writes:
> Great! Thanks Janina - will review/comment and add to our Accessible RTC
> doc.
> 
> Josh
> 
> On 08/07/2019 23:44, Janina Sajka wrote:
> > Follows a draft use cast statement covering text-based conversation
> > interfaces at variance with RTT.
> > 
> > ***cut here***
> > 
> > The traditional IRC interface must be preserved at least as a
> > configuration option in agents that implement WebRTC. Users who rely on
> > text to speech (TTS) to interface with their computers and smart devices
> > require the IRC style interface as opposed to the RTT type interface
> > favored by users who are deaf or hearing impaired.
> > 
> > The use case for RTT is important and should certainly be supported by
> > WebRTC. This use case does not compete with the use case for RTT. Both
> > should be supportable in the text stream provided by WebRTC. We
> > understand why users who can comprehend chars in real time, as they're
> > typed by a remote correspondant in a telecommunications session, are
> > important to text interface users using display screen technology. Users
> > should be supported in seeing those chars with very minimal latency.
> > 
> > Arguably, some braille users will also prefer the RTT model. However,
> > braille users desiring text displayed with standard contracted braille
> > might better be served in the manner users relying on TTS engines are
> > served, by buffering the data to be transmitted until an end of line
> > char is reached.
> > 
> > TTS cannot reasonably translate text into comprehensible speech unless
> > the chars to be pronounced are transmitted in close timing to one
> > another. Typical gaps will result in stuttering and highly
> > unintelligible utterances from the TTS engine.
> > 
> > NOTE: People familiar with Unix, and now Linux command line interfaces
> > will understand the distinction described here as that between the two
> > :s/former/latter/
> > applications "write" and "talk." The former functions like RTT
> > specifies. The former functions like a classic IRC session. Both need to
> > be supported by WebRTC user agents.
> > 
> > Here are links that further describe the functionality of these two
> > classic Unix utilities:
> > 
> > talk<https://www.mankier.com/1p/talk>
> > 
> > write<https://www.mankier.com/1p/write>
> > 
> -- 
> Emerging Web Technology Specialist/A11y (WAI/W3C)

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Janina Sajka

Linux Foundation Fellow
Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup:	http://a11y.org

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

Received on Tuesday, 9 July 2019 09:18:25 UTC