Re: Aborting speech recognition when web page looses focus

On 08/16/2012 06:33 PM, Jim Barnett wrote:
> I agree. I also wonder what we want to say about TTS. With speech output we certainly don't want it to stop if the window goes out of focus. Think
> of the case where the system is reading your email aloud to you while you look at something else. Combining ASR and TTS, I can certainly imagine
> filling out a rather tedious form using speech I/O while looking at something else.

TTS isn't highly privacy sensitive, ASR is.



>
> Jim
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: Hans Wennborg <hwennborg@google.com> To: public-speech-api@w3.org <public-speech-api@w3.org> Sent: Thu Aug 16
> 07:57:11 2012 Subject: Aborting speech recognition when web page looses focus
>
> Hi all,
>
> The current spec draft lists four security and privacy considerations [1], summarized as:
>
> 1. The UA must ask for explicit informed user consent before starting any recording 2. The UA must clearly indicate when it's recording 3. The UA
> may give a longer explanation the first time speech recognition is used 4. The UA must abort any active speech input session if focus moves away
> from the web page.
>
> Points one and two seem to me to be the critical points to ensure the user's privacy. They also line up nicely with the requirements for accessing
> a user's microphone or webcam through the GetUserMedia API [2].
>
> I propose that we remove the last point. I think it unnecessarily reduces the usefulness of the speech recognition API. For example, a user
> wouldn't be allowed to use a speech-enabled application in one window, and at the same time interact with another window next to it.
>
> What do you think?
>
> Thanks, Hans
>
> [1]. http://dvcs.w3.org/hg/speech-api/raw-file/tip/speechapi.html#security [2]. http://dev.w3.org/2011/webrtc/editor/getusermedia.html
>

Received on Thursday, 16 August 2012 15:42:23 UTC