Re: Presentation API and non-screen devices

The main type of screen-less presentation targets I have thought about
would be wireless or wired speakers.  Another one is a "virtual" screen
that records the presentation or routes it via a cloud service (e.g, for
video-conferencing).  However I agree that these scenarios can be explored
in the CG with an expanded charter.

Another aspect to screen-less presentation is accessibility; i.e. the user
may want to direct the presentation to a target that is a screen reader
instead of a physical screen.  I think this may come up in the WG so let's
keep it in the back of our minds.

m.



On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 4:52 AM, Kostiainen, Anssi <
anssi.kostiainen@intel.com> wrote:

> Hi Francois, All,
>
> On 25 Sep 2014, at 18:50, Francois Daoust <fd@w3.org> wrote:
>
> > The group has been focusing on scenarios that involve screens and I
> think that it is a Good Thing.
>
> Personally, I’d also prefer to keep the proposed WG scoped as currently
> defined in the charter [1].
>
> > Extending the scope to cover other types of devices could introduce
> additional requirements that could be hard to address, at least in this
> iteration of the spec (e.g. the possible need to specify the "type" of
> device being targeted). So I would rather stick to "screens" to start with.
> If successful, the working group could always re-charter to extend its
> scope.
> >
> > I'd like to get your views on the topic though. Is this the general
> feeling or do you have other views?
>
> The more exploratory nature of the screen-less work would suggest the
> Community Group would be a better fit for this currently. After the WG
> kicks off, we should revise the CG charter as well, and this would be one
> possible CG deliverable to be added (along with related use cases and
> requirements, as usual).
>
> If the incubation in the CG goes well we could consider elevating the
> screen-less work item to the WG.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Anssi
>
> [1] http://webscreens.github.io/charter/
>