Re: R23. Speech as an input on any application should be able to be optional

Sounds good to me. Did s/page/app/ for consistency with other requirements:

"When speech input is used to provide input to a web app, it should be
possible for the user to select alternative input methods."

On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 1:55 PM, Deborah Dahl
<dahl@conversational-technologies.com> wrote:
> Yes, that seems to capture the idea, although perhaps we could make it more generic and not tie it specifically to filling input fields.
>
> "When speech input is used to provide input to a web page, it should be
> possible for the user to select alternative input methods."
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Bjorn Bringert [mailto:bringert@google.com]
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2010 7:11 AM
>> To: Deborah Dahl
>> Cc: Olli@pettay.fi; public-xg-htmlspeech@w3.org
>> Subject: Re: R23. Speech as an input on any application should be able to be
>> optional
>>
>> Ok, so how about this?
>>
>> "When speech input is used to fill an input field, it should be
>> possible for the user to select alternative input methods."
>>
>> /Bjorn
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 2:42 PM, Deborah Dahl
>> <dahl@conversational-technologies.com> wrote:
>> > I think the point of the requirement is that our spec should not do anything
>> that means that speech is required to be used for a specific input. We can't
>> prevent webapps from disabling mouse and keyboard input because that's
>> outside of the scope of our work. I think this is similar to our requirements
>> around raw audio capture. It might be possible to capture raw audio (for
>> example, using the Media Capture API http://www.w3.org/TR/media-
>> capture-api/) in ways that have nothing to do with our spec, but that doesn't
>> mean we shouldn't have appropriate safeguards in our spec.
>> >
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: public-xg-htmlspeech-request@w3.org [mailto:public-xg-
>> htmlspeech-
>> >> request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Olli Pettay
>> >> Sent: Monday, November 22, 2010 7:19 AM
>> >> To: Bjorn Bringert
>> >> Cc: public-xg-htmlspeech@w3.org
>> >> Subject: Re: R23. Speech as an input on any application should be able to
>> be
>> >> optional
>> >>
>> >> On 11/18/2010 08:36 PM, Bjorn Bringert wrote:
>> >> > This doesn't seem like a requirement on the API, but a requirement on
>> >> > how application authors use it.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> I agree. Webapps can always effectively disable all the mouse and
>> >> keyboard input if they really want to and require speech.
>> >> That would be a silly app, but I don't see any way to prevent it.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> -Olli
>> >>
>> >> >
>> >> > /Bjorn
>> >> >
>> >> > On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 5:37 PM, Dan Burnett<dburnett@voxeo.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >> >> Group,
>> >> >>
>> >> >> This is the next of the requirements to discuss and prioritize based on
>> our
>> >> >> ranking approach [1].
>> >> >>
>> >> >> This email is the beginning of a thread for questions, discussion, and
>> >> >> opinions regarding our first draft of Requirement 23 [2].
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Please discuss via email as we agreed at the Lyon f2f meeting.
>> >> Outstanding
>> >> >> points of contention will be discussed live at an upcoming
>> teleconference.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> -- dan
>> >> >>
>> >> >> [1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-xg-
>> >> htmlspeech/2010Oct/0024.html
>> >> >> [2] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-xg-
>> >> htmlspeech/2010Oct/att-0001/speech.html#r23
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >
>> >
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>>
>> --
>> Bjorn Bringert
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