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

On 11/23/2010 04:10 PM, Bjorn Bringert wrote:
> 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."

Sounds good.


-Olli

>
> 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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