Re: Overview paragraph

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> >> provide the user with a consistent experience across different
> platforms and devices irrespective of the speech engine used.
>
> This effort is not about standardizing functionality across speech
> engines.  The goal is speech application portability across the
> browsers.  Simple applications MAY be portable across speech engine
> boundaries, but that's not a requirement.
>

I'd say the API proposal should aim for all applications to be portable
across speech engines. Starting with "may be portable" doesn't seem to fit
the spirit of the web. Any extensions for speech engine specific parameters
and results should be optional.