- From: Masayasu Ishikawa <mimasa@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 02:18:27 +0900
- To: jason@virtran.com
- Cc: w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
Jason McNeill <jason@virtran.com> wrote:
> I was told that the W3C has been considering changes to the new CSS2
> spec that would incorporate aural stylesheets (audio rendering of
> HTML content). Can anyone point me in that direction?
CSS2 Recommendation has already incorporated aural style sheets. See:
http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/aural.html
> I think tags that would aid in presenting content audibly (as
> opposed to visually) would greatly improve access for people who are
> driving but need to access web content now, or people with Palm
> Pilots, or people with visual impairments.
W3C is very much interested in the future of voice interaction for
browsing the Web. We will hold a workshop on this issue to help
catalyze the development of voice browsing for the Web.
Regards,
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Masayasu Ishikawa / mimasa@w3.org
W3C - World Wide Web Consortium
Received on Monday, 21 September 1998 13:19:02 UTC