- From: Jason White <jasonw@ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au>
- Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 10:44:34 +1000
- To: Adam Victor Reed <areed2@calstatela.edu>
- Cc: w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
Also (as additional rationale) would speech synthesis technology require vowel marks, or could it infer them in a reasonably consistent and reliable manner? Actually, if they could be inferred by software in a reliable way, then perhaps the best solution would be to provide a tool to solve the problem, instead of requiring either alternative content or the rewriting of web pages. I am coming to the conclusion that we need to define what we mean by "text" (in the context of the requirement that a textual version/equivalent of all content must be provided). There are basic requirements (e.g. character set) which need to be met to enable text to be processed by software. While addressing this subject, there are languages with very large character sets (numbered in the thousands). Is there a cognitive argument for using simpler script in certain circumstances, and if so under what conditions?
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