- From: Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 09 May 2000 12:01:15 -0400
- To: Jon Gunderson <jongund@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
- CC: w3c-wai-ua@w3.org
Jon Gunderson wrote: > > Ian, > I think the minimum is that the speech should just say to the user that it > has encountered a Japanese phrase. A second level of access would allow > the user to get the numerical information of the Japanese characters. This is not a minimal requirements isssue. The question is what does this mean for speech synthesizers: "Dynamic switching for these short phrases may make the content sound unnatural and possibly harder to understand." What should speech synthesizers do instead? _ Ian > > At 11:24 AM 5/9/00 -0400, Ian Jacobs wrote: > >Jon Gunderson wrote: > > > > > > Ian, > > > My initial suggestions is that the UA could render "Japanese Phrase" XXXX > > > "end Japanese Phrase", where XXX is some characters, or if Japanese is > > > unsupported XXXX is nothing and the "end Japanese phrase" would probably > > > not be needed. I am assuming the user agent is doing this because it > > > cannot render the Japanese. > > > >I apologize, I didn't make my question clear. This is about synthesized > >speech, not graphical rendering. > > > > - Ian > > > > > > > > At 07:58 PM 5/6/00 -0400, Ian Jacobs wrote: > > > >Hello, > > > > > > > >Eric Hansen has asked for a clarification of one of the paragraphs > > > >of the Techniques document [1] under checkpoint 2.7 (natural > > > >language switching): > > > > > > > ><BLOCKQUOTE> > > > >Switching natural languages for blocks of content may be more helpful > > > >than > > > >switching for short phrases. In some language combinations (e.g., > > > >Japanese being the primary and English being the secondary or quoted > > > >language), short foreign language phrases are often well-integrated in > > > >the > > > >primary language. Dynamic switching for these short phrases may make > > > >the content sound unnatural and possibly harder to understand. > > > ></BLOCKQUOTE> > > > > > > > >Eric asks what the UA should do in this case... > > > > > > > >I thought that this came from the I18N review of the document at > > > >last call, but I cannot find evidence to that effect. Can someone > > > >remember where this came from? I haven't been able to track down > > > >who sent this technique. > > > > > >-- > >Ian Jacobs (jacobs@w3.org) http://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs > >Tel: +1 831 457-2842 > >Cell: +1 917 450-8783 > > Jon Gunderson, Ph.D., ATP > Coordinator of Assistive Communication and Information Technology > Chair, W3C WAI User Agent Working Group > Division of Rehabilitation - Education Services > College of Applied Life Studies > University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign > 1207 S. Oak Street, Champaign, IL 61820 > > Voice: (217) 244-5870 > Fax: (217) 333-0248 > > E-mail: jongund@uiuc.edu > > WWW: http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~jongund > WWW: http://www.w3.org/wai/ua -- Ian Jacobs (jacobs@w3.org) http://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs Tel: +1 831 457-2842 Cell: +1 917 450-8783
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