- From: Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 16:56:27 -0400
- To: Charles McCathieNevile <charles@w3.org>
- CC: "Gregory J. Rosmaita" <unagi69@concentric.net>, User Agent Guidelines Emailing List <w3c-wai-ua@w3.org>
Charles McCathieNevile wrote: > > The way I read Ian's proposal, was taht he was going to propose requirements > for other features of voice such as thosse already included in CSS - it was > just the vague requirement for "other features in general" that was being > removed. Yes, that is correct. - Ian > On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, Gregory J. Rosmaita wrote: > > aloha, ian! > > i agree with your proposal, save for your caveat: > > quote > IMPORTANT: I propose that we delete "and other articulation > characteristics" from checkpoint 4.11 since that makes it > much harder to specify minimal requirements. > unquote > > it wouldn't be much harder to specify minimal requirements for "other > articulation characteristics" if you simply applied the same implementation > example to that phrase that you used for volume -- the aural media rules of > CSS2... the minimal requirements for "other articulation characteristics" > should be those listed as "speech characteristics" [1] in chapter 19 of the > CSS2 recommendation that aren't already highlighted by separate UAAG > checkpoints -- namely: > > voice-family; > stress; > and richness > > the minimal requirements should also list equivalents for CSS2's > "speak-properties" [2]: > > speak-punctuation and speak-number > > and for CSS2's "speaking-properties" [3] > > normal, none, and spell-out > > as well as the "pause" properties [4] > > pause-before and pause-after > > all of which are elemental aspects of a speech synthesis engine... cueing > is pretty damn important, as well, but i think that i'd settle for the > above as "minimal", although i'd prefer a self-voicing UA to also implement > some sort of cue-before and cue-after configuration option, as well as a > play-during configuration and control > > gregory. > > References > [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/aural.html#voice-char-props > [2] http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/aural.html#speech-props > [3] http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/aural.html#speaking-props > [4] http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/aural.html#pause-props > > > -- > Charles McCathieNevile mailto:charles@w3.org phone: +61 (0) 409 134 136 > W3C Web Accessibility Initiative http://www.w3.org/WAI > Location: I-cubed, 110 Victoria Street, Carlton VIC 3053 > Postal: GPO Box 2476V, Melbourne 3001, Australia -- 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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