- From: Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 17:56:19 -0400
- To: "Gregory J. Rosmaita" <unagi69@concentric.net>
- CC: User Agent Guidelines Emailing List <w3c-wai-ua@w3.org>, Janina Sajka <janina@afb.net>, Peter Verhoeven <pav@oce.nl>, kerscher@mail.montana.com
"Gregory J. Rosmaita" wrote: > > i propose that we adopt the average maximum speech rate of four of the most > commonly used -listed software synthesizers as the minimal requirement for > the minimal upper range for the synthesized speech rate > > Eloquence for JAWS (Eloquent Technologies) > slowest: 100 words per minute (can increase by 1 wpm increments or > by 70 wpm increments > fastest: 800 words per minute > > ViaVoice Outloud (IBM) > slowest: 70 words per minute > fastest: 700 words per minute (increases in 10 wpm increments) > > Orpheus (Dolphin Access) > slowest: 10 words per minute > fastest: 700 words per minute > > Microsoft Speech Engine (Microsoft) > slowest: 100 words per minute > fastest: 510 words per minute > > the average works out to be 677.5 words per minute, which is akin to having > 2.1 children, so i propose that we adopt 700 words per minutes as the > minimal upper range for synthesized speech [snipped remainder] I'm not comfortable with a range that high, since for 50% of the tools sampled, that's the maximum rate. I think the minimum req should be "somewhat less" than the max rate of some tools. But I'm not a pro, so I don't feel too strongly about it. -Ian -- 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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