- From: Gregory J. Rosmaita <unagi69@concentric.net>
- Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 02:12:57 -0400
- To: User Agent Guidelines Emailing List <w3c-wai-ua@w3.org>
CURRENT UAAG CHECKPOINT 4.12 (29 September 2000 draft) Allow the user to configure and control synthesized speech playback rate according to the full range offered by the speech synthesizer. The lower bound for this range must be at most 120 words per minute. The upper bound for this range must be at least 400 words per minute. The user must be able to increase or decrease the playback rate in increments of 5% of the current playback rate. [Priority 1] END CURRENT OBJECTION: Minimum maximum rate cited in UAAG Checkpoint 4.15 is too slow. RATIONALE: Based upon my research into the capacities of the most commonly deployed speech engines, the average maximum speech rate works out to be 677.5 words per minute, which, as i noted in my post, archived at: (long URI warning) <http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ua/2000AprJun/0482.html> is akin to having 2.1 children, so i re-propose that we adopt either 600 or 650 words per minute (which, in my opinion, is a conservative minimum maximum) or that we adopt 700 words per minute (a more useful and practical maximum) as the minimal upper range for synthesized speech. i'd still like supplemental speech users, such as low vision and dyslexic users, as well as any other speech output users to weigh in on this issue, as well... gregory -------------------------------------------------------------------- ABSURDITY, n. A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion. -- Ambrose Bierce, _The Devils' Dictionary_ -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gregory J. Rosmaita, <unagi69@concentric.net> Camera Obscura: http://www.hicom.net/~oedipus/index.html VICUG NYC: http://www.hicom.net/~oedipus/vicug/index.html Read 'Em & Speak: http://www.hicom.net/~oedipus/books/index.html --------------------------------------------------------------------
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