- From: Phill Jenkins/Austin/IBM <pjenkins@us.ibm.com>
- Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 20:09:02 -0500
- To: w3c-wai-ua@w3.org
- Cc: "Richard Schwerdtfeger/Austin/IBM" <schwer@us.ibm.com>
Checkpoint 4.14 Allow the user to configure synthesized voice gender, pitch, pitch range, stress, richness, and control of spelling, punctuation, and number processing according to the full range of values offered by the speech synthesizer. P2. The list of options is too long and if all are supported at the same time will add complexity and confusion to the user. Complexity and ease-of use needs to be considered. For example: 1. Gender and Age settings are a superset of pitch, stress, and richness. It would be complex and confusing to try to allow both settings. 2. Spelling and punctuation is simple. 3. Number processing is complex and dependent on the synthesizer. Exposing a UI to the users would not add to the capability of the synthesizer. Regards, Phill Jenkins IBM Research Division - Accessibility Center
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