- From: James Craig <jcraig@apple.com>
- Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 11:37:07 -0700
- To: Richard Schwerdtfeger <schwer@us.ibm.com>
- Cc: David Bolter <david.bolter@gmail.com>, W3C WAI-XTECH <wai-xtech@w3.org>
On Aug 19, 2010, David Bolter wrote:
> What do you think about having browsers provide built-in text-to-speech
> capability to web content?
On Aug 19, 2010, Richard Schwerdtfeger wrote:
> I agree. We should have a JavaScript API for doing TTS.
There is room for Web text-to-speech in the proposal I sent to the list this morning.
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/wai-xtech/2010Aug/att-0079/UserInterfaceIndependence.html#identification
interface Speech {
// TBD, placeholder for speech-controlled user agents or assistive technology
// may need speech.synthesis and speech.recognition; each could have name/version/engine, etc.
// potential method: speech.synthesis.speak() to trigger TTS from web app
// potential method: speech.recognition.updateDictionary() to capture correct pronunciation of uncommon or app-specific words
};
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