- From: T.V Raman <raman@google.com>
- Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:42:10 -0700
- To: jcraig@apple.com
- Cc: schwer@us.ibm.com, david.bolter@gmail.com, wai-xtech@w3.org
James,
Note that there is a new XG under formation --HTMLSpeech ---
that you might find worthwhile joining.
James Craig writes:
> 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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--raman
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