We pronounce the acronym W-A-I as “way”, but #ScreenReaders and voice assistants often pronounce it “why”. e-#GAAD If only we could define how to pronounce it…
This is one example of the reason for W3C work on pronunciation standards. There are more serious examples. (1/3)#a11y
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The @W3C WAI Pronunciation Task Force has been exploring this from multiple perspectives: users, content providers, voice assistant developers (“implementors”). For an intro to the issues and links to analysis documents, see:
Pronunciation Overview
w3.org/WAI/pronunciation/
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We have defined 2 technical approaches for author-controlled pronunciation in:
Specification for Spoken Presentation in HTML
w3.org/TR/spoken-html/
Now we would like more input on which approach to refine into a @W3C Standard.
#PersonalAssistant #SmartSpeaker #ScreenReader 3/3
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