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Find out about the activities of the Spoken Presentation (previously known as Pronunciation) Task Force and how you can contribute to its objectives.
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The Spoken Presentation Task Force develops normative specifications and guidance for author-controlled pronunciation across environments, including assistive technology (AT), as opposed to relying on platform heuristics.
To learn about the focus, scope, and deliverables of the task force, see the Spoken Presentation Task Force Work Statement.
The Spoken Presentation Task Force supports the deliverables of the Accessible Platform Architectures (APA) Working Group.
For details of the current work, see:
For more information on the spoken presentation work, see:
- Pronunciation overview — an overview of W3C’s pronunciation technique
- Pronunciation video {% include_cached external.html %} — a technical demonstration of approaches for controlling pronunciation in spans of web content where uniform markup can make a difference
The Spoken Presentation Task Force welcomes input from individuals and organizations around the world on the pronunciation work.
You can contribute to the work without being a member of the task force:
- Draft Spoken Presentation resources: Review and provide feedback on drafts that are still being developed.
- Open Spoken Presentation issues: Comment on or propose solutions for open issues.
- Published Spoken Presentation resources: Let us know if there is a new issue with any of these.
Comment or raise a new issue in the Pronunciation GitHub repository or email the task force (Note: This email will go to a publicly archived mailing list).
Joining the Spoken Presentation Task Force enables you to participate fully in the development of the work and influence the deliverables. You and your organization will also be listed as contributors, where appropriate.
Being a participant involves commitment to support the work of the task force in the following ways:
- Engage actively in the work using the task force’s communication channels.
- Keep up with weekly tasks and the progress of the work — for example, via the minutes of past meetings, mailing list discussions, and GitHub issue comments.
- Give your input promptly, when it’s needed.
To become a participant in the Spoken Presentation Task Force, you must first be a member of the APA Working Group — see Instructions for joining the Accessible Platform Architectures Working Group.
Once you are a member of the APA Working Group, email the W3C staff contact for the Spoken Presentation Task Force to let them know you’d like to join the task force.
Note: As a participant in one of the APA Working Group’s task forces, you can choose to focus your time exclusively on the task force deliverables and you do not have to contribute to the working group’s other activities.
The Spoken Presentation Task Force develops and maintains the following resources for the APA Working Group:
- Pronunciation User Scenarios — Working Draft; (and latest Editor’s Draft) — provides examples of:
- end-users, including screen reader users
- content providers, including educators
- software developers, including content managements systems
- Pronunciation Gap Analysis and Use Cases — Working Draft (and latest Editor’s Draft) — provides details of the gap analysis:
- gives more contextual details
- describes required features for pronunciation and spoken presentation
- provides a gap analysis of current and proposed technologies
- describes how the required features may be met by existing approaches
- Explainer: Improving Spoken Presentation on the Web — Working Draft (and latest Editor’s Draft) — provides an overview of the work:
- briefly introduces the context for W3C work on pronunciation
- describes the advantages and disadvantages of two approaches
- poses questions for additional input
If you have a question for the Spoken Presentation Task Force, email the task force (Note: This email will go to a publicly archived mailing list).
Alternatively, you can email the W3C staff contact.