[fdo] Re: TTS API

[Milan Zamazal]

>>>>> "WW" == Willie Walker <William.Walker at Sun.COM> writes:

    WW> The main requirement should be that the time between issuing a
    WW> cancel request and the time the next speak request is handled
    WW> should be "very short."  

I see, right.

    WW> One would hope.  In the past month, however, I've seen evidence
    WW> to the contrary.

[...]

    WW> Perhaps as an addendum to the requirements document, we need to
    WW> make a list of assumptions.  One such assumption is this one.

Good remark.  We should probably include a summary of what this
particular specification doesn't try to solve and what it assumes.

    WW> VoiceXML is the overall arching specification.  It is the
    WW> language one uses to define the speech dialog.  There are many
    WW> facets to a dialog, including defining what people can say over
    WW> the course of the dialog and what the system says to the user.
    WW> Many of these facets are defined by sub-specs.  For example, the
    WW> W3C Speech Synthesis Markup Language (SSML) is used for speech
    WW> synthesis, and the Speech Recognition Grammar Specification
    WW> (SRGS) is for speech recognition.

    WW> The main point is that SSML can stand alone and does not have
    WW> dependencies on the other specs.  

I understand now, thanks for clarification.

Regards,

Milan Zamazal

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