[Accessibility] 03/30 Open A11y meeting minutes

[Pete Brunet]

Thanks Peter.  TDDs are real time devices.  Are TDDs being phased out? 
That would make sense with the availability of mobile devices, iPads,
netbooks, and laptops.

Peter Korn wrote:
> Pete,
>
> Real-time-text does not refer to human-speech-to-ASCII/UNICODE-text. 
> Rather, it refers to two people communicating via text, each typically
> entering text from some flavor of keyboard, with their keystrokes
> being transmitted "in real time" as they are entered.  Rather than
> only being transmitted after pressing a SEND key equivalent (e.g.
> <CR>).  This is seen as particularly important for E911 services,
> where someone might not be in a position to say everything and then
> press SEND.
>
> You could certainly hook up a dictation system to this, but that would
> be an additional layer on top of the ANPRM RTT requirement, not a part
> of it.  At least as I understand the ANPRM.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Peter Korn
> Accessibility Principal
> Oracle
>
>> Regarding the minutes, regarding the following:
>>
>> PK: ... The refresh adds a bunch of new rules. One of the notable
>> additions is real-time text for the deaf and a much more significant
>> effort on the deaf and on communication technologies
>>
>> PB: On the speech reco angle, did they talk about whether it was good
>> enough for what we want to do?
>>
>> PK: I don't remember any mention of speech recognition. The NRPM says
>> at a high level that someone without hands needs to be able to use
>> your app. Doesn't specifically mention speech recognition. Apps that
>> support audio and video chat must also support real-time text.
>>
>> This is an accurate representation of the exchange during the
>> meeting, but what I really was asking is, in the case where speech
>> reco might be used to transcribe speech, will the current (or near
>> in) state of the art of speech reco technology be able to provide
>> acceptable real-time text, considering the challenge of large
>> vocabularies, speaker independence, the variety of speakers, and
>> conversational speech?  Or do the requirements allow for the use of
>> real time human transcribers (either local or remote)?
>>
>> -- 
>> *Pete Brunet*
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