[Accessibility] 03/30 Open A11y meeting minutes

[Peter Korn]

Pete,

Whether or not TDDs are being phased out (or simply falling into 
disuse), key is that there's all these new, non-analog technologies with 
which TDDs cannot interoperate.  So some other mechanism is needed for 
real-time-text communication in those mediums.

Regards,

Peter Korn
Accessibility Principal
Oracle

> 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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