If you build websites, you inevitably run into problems. Maybe there’s no way to achieve an aspect of your design using CSS. Or maybe there’s a device feature you really wish you could tap into using JavaScript. Or perhaps the in-browser DevTools don’t give you a key insight you need to do your job. We want to hear about it!
In these times when almost every device and platform is capable of talking to you, there is no way for authors to design the aural presentation of web content, in the way they can design the visual presentation.
Edge, Firefox, and Safari, all make it possible for someone to listen to content, and there are extensions that bring the same capability to Chrome. Users have limited choices (to change the voice, increase/decrease the speaking rate), but authors have no ability to design the voice experience itself.
This capability exists (in the form of SSML) on almost every voice enabled platform including the Amazon Echo, Google Home, and Apple Pod, where it enables authors to create rich aural experiences.
title: Support for CSS Speech date: 2023-03-03T19:20:40.209Z submitter: Léonie Watson number: 64024888675dec004ecbedce tags: [ ] discussion: https://github.com/WebWeWant/webwewant.fyi/discussions/ status: [ discussing || in-progress || complete ] related:
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In these times when almost every device and platform is capable of talking to you, there is no way for authors to design the aural presentation of web content, in the way they can design the visual presentation.
Edge, Firefox, and Safari, all make it possible for someone to listen to content, and there are extensions that bring the same capability to Chrome. Users have limited choices (to change the voice, increase/decrease the speaking rate), but authors have no ability to design the voice experience itself.
This capability exists (in the form of SSML) on almost every voice enabled platform including the Amazon Echo, Google Home, and Apple Pod, where it enables authors to create rich aural experiences.
I believe it's time the web closed the gap.
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