Device Independence and Multimodal Access
by Vincent Quint

Table of contents

• Device Independence and Multimodal Access to the Web
• Introduction
• I. Voice Browsers
• Speech Recognition
• Speech Synthesis
• System Architecture
• Voice Browser Architecture
• W3C XML Markup Languages for Voice
• VoiceXML
• What does VoiceXML look like?
• What is it like to use a VoiceXML application?
• Speech Recognition Grammar
• Example Rule
• Speech Synthesis Markup Language
• Markup for Text Normalization
• Example Implementations
• II. Multimodal Interaction
• W3C multimodal working group charter
• Technical directions under consideration
• III. Device Independence
• History
• Device Independence Principles
• Authoring Framework
• Delivery Context Principles
• How does W3C (and other) Technologies fit in the framework?
• Conclusion