The Multimodal Interaction Activity seeks to extend the Web to allow users to dynamically select the most appropriate mode of interaction for their current needs including any disabilities in order to enable Web application developers to provide an effective user interface for whichever modes the user selects. With multimodal Web applications, users can provide input via speech, handwriting and keystrokes, with output presented via displays, pre-recorded and synthetic speech, audio, and tactile mechanisms such as mobile phone vibrators and Braille strips.
The goal of the Multimodal Interaction Activity is to clearly define how to author concrete multimodal Web applications, for example, coupling a local GUI (e.g., HTML user agent) with a remote Speech I/F (e.g., VoiceXML user agent). The Multimodal Interaction Working Group is important as a central point of coordination within W3C for multimodal activities, and the group collaborates with other related Working Groups, e.g. Voice Browser, Scalable Vector Graphics, Compound Document Formats, Web Applications and Ubiquitous Web Applications.
The group published Multimodal Architecture and Interfaces (MMI Architecture) as a W3C Proposed Recommendation on 12 January 2012 and as a W3C Recommendation on 25 October 2012. Also the group published Registration & Discovery of Multimodal Modality Components in Multimodal Systems: Use Cases and Requirements as a Working Group Note on5 July 2012.
The group is preparing for the Proposed Recommendations of EmotionML, and will continue the discussion on EMMA 1.1 to support new features for multimodal applications in various environments.
The group will hold the next face-to-face meeting during TPAC 2012 in Lyon and discuss issues on EMMA 1.1 and MMI Modality Component discovery. Also the group is planning to hold joint meetings with the Indie UI WG and the Web-based Signage BG.
| Group | Chair | Team Contact | Charter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Multimodal Interaction Working Group (participants) | Deborah Dahl | Kazuyuki Ashimura | Chartered until 31 July 2013 |
This Activity Statement was prepared for TPAC 2012 per section 5 of the W3C Process Document. Generated from group data.
Kazuyuki Ashimura, Multimodal Interaction Activity Lead
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