Co-chair of this workshop & W3C Voice Browser Working Group
First of all
Welcome to the second SSML Workshop in Greece!
Please enjoy the Workshp and Greece!
Workshop at Knossos
What is expected to this Workshop?
Following the first Workshop in Beijing
Speech Experts from Asian and Western countries participated
Various extensions and additions to SSML for rendering
non-English languages
are identified and prioritized
e.g. Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Polish, etc.
Need to invite more experts on various languages
and solicit additional suggestions on various languages
In order to increase the use of SSML for
other non-English languages
e.g. Indian, Syrian, Arabic, Hungarian, Polish, Finish, Slovenian, etc.
Why?
The Web is not only for English-native people but for everyone in the world.
We should consider international connection services between many countries.
So SSML should provide various features for multi languages all over the world.
Enhancements for non-English languages makes SSML more useful
In current and emerging markets: China, Korea, India, ... all over the world!
Better pronunciation and prosody are essential for richer synthesis.
And non-English speech synthesis tecnology includes lots of useful hints.
Logistics
Equipment
Wifi access
White board for discussion
Breaks twice a day
Refreshment served
Lunch
served at FORTH Cafeteria
Dinner
30 May: 18:30-20:30
Shuttle bus will leave FORTH 18:00 to the restaurant
