W3C

– DRAFT –
Voice Interaction Community Group

02 November 2022

Attendees

Present
bev, debbie, jim, noreen
Regrets
dirk, jon
Chair
debbie
Scribe
ddahl

Meeting minutes

Web-based Digital Twins for Smart Cities Interest Group on GitHub: https://github.com/w3c/smartcities-workshop/tree/main/draft-charter (rendered version: https://w3c.github.io/smartcities-workshop/draft-charter/index.html [1])

draft charter for W3C Smart Cities

requirements

6. It MUST be possible to forward requests from one IPA to another with the same architecture, omitting the client layer

jim: let's talk about 2. Specialized virtual assistants MUST be able to provide enterprise-specific information

jim: not all IPA's should have to provide a Client

noreen: it should also be able to use a voice interface

jim: thinking about an IPA acting as a service
… like math functions, time of day, weather

noreen: or the IPA sends a message to a client

change 8. IPA's MAY include a Client layer from MUST

how about 9. IPA's MUST include a Dialog layer?

number 10 should stay "MAY"

1. The IPA Client MUST be activated by means of a Client Activation Strategy.

jim: hand gestures?

debbie: always on?

noreen: it needs to be minimally active even to notice hotwords

jim: timer
… the alarm goes off and it starts producing stuff that you can hear

debbie: like a clock radio that you can talk to

debbie: we could add these to the document
… in Client Activation Strategy

jim: leave open-ended

noreen: should add "deactivation" to the Client Activation section
… you want to be able to tell it not to accept any external commands while deactivated

jim: are there levels of activation?

bev: in a security environment there are levels of activation

debbie: what are the levels of activation?

noreen: only local activation

bev: only local network

jim: active for some people but not others
… children, employees

debbie: only listening for hotwords

bev: segmentation is parts of the network, not the main network

debbie: resume at section 3.1.3, number 1

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