W3C

– DRAFT –
Voice Interaction

18 December 2024

Attendees

Present
debbie, dirk, girard, kaz
Regrets
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Chair
Debbie
Scribe
ddahl

Meeting minutes

GitHub issues

issue #41

looking at OVON Dialog Events specification

dirk: why not look at EMMA JSON?

debbie: Dialog Events assume most communication is based on natural language
… maybe we should compare EMMA JSON and Dialog Events
… we could talk about that on January 15
… no call January 1

issue # 44

dirk: error handling

review section 4, "Error Handling"

we decide to close issue #44

moving on to issue #45

dirk: still working on this

#46 is still open

#48 so far we haven't gotten a reply on this, could ask Kazuyuki

#50

debbie will look at UserML

for user settings

dirk: updating interfaces document with changes to architecture
… still working on this

this is issue number 51

dirk: introduce an "example" section

#52 improve description of GenAI

agree to close #52

compatibility of licenses for reference implementation

kaz: start with Phillipe LeHegaret

dirk: these are libraries used in our reference implementation

debbie: or we could say that this is an implementation by a member of our group, so not an official W3C implementation

kaz: similar to the Web of Things situation

possible Speech Web workshop

kaz: user-friendly smart agents on the web
… need to update descriptions, focus on use cases, requirements, update with changes to technology

<kaz> w3c/strategy#221

kaz: need to form a Program Committee to work on topics
… will update the issue on GitHub
… workshop is expected in 2025
… user-friendly smart agent would be useful for smart cities
… web of things

debbie: can you recommend some people from Web of Things

<kaz> Michael Koster, Sebastian Kaebisch, Michael McCool, Ege Korkan, etc.

kaz: requirements, use cases and pain points should be clarified

dirk: should identify some commonalities that tie all these audiences together

kaz: need to find important stakeholders from different industries

dirk: has colleague in smart cities domain

debbie: also smart cars

debbie: form provisional program committee and have a call would be the next step

kaz: will add comments to GitHub
… early next year

kaz: timeline depends on physical meeting or remote
… only a few months if remote
… or 6 months if in-person
… translation and transcription services, everyone needs to provide a video
… people should provide a brief statement, slides and video

debbie: would be in favor of remote meeting

debbie: next call is January 15
… but we don't need a call to start thinking of program committee members

kaz: usually 10 people is a good number for a Program Committee
… could have different meetings for different time zones

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