Submission request to W3C (W3C Team Comment)
which is referred to as "the submission". We request the submission be known as the device-upload submission.
Currently, HTML forms allow the producer of the form to request information, including files of data, from the operator using the form. However, this capability is limited because HTML forms don't provide a way to ask the operator to submit input from arbitrary sources such as audio devices like microphones. Since input and upload from various devices is a feature that will benefit many applications, this draft proposes an extension to the HTML INPUT type="file" form element. Motivations include language instruction assistance, voice transcription, and high-quality speech transmission under low-bandwidth conditions.
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The submission may distributed within the membership of the W3C free of any fee.
There are no points to be noted as regards licensable technology specified in the submission.
We suggest that the Consortium adopt the submission as a Recommendation, noting that it is a viable extension to HTML versions 3.2 and above. We ask that the HTML Working Group consider this submission prior to the consideration of other forms proposals for the following reasons:
To help with this work, we expect to be able to provide one non-resident document editor, expending no more than two hours per week, to the Consortium.
Should any changes be required to the document, we would expect future versions to be produced by W3C process.
Inquiries from the public or press about this submission should be directed to: James Salsman (Cisco Systems and Bovik Research Inst.), jsalsman@{cisco.com,bovik.org}, phone +1-650-967-2737.
this 2nd day of July, 1999,
John Whitehead (Cisco Systems), jfw@cisco.com, phone +1-408-527-2809