Re: ALL: Thoughts and thanks as the VBWG comes to a close REUNION?
Kazuyuki Ashimura <[email protected]> Thu, 1 Oct 2015 00:01:14 +0900
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--001a113ad0783e92430520f83674 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 11:54 PM, Dan Burnett <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, I agree with both of these suggestions as well. Even if the > www-voice list remains only as a forward to a generic W3C list, it would = be > good for the alias to remain if possible. > I talked within the W3C Team and got confirmation that we can keep the www-voice list open after closing the group :) Kazuyuki And an alumni list sounds fun :) > > -- dan > > On Sep 29, 2015, at 1:22 PM, Michael Bodell wrote: > > It would be good to keep the public list up too, since people ask > questions about recommendations on the list from time to time. The > recommendations say things like: =E2=80=9CComments for this specification= are > welcomed to [email protected] (archives).=E2=80=9D > > *From:* Kazuyuki Ashimura [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, September 29, 2015 7:20 AM > *To:* Jim Larson > *Cc:* Deborah Dahl; Jim Barnett; James Larson; [email protected]; Voice > Public List > *Subject:* Re: ALL: Thoughts and thanks as the VBWG comes to a close > REUNION? > > On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 11:08 PM, Jim Larson <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Kazuyuki, > > I think this is a great idea, would you be willing to build a public > mailing list? > > > Please let me check within the Team. > > Kazuyuki > > > > > Regards, > > -Jim > > > On 9/28/2015 9:17 PM, Kazuyuki Ashimura wrote: > > Hi Dan, Jim Larson, Jim Barnett, Debbie and all, > > I really appreciate all the great contribution made by the group > to the standardization of voice technologies, and am proud that > I could be a part of the work. > > By the way, as you know, the group is closing, and that means > the VBWG mailing lists (both the Member list and the public list) > will be also closed. > > So I think maybe it would make sense to have another ML for > the VBWG alumni to continue some more discussion, e.g, on > the possible reunion at SpeechTEK. > > What d you think? > > Maybe the ML could be a public one. > > Thanks, > > Kazuyuki > > > > On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 3:00 AM, Deborah Dahl < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Dan, > Thank you for your note and the summary of the VBWG's history and > specifications. The list of specifications that the group published is > indeed impressive, but it's even more impressive when you know, as the VB= WG > members well know, how each feature of each specification was thought > through, debated, revised, wordsmithed, and tested before it became part = of > the standard. The specifications look on the surface like a dry list of > MUST's and SHOULD's but that appearance doesn't do justice to the long > discussions and late nights in far-flung places that led to their creatio= n. > All of this hard work and care resulted in an incredible suite of standar= ds > that laid the foundation for a whole industry. I only wish Scott were sti= ll > with us today to share these final thoughts. > Jim, that's a wonderful idea to get together at SpeechTEK. I would love t= o > do that. > best, > Debbie > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Larson [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, September 28, 2015 11:24 AM > To: Dan Burnett; [email protected] (group); Voice Public List > Subject: Re: ALL: Thoughts and thanks as the VBWG comes to a close REUNIO= N? > > Thanks so much for participating in one of the most successful W3C workin= g > groups. We achieved much, had meetings at interesting places, and had > great > times. Thank you. > > Let me know if you would like to get together for a WBWG reunion at > SpeechTEK, May 23-25 in Washington DC, by indicating your availability at > one or more of these dates/times: > > Sunday evening May 22 > Monday lunch May 23 > Monday evening May 23 > Tuesday lunch May 24 > Tuesday evening May 24 > Wednesday lunch May 25 > Wednesday evening May 25 > > -Jim > > > > On 9/26/2015 8:26 AM, Dan Burnett wrote: > > To all of you who have helped in the Voice Browser Working Group over > > the years, > > > > > > The Voice Browser Working Group will be closing shortly, but before it > does, it is appropriate to say a few words about the history and > accomplishments of the WG. > > > > The Voice Browser Working Group has been one of the longest-running and > most successful working groups at W3C, both in terms of its list of > specifications and its whole-hearted adoption by its target industry. > > > > Under the leadership of Jim Larson, the group started in 1999 with a go= al > of taking the VoiceXML 1.0 specification created by IBM, Motorola, AT&T, > and > Lucent and turning it into a world-wide standard for call center > Interactive > Voice Response (IVR) application development. At the time, nearly all su= ch > development was done using proprietary software running on custom hardwar= e > systems that lived in phone company Central Office buildings. Applicatio= n > development took many months, and new features often took years to make > their way onto the hardware platforms. Additionally, Automatic Speech > Recognition (ASR, or Voice Recognition) technology suffered from a lack o= f > adopted standards, even though many of the APIs were similar at their cor= e > due to agreements in the research community. This made it difficult for > competition in the ASR space to flourish since each ASR engine had a cust= om > API that IVR application developers had to use. Meanwhile, the HTML > revolution had already resulted in web-based customer self-care, so > enterprises already had a direct line between their customers and their > back > end systems. > > Enter VoiceXML. Extending XML in the way W3C, at the time, was extendi= ng > HTML, via XML elements with associated rendering semantics, VoiceXML > created > a uniform language for IVR development that allowed enterprises to use th= e > web model of resource naming, caching, and fetching for easy integration > with their existing back-end systems. Simultaneously, it created a unifo= rm > way to use ASR engines, with a common lexical grammar language (SRGS), a > common semantic processor language (SISR), a common speech synthesis > language (SSML), a common lexicon format (PLS), and the amazing innovatio= n > of a confidence threshold value constrained to range from 0 to 100, > something considered almost impossible at the time. > > Most importantly, VoiceXML introduced the web model to the automated ca= ll > center environment, along with its associated reductions in development > cost > and time and deployment cost and time. Within a few short years > VoiceXML-based systems dominated the IVR industry, replacing all existing > custom hardware systems on the market with racks of general compute serve= rs > as we know them today. > > VoiceXML has been an unqualified success that has directly led to > continued innovations such as those from the cloud IVR industry of Twilio= , > Tropo, and others. > > > > During its lifetime the Voice Browser produced the following > specifications: > > > > Recommendations: > > ---------------- > > 2015-09-01 > > State Chart XML (SCXML): State Machine Notation for Control > > Abstraction http://www.w3.org/TR/scxml/ > > > > 2011-07-05 > > Voice Browser Call Control: CCXML Version 1.0 > > http://www.w3.org/TR/ccxml/ > > > > 2010-09-07 > > Speech Synthesis Markup Language (SSML) Version 1.1 > > http://www.w3.org/TR/speech-synthesis11/ > > > > 2008-10-14 > > Pronunciation Lexicon Specification (PLS) Version 1.0 > > http://www.w3.org/TR/pronunciation-lexicon/ > > > > 2007-06-19 > > Voice Extensible Markup Language (VoiceXML) 2.1 > > http://www.w3.org/TR/voicexml21/ > > > > 2007-04-05 > > Semantic Interpretation for Speech Recognition (SISR) Version 1.0 > > http://www.w3.org/TR/semantic-interpretation/ > > > > 2004-09-07 > > Speech Synthesis Markup Language (SSML) Version 1.0 > > http://www.w3.org/TR/speech-synthesis > > > > 2004-03-16 > > Speech Recognition Grammar Specification Version 1.0 > > http://www.w3.org/TR/speech-grammar > > > > 2004-03-16 > > Voice Extensible Markup Language (VoiceXML) Version 2.0 > > http://www.w3.org/TR/voicexml20 > > > > Group Notes: > > ------------ > > 2015-08-11 > > DOM Event I/O Processor for SCXML > > http://www.w3.org/TR/scxml-dom-iop/ > > > > 2015-08-11 > > XPath Data Model for SCXML > > http://www.w3.org/TR/scxml-xpath-dm/ > > > > 2009-12-08 > > Mobile Web for Social Development Roadmap > > http://www.w3.org/TR/mw4d-roadmap/ > > > > 2005-05-26 > > SSML 1.0 say-as attribute values > > http://www.w3.org/TR/ssml-sayas > > > > 1998-01-28 > > Voice Browsers > > http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-voice > > > > > > Working Drafts: > > ------------- > > 2010-12-16 > > Voice Extensible Markup Language (VoiceXML) 3.0 > > http://www.w3.org/TR/voicexml30/ > > > > > > I would personally like to thank all the members of the Voice Browser > > Working Group over the years, with special mention to > > - Jim Barnett and his team for helping us finish SCXML, our final > > Recommendation, > > - Kaz Ashimura for his years of dedicated work as our Team Contact, > > and > > - Jim Larson and our recently departed friend, Scott McGlashan, for the= ir > outstanding vision and leadership. > > > > Thank you. > > > > > > Dan Burnett > > Chair, Voice Browser Working Group > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Kaz Ashimura, W3C Staff Contact for Auto, WoT, TV, MMI, Voice and Geo > Tel: +81 3 3516 2504 > > > > > > > > -- > Kaz Ashimura, W3C Staff Contact for Auto, WoT, TV, MMI, Voice and Geo > Tel: +81 3 3516 2504 > > > > --=20 Kaz Ashimura, W3C Staff Contact for Auto, WoT, TV, MMI, Voice and Geo Tel: +81 3 3516 2504 --001a113ad0783e92430520f83674 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On W= ed, Sep 30, 2015 at 11:54 PM, Dan Burnett <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"= mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>></sp= an> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;= border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style=3D"word-wrap:break-= word">Yes, I agree with both of these suggestions as well.=C2=A0 Even if th= e www-voice list remains only as a forward to a generic W3C list, it would = be good for the alias to remain if possible.</div></blockquote><div><br></d= iv><div>I talked within the W3C Team and got confirmation that we can keep<= /div><div>the www-voice list open after closing the group :)</div><div><br>= </div><div>Kazuyuki</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><blockquote class=3D= "gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding= -left:1ex"><div style=3D"word-wrap:break-word"><div>And an alumni list soun= ds fun :)</div><span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888"><div><br></di= v><div>-- dan</div></font></span><div><div class=3D"h5"><div><br><div><div>= On Sep 29, 2015, at 1:22 PM, Michael Bodell wrote:</div><br><blockquote typ= e=3D"cite"><span style=3D"border-collapse:separate;font-family:Helvetica;fo= nt-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:norma= l;line-height:normal;text-align:-webkit-auto;text-indent:0px;text-transform= :none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-size:medium"><div lang=3D"EN= -US" link=3D"blue" vlink=3D"purple"><div><div style=3D"margin-top:0in;margi= n-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-fami= ly:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-fami= ly:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">It would be good to keep the pu= blic list up too, since people ask questions about recommendations on the l= ist from time to time.=C2=A0 The recommendations say things like: =E2=80=9C= Comments for this specification are welcomed to<span>=C2=A0</span><a href= =3D"mailto:[email protected]" style=3D"color:blue;text-decoration:underline"= target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a><span>=C2=A0</span>(archives).=E2=80= =9D<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in= ;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Tim= es New Roman',serif"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,= sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></span></div><div styl= e=3D"margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt= ;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><b><span style= =3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">From:</span></b><span st= yle=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span>=C2=A0</span>Ka= zuyuki Ashimura [mailto:<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank= ">[email protected]</a>]<span>=C2=A0</span><br><b>Sent:</b><span>=C2=A0</span= >Tuesday, September 29, 2015 7:20 AM<br><b>To:</b><span>=C2=A0</span>Jim La= rson<br><b>Cc:</b><span>=C2=A0</span>Deborah Dahl; Jim Barnett; James Larso= n;<span>=C2=A0</span><a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" style=3D"color:= blue;text-decoration:underline" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>; = Voice Public List<br><b>Subject:</b><span>=C2=A0</span>Re: ALL: Thoughts an= d thanks as the VBWG comes to a close REUNION?<u></u><u></u></span></div><d= iv style=3D"margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0= .0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><u></u>= =C2=A0<u></u></div><div><div><div><div style=3D"margin-top:0in;margin-right= :0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'= ;Times New Roman',serif">On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 11:08 PM, Jim Larson &= lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" style=3D"color:blue;text-decora= tion:underline" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>> wrote:<u></= u><u></u></div><blockquote style=3D"border-top-style:none;border-right-styl= e:none;border-bottom-style:none;border-width:initial;border-color:initial;b= order-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width= :1pt;padding-top:0in;padding-right:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:6pt;= margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in"><div><div><div style=3D"margin-top:0in;= margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font= -family:'Times New Roman',serif">Kazuyuki,<br><br>I think this is a= great idea, would you be willing to build a public mailing list?<u></u><u>= </u></div></div></div></blockquote><div><div style=3D"margin-top:0in;margin= -right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-famil= y:'Times New Roman',serif"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></div></div><div><di= v style=3D"margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.= 0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Please l= et me check within the Team.<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style=3D"ma= rgin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-s= ize:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u><= /div></div><div><div style=3D"margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0= in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman&#= 39;,serif">Kazuyuki<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style=3D"margin-top:= 0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;= font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></div></di= v><div><div style=3D"margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin= -bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif= ">=C2=A0<u></u><u></u></div></div><blockquote style=3D"border-top-style:non= e;border-right-style:none;border-bottom-style:none;border-width:initial;bor= der-color:initial;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204= );border-left-width:1pt;padding-top:0in;padding-right:0in;padding-bottom:0i= n;padding-left:6pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in"><div><div><div style= =3D"margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;= font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><br>Regards,<br= ><br>-Jim<u></u><u></u></div><div><div><div style=3D"margin-top:0in;margin-= right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family= :'Times New Roman',serif"><br><br>On 9/28/2015 9:17 PM, Kazuyuki As= himura wrote:<u></u><u></u></div></div></div></div><div><div><blockquote st= yle=3D"margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt"><div><div style=3D"margin-top:0in;= margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font= -family:'Times New Roman',serif">Hi Dan, Jim Larson, Jim Barnett, D= ebbie and all,<u></u><u></u></div><div><div style=3D"margin-top:0in;margin-= right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family= :'Times New Roman',serif"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></div></div><div><div= style=3D"margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0= 001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">I really = appreciate all the great contribution made by the group<u></u><u></u></div>= </div><div><div style=3D"margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;ma= rgin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',s= erif">to the standardization of voice technologies, and am proud that<u></u= ><u></u></div></div><div><div style=3D"margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;marg= in-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times Ne= w Roman',serif">I could be a part of the work.<u></u><u></u></div></div= ><div><div style=3D"margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-= bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"= ><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></div></div><div><div style=3D"margin-top:0in;margin-r= ight:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:= 'Times New Roman',serif">By the way, as you know, the group is clos= ing, and that means<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style=3D"margin-top:= 0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;= font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">the VBWG mailing lists (both t= he Member list and the public list)<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div styl= e=3D"margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt= ;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">will be also c= losed.<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style=3D"margin-top:0in;margin-ri= ght:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:&= #39;Times New Roman',serif"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></div></div><div><div s= tyle=3D"margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.000= 1pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">So I think = maybe it would make sense to have another ML for<u></u><u></u></div></div><= div><div style=3D"margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bo= ttom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">t= he VBWG alumni to continue some more discussion, e.g, on<u></u><u></u></div= ></div><div><div style=3D"margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;m= argin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',= serif">the possible reunion at SpeechTEK.<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><di= v style=3D"margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.= 0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><u></u>= =C2=A0<u></u></div></div><div><div style=3D"margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in= ;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Tim= es New Roman',serif">What d you think?<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><d= iv style=3D"margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0= .0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><u></u>= =C2=A0<u></u></div></div><div><div style=3D"margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in= ;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Tim= es New Roman',serif">Maybe the ML could be a public one.<u></u><u></u><= /div></div><div><div style=3D"margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0= in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman&#= 39;,serif"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></div></div><div><div style=3D"margin-top:0i= n;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;fo= nt-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Thanks,<u></u><u></u></div></div= ><div><div style=3D"margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-= bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"= ><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></div></div><div><div style=3D"margin-top:0in;margin-r= ight:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:= 'Times New Roman',serif">Kazuyuki<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><di= v style=3D"margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.= 0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><u></u>= =C2=A0<u></u></div></div><div><div style=3D"margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in= ;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Tim= es New Roman',serif"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></div></div></div><div><div st= yle=3D"margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001= pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><u></u>=C2= =A0<u></u></div><div><div style=3D"margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-l= eft:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Ro= man',serif">On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 3:00 AM, Deborah Dahl <<a href= =3D"mailto:[email protected]" style=3D"color:blue;text-d= ecoration:underline" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]= </a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></div><blockquote style=3D"border-top-style:no= ne;border-right-style:none;border-bottom-style:none;border-width:initial;bo= rder-color:initial;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,20= 4);border-left-width:1pt;padding-top:0in;padding-right:0in;padding-bottom:0= in;padding-left:6pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in"><p class=3D"MsoNorm= al" style=3D"margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:= 12pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Dear Dan,<= br>Thank you for your note and the summary of the VBWG's history and<br= >specifications. The list of specifications that the group published is<br>= indeed impressive, but it's even more impressive when you know, as the = VBWG<br>members well know, how each feature of each specification was thoug= ht<br>through, debated, revised, wordsmithed, and tested before it became p= art of<br>the standard. The specifications look on the surface like a dry l= ist of<br>MUST's and SHOULD's but that appearance doesn't do ju= stice to the long<br>discussions and late nights in far-flung places that l= ed to their creation.<br>All of this hard work and care resulted in an incr= edible suite of standards<br>that laid the foundation for a whole industry.= I only wish Scott were still<br>with us today to share these final thought= s.<br>Jim, that's a wonderful idea to get together at SpeechTEK. I woul= d love to<br>do that.<br>best,<br>Debbie<br><br>-----Original Message-----<= br>From: Jim Larson [mailto:<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" style= =3D"color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target=3D"_blank">jim42@larson-te= ch.com</a>]<br>Sent: Monday, September 28, 2015 11:24 AM<br>To: Dan Burnett= ;<span>=C2=A0</span><a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" style=3D"color:b= lue;text-decoration:underline" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a><sp= an>=C2=A0</span>(group); Voice Public List<br>Subject: Re: ALL: Thoughts an= d thanks as the VBWG comes to a close REUNION?<u></u><u></u></p><div><div><= p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:= 0in;margin-bottom:12pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'= ,serif">Thanks so much for participating in one of the most successful W3C = working<br>groups.=C2=A0 We achieved much, had meetings at interesting plac= es, and had great<br>times.=C2=A0 Thank you.<br><br>Let me know if you woul= d like to get together for a WBWG reunion at<br>SpeechTEK, May 23-25 in Was= hington DC, by indicating your availability at<br>one or more of these date= s/times:<br><br>Sunday evening May 22<br>Monday lunch May 23<br>Monday even= ing May 23<br>Tuesday lunch May 24<br>Tuesday evening May 24<br>Wednesday l= unch May 25<br>Wednesday evening May 25<br><br>-Jim<br><br><br><br>On 9/26/= 2015 8:26 AM, Dan Burnett wrote:<br>> To all of you who have helped in t= he Voice Browser Working Group over<br>> the years,<br>><br>><br>&= gt; The Voice Browser Working Group will be closing shortly, but before it<= br>does, it is appropriate to say a few words about the history and<br>acco= mplishments of the WG.<br>><br>> The Voice Browser Working Group has = been one of the longest-running and<br>most successful working groups at W3= C, both in terms of its list of<br>specifications and its whole-hearted ado= ption by its target industry.<br>><br>> Under the leadership of Jim L= arson, the group started in 1999 with a goal<br>of taking the VoiceXML 1.0 = specification created by IBM, Motorola, AT&T, and<br>Lucent and turning= it into a world-wide standard for call center Interactive<br>Voice Respons= e (IVR) application development.=C2=A0 At the time, nearly all such<br>deve= lopment was done using proprietary software running on custom hardware<br>s= ystems that lived in phone company Central Office buildings.=C2=A0 Applicat= ion<br>development took many months, and new features often took years to m= ake<br>their way onto the hardware platforms.=C2=A0 Additionally, Automatic= Speech<br>Recognition (ASR, or Voice Recognition) technology suffered from= a lack of<br>adopted standards, even though many of the APIs were similar = at their core<br>due to agreements in the research community.=C2=A0 This ma= de it difficult for<br>competition in the ASR space to flourish since each = ASR engine had a custom<br>API that IVR application developers had to use.= =C2=A0 Meanwhile, the HTML<br>revolution had already resulted in web-based = customer self-care, so<br>enterprises already had a direct line between the= ir customers and their back<br>end systems.<br>> Enter VoiceXML.=C2=A0 E= xtending XML in the way W3C, at the time, was extending<br>HTML, via XML el= ements with associated rendering semantics, VoiceXML created<br>a uniform l= anguage for IVR development that allowed enterprises to use the<br>web mode= l of resource naming, caching, and fetching for easy integration<br>with th= eir existing back-end systems.=C2=A0 Simultaneously, it created a uniform<b= r>way to use ASR engines, with a common lexical grammar language (SRGS), a<= br>common semantic processor language (SISR), a common speech synthesis<br>= language (SSML), a common lexicon format (PLS), and the amazing innovation<= br>of a confidence threshold value constrained to range from 0 to 100,<br>s= omething considered almost impossible at the time.<br>> Most importantly= , VoiceXML introduced the web model to the automated call<br>center environ= ment, along with its associated reductions in development cost<br>and time = and deployment cost and time. Within a few short years<br>VoiceXML-based sy= stems dominated the IVR industry, replacing all existing<br>custom hardware= systems on the market with racks of general compute servers<br>as we know = them today.<br>> VoiceXML has been an unqualified success that has direc= tly led to<br>continued innovations such as those from the cloud IVR indust= ry of Twilio,<br>Tropo, and others.<br>><br>> During its lifetime the= Voice Browser produced the following<br>specifications:<br>><br>> Re= commendations:<br>> ----------------<br>> 2015-09-01<br>> State Ch= art XML (SCXML): State Machine Notation for Control<br>> Abstraction<spa= n>=C2=A0</span><a href=3D"http://www.w3.org/TR/scxml/" style=3D"color:blue;= text-decoration:underline" target=3D"_blank">http://www.w3.org/TR/scxml/</a= ><br>><br>> 2011-07-05<br>> Voice Browser Call Control: CCXML Vers= ion 1.0<br>><span>=C2=A0</span><a href=3D"http://www.w3.org/TR/ccxml/" s= tyle=3D"color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target=3D"_blank">http://www.= w3.org/TR/ccxml/</a><br>><br>> 2010-09-07<br>> Speech Synthesis Ma= rkup Language (SSML) Version 1.1<br>><span>=C2=A0</span><a href=3D"http:= //www.w3.org/TR/speech-synthesis11/" style=3D"color:blue;text-decoration:un= derline" target=3D"_blank">http://www.w3.org/TR/speech-synthesis11/</a><br>= ><br>> 2008-10-14<br>> Pronunciation Lexicon Specification (PLS) V= ersion 1.0<br>><span>=C2=A0</span><a href=3D"http://www.w3.org/TR/pronun= ciation-lexicon/" style=3D"color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target=3D"= _blank">http://www.w3.org/TR/pronunciation-lexicon/</a><br>><br>> 200= 7-06-19<br>> Voice Extensible Markup Language (VoiceXML) 2.1<br>><spa= n>=C2=A0</span><a href=3D"http://www.w3.org/TR/voicexml21/" style=3D"color:= blue;text-decoration:underline" target=3D"_blank">http://www.w3.org/TR/voic= exml21/</a><br>><br>> 2007-04-05<br>> Semantic Interpretation for = Speech Recognition (SISR) Version 1.0<br>><span>=C2=A0</span><a href=3D"= http://www.w3.org/TR/semantic-interpretation/" style=3D"color:blue;text-dec= oration:underline" target=3D"_blank">http://www.w3.org/TR/semantic-interpre= tation/</a><br>><br>> 2004-09-07<br>> Speech Synthesis Markup Lang= uage (SSML) Version 1.0<br>><span>=C2=A0</span><a href=3D"http://www.w3.= org/TR/speech-synthesis" style=3D"color:blue;text-decoration:underline" tar= get=3D"_blank">http://www.w3.org/TR/speech-synthesis</a><br>><br>> 20= 04-03-16<br>> Speech Recognition Grammar Specification Version 1.0<br>&g= t;<span>=C2=A0</span><a href=3D"http://www.w3.org/TR/speech-grammar" style= =3D"color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target=3D"_blank">http://www.w3.o= rg/TR/speech-grammar</a><br>><br>> 2004-03-16<br>> Voice Extensibl= e Markup Language (VoiceXML) Version 2.0<br>><span>=C2=A0</span><a href= =3D"http://www.w3.org/TR/voicexml20" style=3D"color:blue;text-decoration:un= derline" target=3D"_blank">http://www.w3.org/TR/voicexml20</a><br>><br>&= gt; Group Notes:<br>> ------------<br>> 2015-08-11<br>> DOM Event = I/O Processor for SCXML<br>><span>=C2=A0</span><a href=3D"http://www.w3.= org/TR/scxml-dom-iop/" style=3D"color:blue;text-decoration:underline" targe= t=3D"_blank">http://www.w3.org/TR/scxml-dom-iop/</a><br>><br>> 2015-0= 8-11<br>> XPath Data Model for SCXML<br>><span>=C2=A0</span><a href= =3D"http://www.w3.org/TR/scxml-xpath-dm/" style=3D"color:blue;text-decorati= on:underline" target=3D"_blank">http://www.w3.org/TR/scxml-xpath-dm/</a><br= >><br>> 2009-12-08<br>> Mobile Web for Social Development Roadmap<= br>><span>=C2=A0</span><a href=3D"http://www.w3.org/TR/mw4d-roadmap/" st= yle=3D"color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target=3D"_blank">http://www.w= 3.org/TR/mw4d-roadmap/</a><br>><br>> 2005-05-26<br>> SSML 1.0 say-= as attribute values<br>><span>=C2=A0</span><a href=3D"http://www.w3.org/= TR/ssml-sayas" style=3D"color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target=3D"_bl= ank">http://www.w3.org/TR/ssml-sayas</a><br>><br>> 1998-01-28<br>>= Voice Browsers<br>><span>=C2=A0</span><a href=3D"http://www.w3.org/TR/N= OTE-voice" style=3D"color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target=3D"_blank"= >http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-voice</a><br>><br>><br>> Working Drafts= :<br>> -------------<br>> 2010-12-16<br>> Voice Extensible Markup = Language (VoiceXML) 3.0<br>><span>=C2=A0</span><a href=3D"http://www.w3.= org/TR/voicexml30/" style=3D"color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target= =3D"_blank">http://www.w3.org/TR/voicexml30/</a><br>><br>><br>> I = would personally like to thank all the members of the Voice Browser<br>>= Working Group over the years, with special mention to<br>> - Jim Barnet= t and his team for helping us finish SCXML, our final<br>> Recommendatio= n,<br>> - Kaz Ashimura for his years of dedicated work as our Team Conta= ct,<br>> and<br>> - Jim Larson and our recently departed friend, Scot= t McGlashan, for their<br>outstanding vision and leadership.<br>><br>>= ; Thank you.<br>><br>><br>> Dan Burnett<br>> Chair, Voice Brows= er Working Group<br>><br><br><br><br><br><br><u></u><u></u></p></div></d= iv></blockquote></div><div style=3D"margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-= left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New R= oman',serif"><br><br clear=3D"all"><u></u><u></u></div><div><div style= =3D"margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;= font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><u></u>=C2=A0<u= ></u></div></div><div style=3D"margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:= 0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman&= #39;,serif">--<u></u><u></u></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><= div><div><div><div><div><div style=3D"margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margi= n-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New= Roman',serif">Kaz Ashimura, W3C Staff Contact for Auto, WoT, TV, MMI, = Voice and Geo<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style=3D"margin-top:0in;ma= rgin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-f= amily:'Times New Roman',serif">Tel:<span>=C2=A0</span><a href=3D"te= l:%2B81%203%203516%202504" style=3D"color:blue;text-decoration:underline" t= arget=3D"_blank">+81 3 3516 2504</a><u></u><u></u></div></div></div></div><= div><div style=3D"margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bo= ttom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><= u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></= div></div></div></div></blockquote><div style=3D"margin-top:0in;margin-righ= t:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:= 9;Times New Roman',serif"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></div></div></div></div><= /blockquote></div><div style=3D"margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left= :0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman= ',serif"><br><br clear=3D"all"><u></u><u></u></div><div><div style=3D"m= argin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-= size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u>= </div></div><div style=3D"margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;m= argin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',= serif">--<u></u><u></u></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><= div><div><div><div><div style=3D"margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-lef= t:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roma= n',serif">Kaz Ashimura, W3C Staff Contact for Auto, WoT, TV, MMI, Voice= and Geo<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style=3D"margin-top:0in;margin-= right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family= :'Times New Roman',serif">Tel: <a href=3D"tel:%2B81%203%203516%2025= 04" value=3D"+81335162504" target=3D"_blank">+81 3 3516 2504</a><u></u><u><= /u></div></div></div></div><div><div style=3D"margin-top:0in;margin-right:0= in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'T= imes New Roman',serif"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></div></div></div></div></di= v></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></span>= </blockquote></div><br></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br><br c= lear=3D"all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class=3D"gmail_signature"><div dir= =3D"ltr"><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div dir=3D"ltr">= <div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div><div>Kaz Ashimura, W3C Staff Contact for Au= to, WoT, TV, MMI, Voice and Geo</div><div>Tel: +81 3 3516 2504</div></div><= /div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><= /div> </div></div> --001a113ad0783e92430520f83674--