Support for CSS Speech

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title: Support for CSS Speech
date: 2023-03-03T19:20:40.209Z
submitter: Léonie Watson
number: 64024888675dec004ecbedce
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In these times when almost every device and platform is capable of talking to you, there is no way for authors to design the aural presentation of web content, in the way they can design the visual presentation.

Edge, Firefox, and Safari, all make it possible for someone to listen to content, and there are extensions that bring the same capability to Chrome. Users have limited choices (to change the voice, increase/decrease the speaking rate), but authors have no ability to design the voice experience itself.

This capability exists (in the form of SSML) on almost every voice enabled platform including the Amazon Echo, Google Home, and Apple Pod, where it enables authors to create rich aural experiences.

I believe it's time the web closed the gap.

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