The Multimodal Interaction Activity seeks to extend the Web to allow users to dynamically select the most appropriate mode of interaction for their current needs including any disabilities in order to enable Web application developers to provide an effective user interface for whichever modes the user selects. With multimodal Web applications, users can provide input via speech, handwriting and keystrokes, with output presented via displays, pre-recorded and synthetic speech, audio, and tactile mechanisms such as mobile phone vibrators and Braille strips.
The goal of the Multimodal Interaction Activity is to clearly define how to author concrete multimodal Web applications, for example, coupling a local GUI (e.g., HTML user agent) with a remote Speech I/F (e.g., VoiceXML user agent). The Multimodal Interaction Working Group is important as a central point of coordination within W3C for multimodal activities, and the group collaborates with other related Working Groups, e.g. Voice Browser, Scalable Vector Graphics, Compound Document Formats, Web Applications and Ubiquitous Web Applications.
The group held its F2F meeting during TPAC 2011 on October 31-November 1, 2011, and discussed the following topics:
Several participants in the Web and TV Interest Group joined the discussion on the possible collaboration between the IG and the MMI WG.
The group was relaunched on 9 January 2012. The updated charter includes stronger integration of the Web technology and CE devices with various modalities for user interfaces.
The group published the following specfications and related documents:
The group is preparing for two Proposed Recommendations, one for MMI Architecture and another for EmotionML. On the other hand, the group continues to discuss extensions for EMMA as EMMA 1.1 to support new features for multimodal applications in various environments. Also the group is publishing a Working Group Note on use cases and requirements for Modality Component discovery and registration.
The group is planning to hold the next face-to-face meeting during TPAC 2012 in Lyon.
| Group | Chair | Team Contact | Charter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Multimodal Interaction Working Group (participants) | Deborah Dahl | Kazuyuki Ashimura | Chartered until 31 July 2013 |
This Activity Statement was prepared for TPAC 2012 per section 5 of the W3C Process Document. Generated from group data.
Kazuyuki Ashimura, Multimodal Interaction Activity Lead
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