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added x- alphabet support in addition to IPA
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<h1 id=top>CSS3 Speech Module</h1>
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<h2 class="no-num no-toc" id=longstatus-date>Editor's Draft 18 January
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<h2 class="no-num no-toc" id=longstatus-date>Editor's Draft 19 January
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2011</h2>
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<dl>
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<dt>This version:
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<dd><!--<a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-css3-speech-20110118">http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/ED-css3-speech-20110118</a>-->
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<dd><!--<a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-css3-speech-20110119">http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/ED-css3-speech-20110119</a>-->
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<a
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href="http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css3-speech">http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css3-speech</a>
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<h3 id=phonetic-alphabet><span class=secno>12.1. </span>@phonetic-alphabet</h3>
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<p>The default alphabet for the pronunciation string of the &lsquo;<a
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href="#phonemes"><code class=property>phonemes</code></a>&rsquo; property
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is the International Phonetic Alphabet ("ipa"), corresponding to Unicode
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representations of the phonetic characters developed by the International
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Phonetic Association [<a href="#IPA">IPA</a>]. The phonetic alphabet can
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be explicitly specified using the <a
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href="#phonetic-alphabet">&lsquo;<code
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class=css>@phonetic-alphabet</code>&rsquo;</a> rule, for instance:
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<p> A phonetic alphabet is a collection of symbols that represent the
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sounds of one or more human languages. The default alphabet for the
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pronunciation string of the &lsquo;<a href="#phonemes"><code
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class=property>phonemes</code></a>&rsquo; property is the International
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Phonetic Alphabet ("ipa"), corresponding to Unicode representations of the
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phonetic characters developed by the International Phonetic Association
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[<a href="#IPA">IPA</a>]. The phonetic alphabet can be explicitly
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specified using the <a href="#phonetic-alphabet">&lsquo;<code
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class=css>@phonetic-alphabet</code>&rsquo;</a> rule.
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<p class=note>Editor's note: The alphabet is specified via an at-rule to
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avoid problems with inappropriate cascades that can occur if the alphabet
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was set via a property.
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<div class=example>
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class=css>@phonetic-alphabet</code>&rsquo;</a> rule may appear in style
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sheet and it must appear, when used, before any occurrence of the
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&lsquo;<a href="#phonemes"><code class=property>phonemes</code></a>&rsquo;
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property.
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<p class=issue>ISSUE: we do not mention any other possible value for <a
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href="#phonetic-alphabet">&lsquo;<code
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class=css>@phonetic-alphabet</code>&rsquo;</a>. SSML 1.0 defines "ipa" to
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be the only valid value - any other value should be added with the "x-"
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prefix. Do we want to follow this? Or do we allow some other values? SAMPA
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comes to my mind as a widely used ASCII alternative to IPA, but then:
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SAMPA is language dependent, and it might be better to have X-SAMPA.
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<p class=note>Editor's note: The alphabet is specified via an at-rule to
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avoid problems with inappropriate cascades that can occur if the alphabet
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was set via a property.
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property. The only valid values are the default "ipa" phonetic alphabet,
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and vendor-specific strings such as "x-organization" or
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"x-organization-alphabet".</p>
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<!-- p class="issue">ISSUE: we do not mention any other possible value
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for <a href="#phonetic-alphabet">&lsquo;<code class=css>@phonetic-alphabet</code>&rsquo;</a>.
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SSML 1.0 defines "ipa" to be the only valid
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value - any other value should be added with the "x-" prefix. Do we
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want to follow this? Or do we allow some other values? SAMPA comes
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to my mind as a widely used ASCII alternative to IPA, but then: SAMPA
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is language dependent, and it might be better to have X-SAMPA.</p -->
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<h2 id=content><span class=secno>13. </span>Inserted and replaced content
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use-cases do not relate to pronunciation rules (this is actually more
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similar to audio cues, only applied with text rather than audio files)
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<li>Added prose to explicitly support alphabet other than IPA, via the
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"x-" vendor-specific prefix.
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<li>Reworked HTML source code to work with the <a
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href="http://cgi.w3.org/member-bin/process.cgi">members-only W3C
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pre-processor/generator</a>

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<p>The default alphabet for the pronunciation string of the
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<p>
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A phonetic alphabet is a collection of symbols that represent the sounds of one or more human languages.
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The default alphabet for the pronunciation string of the
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'phonemes' property is the International Phonetic
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Alphabet ("ipa"), corresponding to Unicode representations of the phonetic
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characters developed by the International Phonetic Association
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[<a href="#IPA">IPA</a>]. The phonetic alphabet can be explicitly specified
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using the <a href="#phonetic-alphabet">'@phonetic-alphabet'</a> rule, for instance:</p>
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[<a href="#IPA">IPA</a>].
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The phonetic alphabet can be explicitly specified
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using the <a href="#phonetic-alphabet">'@phonetic-alphabet'</a> rule.</p>
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<p class="note">Editor's note: The alphabet is specified via an
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at-rule to avoid problems with inappropriate cascades that can
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occur if the alphabet was set via a property.</p>
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<div class="example">
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<p>At most one <a href="#phonetic-alphabet">'@phonetic-alphabet'</a> rule may appear in style sheet and it
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must appear, when used, before any occurrence of the 'phonemes' property.</p>
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must appear, when used, before any occurrence of the 'phonemes' property.
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The only valid values are the default "ipa" phonetic alphabet,
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and vendor-specific strings such as "x-organization" or "x-organization-alphabet".
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</p>
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<p class="issue">ISSUE: we do not mention any other possible value
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for <a href="#phonetic-alphabet">'@phonetic-alphabet'</a>.
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SSML 1.0 defines "ipa" to be the only valid
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value - any other value should be added with the "x-" prefix. Do we
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want to follow this? Or do we allow some other values? SAMPA comes
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to my mind as a widely used ASCII alternative to IPA, but then: SAMPA
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is language dependent, and it might be better to have X-SAMPA.</p>
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<p class="note">Editor's note: The alphabet is specified via an
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at-rule to avoid problems with inappropriate cascades that can
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is language dependent, and it might be better to have X-SAMPA.</p -->
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<li>Removed issue about the 'sub' SSML element given that the CSS "content" replacement functionality addresses the same requirement.</li>
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<li>Added reference to "time" values syntax (s, ms) for 'voice-duration'.</li>
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<li>Moved "content" outside of "phonetics", as the ::before and ::after use-cases do not relate to pronunciation rules (this is actually more similar to audio cues, only applied with text rather than audio files)</li>
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<li>Added prose to explicitly support alphabet other than IPA, via the "x-" vendor-specific prefix.</li>
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<li>Reworked HTML source code to work with the <a href="http://cgi.w3.org/member-bin/process.cgi">members-only W3C pre-processor/generator</a></li>
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<li>Harmonized all hyperlinks so that CSS properties get auto-linked by the pre-processor</li>
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