W3C Biometrics Workshop — background
January 9th, 2009 by Dan BurnettAs I sit here reviewing papers for the upcoming W3C Biometrics Workshop, it occurs to me that I should give some background for this Workshop.
The two standards organizations I’ve had the most involvement with, IETF and W3C, have been adding voice biometrics to their standards in fits and starts for several years now.
MRCPv1, a widely-implemented protocol (API) for interacting with Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) and Text-to-Speech (TTS) engines, did not contain support for Speaker Identification and Verification (SIV), but one of its extensions did.
Portions of this extension made their way into MRCPv2, the standards-track successor to MRCPv1.
The W3C Voice Browser Working Group briefly considered some SIV markup for VoiceXML 2, but there wasn’t sufficient support at the time.
Now, the Working Group is reviewing SIV features for addition to VoiceXML 3. Although the feature set of a W3C specification is not truly set until the specification reaches the Recommendation Stage, this time there appears to be sufficient interest in adding SIV primitives to the language.
To get more information from the knowledgeable public, W3C is holding a workshop to “identify and prioritize directions for SIV standards work as a means of making SIV more useful in current and emerging markets. ” The workshop will be held in early March at SRI in Menlo Park, California.
Although the paper submission deadline has passed, if you were unaware of this workshop and are dying to attend, please email member-siv-submit@w3.org as described in the Call for Participation.
Related posts:
- Greetings from Dan Burnett
- Video: Interview with Dan Burnett on being named 2008 Speech Luminary as “Man of Standards”
- IETF P2P Workshop announced for May 28, 2008 in Boston
- A great overview of SIP security issues from the 3rd ETSI Security Workshop
- IETF P2P Workshop agenda and papers now available
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January 9th, 2009 at 4:19 pm
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