Hello again,
>
>> Coming to section 2.3 on Audio, I have already stated on this ML
>> (http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/vmeet/current/msg00548.html) that I
>> strongly believe the priorities you identify in the document are not in the
>> right order. I cannot think of a 'future' RPS which is not capable of
>> reliably supporting audio from remote attendees (both those who have to give
>> presentations and those who just want to make sporadic comments). I know
>> this brings in some technical obstacles, but I nonetheless insist on this
>> point.
>> With respect to the specific requirements you identify:
>>
>> **Requirement 07-20**: The RPS MUST enable relay of messages from IM
>> to the mic to be able to happen as quickly as if the remote attendee
>> was local.
>>
>>
>> It is not clear to me what you mean by "as quickly as if the remote attendee
>> was local".
>> From a technical standpoint, this should translate in something similar to
>> what I was proposing in the already cited mail, i.e. a solution which
>> automatically announces a request for attention coming, via the jabber room,
>> from a remote: in a few words, if a remote writes a sentence in the chat and
>> lets it be preceded by the [mic] prefix, the RPS should automatically play a
>> predefined 'attention sound' inside the room.
>>
>> **Requirement 07-21**: The person relaying from IM to the mic must be
>> available throughout the WG meeting. To date, this has been done by
>> WG volunteers in the room. In the future, it could be done the same
>> way, or maybe could be facilitated by hiring people to attend
>> meetings for the specific purpose of being IM-to-mic scribes,
>>
>>
>> this part seems to be out of scope for the RPS
>> or maybe could be done with tools that allow copy-and-paste of text from
>> IM to a speech synthesizer that reads it to the room.
>
> There was consensus in the earlier discussion against what you "strongly
> believe". You might want to bring this up again in IETF Last Call. If there
> is consensus then that having remote attendees voice in the room, then there
> will also need to be a major reworking of the document, particularly the
> floor control parts (as you point out later in your message).
I see. If this was the consensus, then my voice will keep on being "clamans in
deserto" until last call.
Simon
>
> --Paul Hoffman
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