https://github.com/edent/w3c-voice-assistant-cg
Exploration and discussion of standards for voice assistants.
https://github.com/edent/w3c-voice-assistant-cg
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Exploration and discussion of standards for voice assistants.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/edent/w3c-voice-assistant-cg
- Owner: edent
- License: other
- Created: 2018-10-26T11:53:43.000Z (over 7 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2018-10-26T12:26:09.000Z (over 7 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-07-20T05:53:18.696Z (11 months ago)
- Homepage: https://www.w3.org/community/voice-assistant/
- Size: 7.81 KB
- Stars: 2
- Watchers: 3
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 1
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE.md
- Code of conduct: CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
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README
Welcome to the [Voice Assistant Standardisation Community Group](https://www.w3.org/community/voice-assistant/)!
## Problem Statment
> Hey Alexa, Bixby, Cortana, Google, Siri, etc,
> How can I write a voice skill which works across all of you?
> "I'm sorry, I didn't understand your question."
* As a product owner, I want to be able to write a service that is compatible across multiple voice assistant platforms.
* As a developer, I want to create and maintain a single code-base for an app that is compatible across multiple voice assistant platforms
* As a Government department, we need to offer access to our voice services across all platforms.
## Evidence of user need
The UK's Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency released [a Skill for Amazon's Alexa](https://dvladigital.blog.gov.uk/2018/03/27/weve-updated-our-vehicle-enquiry-alexa-skill-on-amazon/)
If you read the comments on that page from members of the public, you will see that people want the skill to be available on their voice assistant of choice.
The cost to develop a skill for multiple competing voice platforms is prohibitive for many developers.
## How to help
1. Join the [Voice Assistant Standardisation Community Group](https://www.w3.org/community/voice-assistant/)
2. Provide us with use cases, user stories, developer needs by [raising an issue here](https://github.com/edent/w3c-voice-assistant-cg/issues)
3. Discuss problems you've faced when porting a Voice Assistant Service between platforms by [raising an issue here](https://github.com/edent/w3c-voice-assistant-cg/issues)
4. Improve this README by sending a pull request
## Glossary
Please add to this!
* Voice Assistant:
* For example: Amazon Alexa, Samsung Bixby, Microsoft Cortana, Google Home, Apple Siri
* Service:
* For example: An Amazon Skill
## Licence
All documentation here will be available under [CC-BY](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
## Disclaimer
This is a community initiative. This group was originally proposed on 2018-08-08 by Léonie Watson. The following people supported its creation: Léonie Watson, Michael[tm] Smith, Terence Eden, Yuriy Ackermann, Adam Sobieski. W3C’s hosting of this group does not imply endorsement of the activities.