PubCG is looking to standardize mainstream speech equivalent "reader" functionality

[cookiecrook]

Hard to know what the scope is since I haven't been in the convos, but it's clearly not a "screen reader" (for the blind) use case... Where the boundary overlaps between this and other native accessibility features (like speak screen) is less clear.

https://github.com/w3c/publishingcg/issues/69 https://www.w3.org/2024/02/05-epub-fxl-minutes.html

There's also some overlap with ARIA work regarding text equivalents, but not specific to label or description.

Also overlap with the CSS algo for converting to plaintext. https://www.w3.org/TR/css-text-4/#plaintext