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W3C looks at next-gen voice technologies

The World Wide Web Consortium on Tuesday said the next generation of VoiceXML will include specifications for speaker verification. Read more »

Web standards gain voice

Web developers are being called on for feedback, after the release of a speech recognition grammar from the World Wide Web Consortium. Read more »

XML spec moves ahead despite gripes

The World Wide Web Consortium has been accused of favouring IBM through its decision to advance XML 1.1 Read more »

Opera's browser finds its voice

Norway-based Opera is adding voice control to its eponymous browser, allowing users to browse the Web by talking to their PC and have the contents of Web sites read back to them. Read more »

Language barriers may stifle Web future

The lack of backwards compatibility between the Web scripting language XHTML 2.0 and its HTML predecessors could make billions of Web pages obsolete, experts fear. Read more »

E-forms standard finalised

The main standards body for the Web released the final specification this week for XForms, a standard that will compete in the growing market for electronic forms. Read more »

Adobe aquire Macromedia

With its US$3.4 billion acquisition of Macromedia, Adobe Systems is buying into a crucial battle to shape the next generation of Web application development. Read more »

Features (24)

Get started with Web vector graphics

At the Web Directions South conference in Sydney, Dmitry Baranovskiy presented "Web Vector Graphics", giving an overview of the models available for creating vector graphics on the Web and tools to make them render correctly in all browsers. Read more »

W3C members: Do as we say, not as we do

A simple study points out that less than 5 percent of the premier Web standards group's own members follow consortium protocols in building their own Web pages. Read more »

Web spec labels XML parts

The World Wide Web Consortium recommends XPointer, which is designed to identify discrete sections of a document that uses the Extensible Markup Language. Read more »

XML and Unicode: Mix with care

The character set that lets computers write in every language from Czech to Chinese could make Web browsers tongue-tied, two standards groups have warned. Read more »

Add XML functionality to your Flash movies

You already know that XML enables data to move easily between applications. Now see how you can integrate XML and Flash for some powerful effects. Read more »

Draw and annotate in your browser using SVG

SVG is a language for describing 2-D graphics in XML, and it lets you treat a browser like a drawing or painting tool. Although not supported by current browsers, SVG functionality is available via free plug-ins. This tutorial puts SVG through its paces. Read more »

HTML 5: A change in course... straight for the iceberg

The W3C recently released a working draft specification for HTML 5. In its current iteration, this is the worst specification I have ever read. Read more »

Can you be a self-respecting Web developer without knowing HTML?

I can't accept a so-called Web developer who doesn't fully understand the technology used to create their applications. Do you think a Web developer is doomed if he doesn't know HTML? Read more »

The Remedial XML series

Now you can download Builder.com's "Remedial XML" series compiled into one easy-to-read document. Here is a walk through the basics of XML. Read more »

Making the switch to XHTML

Learn how to make the switch from HTML to XHTML and take advantage of advanced XHTML features. Read more »

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