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Speech Technologies White Paper A Platform for the Future Because technology and ideas are not static, much time and thought has gone into creating a platform that will last far beyond the lifespan of any one project. This project's architecture allows future teams to extend the capabilities of the application (and other, yet-to-be-seen applications) in a modular fashion. Some possible extensions that we can imagine for the near future include: Improving speech synthesis with technology such as Expressive Speech Synthesis. Integrating "talking heads" on-screen that match speech to facial expressions and mouth movements. Integrating the use of other visual standards, such as Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG). Incorporating handwriting technologies using InkML. Adding other modalities such as gaze tracking, body attitude and touch. Incorporate upcoming standards such as Extended Multimodal Annotation (EMMA), Semantic Interpretation Mark-Up Language and Speech Synthesis Markup Language (SSML). Incorporate the latest microphone technology.