<html xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:yottzumm@gmail.com">John Carlson</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Wednesday, June 16, 2021 1:53 PM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:x3d-public@web3d.org">X3D Graphics public mailing list</a><br><b>Subject: </b>[x3d-public] Wishlist: text interpolator (accessibility)</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I wish for animated 3D text as an interpolator node in X3D. I don’t know if I want morphing or not. There’s an issues of animating a letter between fonts and morphing between letters/words alongside the already existing transforms.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I’m guessing I need a new standard to be integrated into X3D, or does one exist? Is anyone interested in this, or do we need advancement in HAnim first?</p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Ultimately, I think sign language would fall into this. One might consider how a text interpolator might be modified for accessibility. (morph-based spatial “audio”?)</p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>One might also consider shape interpolators (morphing).</p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hopefully we could leverage alphabets like ISWA.</p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>John</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>