The IESG has approved the Internet-Draft 'RTP Payload for Text Conversation' as a Proposed Standard. This document is the product of the Audio/Video Transport Working Group. The IESG contact persons are Scott Bradner and Vern Paxson. Technical Summary This document defines a way to carry low-rate text in RTP packets, in accordance with ITU-T Recommendation T.140. The payload format provides for non-duplicated, in-order delivery, with loss detection and optional limited loss recovery via redundancy. Working Group Summary The initial draft was revised as a result of input from the working group and there is good working group consensus for publishing the document. Protocol Quality Vern Paxson reviewed the the spec for the IESG. Note to RFC Editor: The IESG requests that the Revision History section at the end of the document be removed prior to publication as an RFC.