[bksvol-discuss] DAISY
- From: "Pratik Patel" <pratikp1@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 17:45:23 -0400
Cindy,
DAISY, as was explained, stands for Digital Accessible Information Systems.
It is a set of structural specifications that allow marking of texts in very
specific manner so that those individuals who have disabilities such as
blindness and partial site as well as various other print disabilities can
understand the structure of books. The DAISY specification allows books to
be marked up in such a way in electronic formats that various structural
components as footnotes, charts, tables, side bars, illustrations, indices,
page numbers, headings, and sections can be readily apparent. Various DAISY
players also allow easy navigation between these components and allow users
to move forward and backward without having to waste time. There are six
different types of DAISY files; Bookshare uses text-only DAISY files.
Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic (RFB&D) uses audio-only DAISY.
Pratik Patel
Interim Director
Office of Special Services
Queens College
Director
CUNY Assistive Technology Services
The City University of New York
ppatel@xxxxxx
-----Original Message-----
From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Cindy
Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 1:56 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: the apple tree and other stories
Good luck, Dave. BTW, what is Daisy? I know it's an
alternate way of reading, but I've never asked before.
I gather it's not Braille; is it audio? THe trouble
with eats, shoots is that there's no way to tell the
difference between proper and improper ways of using
the apostrophe (though that section is really funny
--the author writes with wonderful humor) unless the
punctuationis turned on, which I would think is relaly
annoying -- or to hve a sighted friend or spouse read
it aloud.
Cindy
-- talmage@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hi Cindy,
>
> Not too teacherish, but you have caused me to want
> to re-read the copy of
> "Eats, Shoots & Leaves," that you cleaned up. In
> particular, I wanted to
> go over the sections on hyphens and apostrophes
> again. This time I even
> downloaded the Daisy version, so in converting it to
> TXT I wouldn't
> introduce the conversion errors that I had last time
> when I back translated
> from BRF.
> Thanks for your efforts in cleaning up that one.
>
> Dave
>
> At 01:57 AM 6/24/2005, you wrote:
> >Yes, hyphens shold be eliminated, ,even when they
> are
> >at the end of a sentence or the end of a page.
> Close
> >up the word and put it on one lineor page or the
> >other. EM dashes -- wich separate phrases, should
> be
> >reatined, however.
> >
> >Some compound words, however, that are now put
> >together used to be hyphenated, and they should
> remain
> >hyphenated. An example might be place-cards
> insread
> >of placecards, or make-up (cosmetics) instead of
> >makeup. And, of course, compund words when they
> are
> >adjectives instead of by themselves ae hyphenated,
> >e.g., sixteen-ton truck.
> >
> >I'm afraid my examples aren't very good -- maybe
> >make-up is always hyphenated, but you get the idea.
> >Where i owuld be confusing to have the words
> >together, because they voice reader might read them
> >incorrectly, e.g., reestablish instead of
> >re-establish, a hyphen is helpful.
> >
> >I hope I don't sound too "teacherish".
> >
> >Cindy
>
>
>
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