We can keep right on dreaming, right? :-) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob" <rwiley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 1:17 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Fw: Article: Microsoft Improves Word for the Blind For one, maybe it could be the beginning of the end for the dreaded Stripper. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Darrell Shandrow" <darrell.shandrow@xxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 12:34 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Fw: Article: Microsoft Improves Word for the Blind > Hi James, > > According to the way we currently handle our submission and validation > processes, I don't see where this new software has any impact on us. On > the > other hand, were we to become able to do so in the future, it would > provide > us a way to easily improve markup and user navigation using Microsoft > Word, > save out the text in DAISY format and directly submit the DAISY version > for > approval. > > I think this "Save As DAISY" option could potentially revolutionize the > ease > in which accessible content is created in the future. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <james.homme@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 10:18 AM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Fw: Article: Microsoft Improves Word for the > Blind > > > > Hi, > This came over the Blind Programming list. I'm not sure what significance > it has with Bookshare, so I thought I'd let someone else be the judge. > > Thanks. > > Jim > > ...snip... > > Today the first official release of Microsoft's "Save As > DAISY XML" translator for Word and the simultaneous release of the newest > version of the DAISY Pipeline were announced. Full details and links to > downloads, press release and related information, and support > documentation > for the Microsoft "Save As DAISY XML" add-in are available from the DAISY > Web site: > > http://www.daisy.org > > The direct link to the Microsoft Save as DAISY area is in the > Projects area of the DAISY Web site at: > > http://www.daisy.org/projects/save-as-daisy-microsoft/ > > Information, links to the DAISY Pipeline press > release, and downloads for the Pipeline are on the DAISY Pipeline project > area at: > > http://www.daisy.org/projects/pipeline/ > > Press releases for Microsoft's "Save As DAISY XML" translator are > also provided in DAISY 2.02 format. This DAISY DTB with synthetic speech > was created using the "Save As DAISY XML" translator and the DAISY > Pipeline. It is also available for download from the > Microsoft Save as DAISY XML project area referenced above. > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list > of > available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list > of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.9/1418 - Release Date: 5/6/2008 > 5:17 PM > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.