[bksvol-discuss] Re: Fw: Article: Microsoft Improves Word for the Blind

Might it also eliminate the need for the stripper?

G.Cindy

--- On Fri, 5/9/08, Darrell Shandrow <darrell.shandrow@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Darrell Shandrow <darrell.shandrow@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Fw: Article: Microsoft Improves Word for the 
> Blind
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Friday, May 9, 2008, 10:34 AM
> 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.
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