[bksvol-discuss] Re: More on this MSWord Plug in.
- From: "groups Warford" <groups_warford@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 08:35:28 -0500
Thank you, Josh, for this information as well as for the info you provided
about the book fair!
Take care!
Cindy 4
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Josh Swatosh
Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 4:14 PM
To: Bookshare
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] More on this MSWord Plug in.
From: Lynn Leith
Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 10:45 AM
Subject: RE: Microsoft Word files to serve as talking books
Hello Elsa and BlindNews list members,
Your posting to the BlindNews Mailing List about "Save As DAISY" was
forwarded to me. I would like to clarify several points. If you or others on
the list have any questions about this collaborative project or the plug-in
that will be developed, please feel free to contact me directly at
lynn.leith@xxxxxxxxxx
This is a joint development effort between the DAISY Consortium and
Microsoft. SourceForge is a site which hosts open source development
projects, it has no other role in the project. The file that will be
generated from the "Save As DAISY" free downloadable plug-in for Word, will
be a DTBook file (DAISY XML), which is the XML file from which DAISY books
and other accessible formats such as braille can be created. There are tools
available for this transformation. DTBook files themselves are not DAISY
books and do not contain the full DAISY book file set.
The authoritative information statement concerning the announcement is as
follows:
"Today Microsoft Corp. and the Digital Accessible Information SYstem (DAISY)
Consortium announced a joint standards-based development project that will
make it possible for computer users who are blind or print disabled to make
better use of assistive technology in their daily lives. A reference model
for other Open XML solution providers, this open technical collaboration
project on SourceForge.net will yield a free, downloadable plug-in for
Microsoft Office Word that can convert Open XML-based documents into DAISY
XML, the foundation of the globally accepted DAISY Standard for reading and
publishing navigable multimedia content. The Board, membership and staff of
the DAISY Consortium welcome this opportunity to collaborate with Microsoft
and we look forward to the release of "Save As DAISY XML" early next year.
Additional information is available on the DAISY Web site and from
Microsoft. Important links are:
The DAISY Planet newsletter:
http://www.daisy.org/news/newsletters/planet-2007-11.shtml
DAISY News item: http://www.daisy.org/news/index.shtml#newsitem339
Microsoft Press Release:
http://www.daisy.org/news/attachments/MS-Save-As-DAISY-pressrelease.doc
Microsoft Press Pass Feature:
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2007/nov07/11-13daisy.mspx "
I hope that this clearly explains exactly what this project is and what the
outcome will be. Again, if you have any questions, please contact me
directly.
Kind regards,
Lynn
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Lynn Leith,
Head of Information Services and Administrative Support,
DAISY Consortium,
Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
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