The link that Susan references is for the Authoring and Interchange format. The next version of DAISY uses ePub 3.0 (aka DAISY 4.0 Part B) as its distribution format, which is what most end users will end up with.
There's a brief blurb about this in the DAISY Consortium 2010 Annual Report:
"The convergence of the DAISY 4 distribution format with EPUB 3 will open up great opportunities for readers with print disabilities. It is our responsibility to continue our involvement in and influence on the implementation of fully accessible EPUB 3 in commercial e-books as well as in non-commercial information such as public information, information necessary for political decision making, and disaster preparedness information. The DAISY Consortium's endorsement of accessible EPUB 3 content will require an even greater effort by the Consortium in collaboration with print disability communities around the world, to influence the accessibility of mainstream e-book publications."
http://data.daisy.org/publications/docs//ann_report_2010/AnnualReport2010.html?q=publications/docs/ann_report_2010/AnnualReport2010.html On Jun 6, 2011, at 2:59 PM, Susan Jolly wrote:
With a growing number of apps adding "Save as DAISY" options, I'd focus first on getting BrailleBlaster to work with DAISY files. If BrailleBlaster provides unique features that users need and can't easily obtain elsewhere then that should motivate them to find some method to convert any non-DAISY files to DAISY so they can use BrailleBlaster.Another important consideration is that the next-generation DAISY XML format known as ZedAI has already been developed and is currently under review. So this is not a good time to be investing a lot of resources in the old DAISY format.You can read more here: http://www.daisy.org/zw/ZedAI_UserDocumentation SusanJ
