I'd like to create an mp3 file that is staandalone. I'd want to listen to it on the PC. I mentioned AMIS because it was one of the open source tools used for playback that was on the daisy list. I'm starting with an MS Word/Open Office document that has a TOC and a number of chapters. Pretty small (just to test). I want the user to be able to listen to the TOC and navigate, with bookmarks through the file. Ifelt that AMIS could be used to playback with navigation. Do I need an authoring tool? I began to look at Urakawa OBI which is also open source. Is this what I need? Arnold On Mon, May 26, 2008 at 5:22 PM, Lloyd Rasmussen <lras@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > What do you plan to do with the MP3 file? Play it standalone on any MP3 > player? AMIS is not an authoring tool, but a player. It can play > text-only > Daisy documents through various speech synthesizers on your computer, but > it > doesn't convert anything. > > Lloyd Rasmussen, Kensington, Maryland > Home: http://lras.home.sprynet.com > Work: http://www.loc.gov/nls > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:programmingblind- > > bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Arnold Bailey > > Sent: Monday, May 26, 2008 3:53 PM > > To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: Re: Daisy/Dtbook/OPF simple example > > > > Hi Lloyd, > > > > I'm just starting and I've been trying to filter through all the > > information. I'm still not sure of the process that I need to follow: > > > > > > 1. I created a dtbook xml file from open office that looks good as per > > the daisy documentation. It's a simple document with a table of contents > > and a number of h1/h2/h3 items. I'm using it just to find out what > > processing I'll need to create an mp3 file at the end. > > 2. I originally thought I needed the daisy pipeline to do some kind of > > conversion? After I looked at the daisy xml file, I didn't see where I > > needed daisy pipeline. > > 3. So, I went to AMIS, because it is free and appeared to be what I > > needed to get to an audio file. > > 4. I found out though, that I needed an OPF file as input. I believe > it > > contains the daisy xml that was generated by OO with tags around it that > > describe the book itself externally? > > 5. It was here that I've been trying to pull together the wrapping of > > the daisy xml file to create the OPF file. > > 6. I don't use an SMIL file. Do I need to with a text-only document? > > 7. I'm not sure about the daisy 2.02. I can't remember if AMIS > required > > it or not. > > > > Can you fill me in on where I need to look or generally what I need to do > > to get to the audio mp3? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Arnold > > > > > > On Mon, May 26, 2008 at 11:37 AM, Lloyd Rasmussen <lras@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > wrote: > > > > > > Hi. I assume you intend to produce according to the Z39.86-2005 > > standard, > > rather than Daisy 2.02. If you are doing an audio version of a web > > page, > > you are running the XML file through text-to-speech, perhaps using > > the DAISY > > Pipeline? Will you produce an NCX or SMIL files? Is there enough > > information in the AMIS documentation to tell you what it requires? > > > > At a minimum, I would say that an OPF should have the following > > items: > > > > Dc:title, dc:publisher, dc:format and dc:identifier so that, if > > your > > production is distributed, people know what it is and who did it. > > Dc:identifier is used in constructing bookmarks in a player. > > Dc:format > > tells a player what version of the standard the book purports to > > adhere to. > > > > In the x-metadata section, dtb:title tells a player how long the > > book is, if > > it contains audio. > > > > A manifest section lists all of the files in the book > > > > A spine section lists all of the SMIL files in the book, in reading > > order. > > > > I know that the AMIS player, because of the way Daisy 2.02 books > > were > > produced, expects to find separate SMIL files for each navPoint (or > > at least > > the SMIL files are not expected to be very complex. > > > > I work on this stuff in the Z39.86-2002 format all the time for > NLS, > > and > > serve on the committee that is planning how to update the -2005 > > standard, so > > I may be able to help. > > > > Lloyd Rasmussen, Kensington, Maryland > > Home: http://lras.home.sprynet.com > > Work: http://www.loc.gov/nls > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > [mailto:programmingblind- > > > bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Arnold Bailey > > > Sent: Monday, May 26, 2008 8:18 AM > > > To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > Subject: Daisy/Dtbook/OPF simple example > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I'm trying to develop a prototype to present, to the viewer, > > audio (from > > > a DAISY file) of the web page. I'm using an Open Office extension > > to > > > create a dtbook xml file. I have to create an OPF (package) file > > to > > > describe it before it can be input to the audio application > > (AMIS). The > > > document is pretty basic. I'm just trying to debug the process. > > Does > > > anyone know where I can get some simple examples of how to create > > this opf > > > file? I've looked at some of the NAMIS examples; but, they > involve > > full > > > books and are fairly complex. Any inputadvice/guidance would be > > > appreciated. > > > > > > Arnold > > > > > __________ > View the list's information and change your settings at > //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind > >