[slikom] daisy
- From: "Gradimir Kragic" <bastono@xxxxxxxx>
- To: "Lista SliKom" <slikom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:52:12 +0100
Zdravo svima,
Ovo je poruka posebno za one koji se interesuju ili će se interesovati za
"DAISY" format i uopšte za DAISY rješenja. Među programerima, posebno među
njima
juče i danas se ovo komentariše kao zanimljiva najava. Tekst je na Engleskom
jeziku a tu je i nekoliko linkova. Za one koji ne znaju za DAISY da kažem u
jednoj rečenici to je format za audio ali i druge knjige. Uz JAWS novijih
verzija dobijate FS DAISY player a i fajlove za help u istom DAISY formatu.
Gradimir
Open XML to DAISY XML Translator
13 November 07 08:39 AM
Microsoft
announced today
a project to create a "save as DAISY" plug-in for Word that will be available
as a free download on
SourceForge.
DAISY (Digital Access Information SYstem) is a standard for digital talking
books (DTBs). DAISY-encoded DTBs include content that can range from XML text
only, to text with corresponding spoken audio, to audio with little or no text,
and they're designed to make print material accessible and navigable for
blind or otherwise print-disabled persons. (Print-disabled is a term used in
the
accessibility community to describe persons who are unable to read print
due to any visual, physical, perceptual, developmental, cognitive, or learning
disability.)
A good way to get a feel for what DAISY is designed to accomplish is to check
out the
prioritized feature list for DTB playback devices
referenced by the
DTB specification
. DAISY uses several W3C specifications and also takes advantage of standards
from the Open eBook Forum, and the resulting documents can be used with any
DAISY playback device.
The DAISY Standard has been adopted throughout the world by libraries and
organizations producing and distributing accessible reading materials. So this
new plug-in, which will be available in early 2008, will allow those
organizations to save any Open XML word-processing document in DAISY XML format
as
a "DTBook." the benefits of this capability are explained in the DAISY monthly
newsletter:
block quote
Everyone who uses desktop publishing to create content in Word will be able to
save this content as DAISY XML. As content creators will not need to be DAISY
or XML experts to use this converter, the number of DAISY publications should
increase substantially. Individuals who have a print disability will thus
have access to a greater number and much wider choice of reading and research
materials.
block quote end
George Kerscher, secretary general of the DAISY Consortium, explains the DAISY
translator plug-in project
this way:
block quote
“Microsoft’s announcement is monumental in greatly facilitating the
availability
of text in DAISY books. It provides a clear, production path for organizations
and universities who will be able to use the Microsoft plug-in to move into
DAISY XML. Putting tools in the hands of people who create content is a giant
step toward creating equal access to information ... It’s going to move DAISY
... from the niche of the libraries for the blind community into the
mainstream.”
block quote end
For Open XML developers, the DAISY project will also offer a sample Open XML
implementation that will demonstrate best practices for Open XML development.
One of the goals of the project is to provide a reference model for other Open
XML solution providers, and the project on
SourceForge
will make the architectural details available for developers to study. As this
project progresses, I'll be covering some of the more interesting technical
details here, as examples of how Open XML content can be transformed for a rich
variety of output devices.
Microsoft press release:
http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2007/nov07/11-13DAISYPR.mspx
The Daisy Planet, Daisy's monthly newsletter:
http://www.daisy.org/news/newsletters/planet-2007-11.shtml
Quotes from the DAISY community:
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2007/nov07/11-13daisy.mspx
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