[slikom] Re: daisy
- From: Zlatko Sobočan <sobocan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <slikom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 20:23:31 +0100
Pozdrav svima!
Kako bi svi razumijeli o kakvom projektu i suradnji se radi, Gradimirovu
temu nadopunjujem clankom iz danasnjih novina.
Lijep pozdrav,
Zlatko
Microsoft razvija prevodenje dokumenata za slijepe osobe
Nov nacin spremanja datoteka koji ce omoguciti pretvorbu u audio format
ocekuje se u ozujku
MICROSOFT i Neprofitni konzorcij DAISY (Digital Accessible Information
System - jedini ce raditi na informatickom rjesenju za slijepe i osobe koje
ne mogu pisati ili citati - na plugin-u, koji ce pretvarati dokument iz
Microsoft Vorda u digitalni audio standard.
Besplatni plug-in
Te dvije organizacije jucer su izjavile da je cilj njihove suradnje
stvaranje besplatnog plug-ina koji ce se moci skinuti s interne ta i
omoguciti pretvorbu dokumenata temeljenih na Open XML-u, osnovnom nacinu
spremanja dokumenata u Microsoft Officeu 2007, u DAISY XML. DAISY XML
datoteka se zatim moze obraditi kako bi stvarala digitalne audio ili neke
druge formate.
Ocekuje se da ce taj plug-in biti dostupan vec 1. ozujka 2008.
Otvoreni projekt
Plug-in bi trebao funkcionirati sa svim Wordovim dokumentima ra-denim u
Officeu XP, Officeu 2003 i najnovijem Officeu 2007.
Microsoft bi trebao voditi projekt, no on je planiran kao otvoreni proces te
se ocekuju prijedlozi i primjedbe korisnika nakon lansiranja beta verzije.
DAISY okuplja clanice iz cijeloga svijeta, medu njima i Sluzbu za slijepe i
fizicki hendikepirane Nacionalne knjiznice SAD-a, Španjolsku nacionalnu
organizaciju za slijepe i Korejsku Braille knjiznicu.
Microsoft je lobirao da se njegov Open XML format prihvati kao medunarodni
standard, cime bi se pojednostavilo njegovo sire prihvacanje u javnim
sluzbama. Medutim, nisu uspjeli dobiti potrebnu vecinu clanova Medunarodne
organizacije za standardizaciju (ISO) kada su glasovali u rujnu, djelomicno
zbog zabrinutosti da format nije uistinu otvoren, vec daje rijec o triku da
se pridobiju i zadrze korisnici.
Druga sansa
clanovi ISO-a opet ce se sastati u veljaci i ponovno raspravljati o Open XML
formatu, sto Microsoftu daje vremena za pridobivanje potrebni glasova.
Tekst preuzet iz METRO EXPRESS"
----- Originalna poruka -----
Šalje: "Gradimir Kragic" <bastono@xxxxxxxx>
Prima: "Lista SliKom" <slikom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Poslano: 15. studeni 2007 16:52
Predmet: [slikom] daisy
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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