[bookshare-discuss] Re: daisy creation programs
- From: "John J. Boyer" <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 11:32:08 -0500
You might be interested in dtbmaker by Greg Kearney. It can transform a
number of formats into Daisy. I don't have a URL easily at hand, but
Google will find it. You may also want to subscribe to one of the Daisy
lists. They should be at www.daisy.org
John
On Tue, Apr 24, 2007 at 08:49:21AM -0600, Kasondra Payne wrote:
> I work in the Disability Resource Center at Utah State University, where I
> usually train staff on blindness software and hardware and deal with any
> accessibility issues that I can. This summer we want to start creating
> daisy files of books we provide for disabled students. We are dealing with
> more than just blind students, including students with a variety of learning
> disabilities. We want a file format that is easily searchable by the
> student, and we also would like a way to create it that is inexpensive and
> easy for our staff to use. We often have students working in the office,
> and I don?t want the process to be too complex, especially if they aren?t
> very familiar with adaptive technology. We presently scan books that
> students can?t get anywhere like RFB&D. We then put the files into PDF,
> WORD, and MP3 formats.
>
>
>
> I know about the daisy creation features of K1000, but I want to know about
> other specific daisy authoring software. Is it accessible? How much does
> it cost? Where does one get it? Which daisy formats will it create? I
> think we?d like the option of text and audio if possible. I am working on
> this project because I have been using daisy books for the past two years.
> Thank you for all your help. This is a great group with vast amounts of
> information to share.
>
>
>
> Kasondra Payne
>
>
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