Hi Kandy, KC and Others, I'm new to Daisy, as I've subscribed to bookshare. Here's my take on this subject. I downloaded the VictorSoft Reader, Bookshare version. I've been very unhappy with it, as I'm unable to activate headings using either Window-Eyes or Jaws. I thought it was a problem with VictorSoft, but perhaps it's the book itself as it's text and even though it's downloaded in Daisy format, I wonder if it's truly daisy in the traditional sense of the term? When I e-mailed support at Bookshare and expressed difficulty in using their Daisy reader, VictorSoft, I was advised to elect to create an html document where I could then scroll through headings using either screen reader. Of course, bookmarks cannot be set with an html file, but scrolling by headings works fine. If a book is narrated, then it's in my view, truly a daisy book with the ability to use a daisy reader and navigate through the book. I understand that RFB&D is now creating narrated books. The training materials I've seen from Freedom Scientific are narrated, (recorded by them) and would work well with a daisy reader. Don't know about web braille from NLS, hopefully, they are narrated. So for now, I assume the best way to read daisy books from bookshare on a PC is via html. When I get my BN mPower back this week, I'll try bookshare books on the BN and see how they can be navigated.
Les -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of kandi Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2006 10:27 PM To: Braillenote List Subject: [Braillenote] Why do we need DAISY? I don't understand it either. People say that DAISY books are easier to navigate through, but I don't think that's true. I think they're a pain. Kandi (spelled with a K and an i) Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I used to have a handle on life, then it broke. > ----- Original Message ----- >From: kathleen spear <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: Braillenote List <[email protected] Date sent: Sun, 24 >Sep 2006 18:41:09 -0700 >Subject: re: [Braillenote] Attention list Moderator >Can someone make sense of this discussion? >I ws told that a "daisy book" meant it was a speech document. Wit >the BN, you can actualy listen to BRF books. >So, why do you need daisy at all on the BN? >___ >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
