Dear Kerri,
In short, navigation. The DAISY format was created to give
persons with reading impairments the same access to the print
text as regular readers have. So, when a DAISY book is
published, special tags or mark-ups are put into the book to
allow a reader to jump directly to given points. In the best
example, a reader could jump to pages, chapters, or any other
separators a sighted person would use to navigate. In practice,
of course, publishers sometimes don't put in as many mark-ups as
they should. Regarding Bookshare, page navigation is usually a
given, although individual chapter beginnings might not be
marked.
From the Book Reader on the BrailleNote, press Space with T
repeatedly, Up and Down Arrows on QT units, to see what DAISY
elements are available. For example, you might here something
like Level 1, Page, and phrase. Once you've chosen an element to
move by, page for example, press Space with Dots 1,3 or Space
with Dots 4,6, Left and Right Arrows on QT units, to move left
and right respectively.
Hope that helps,
AR
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kerri Smith" <[email protected]
To: "BrailleNote" <[email protected]
Date sent: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 17:42:09 -0500
Subject: Re: [Braillenote] DAISY books
Hi listers,
Well since someone has brought up daisy I thought I'd ask a
question.
I understand the audio only version, but what exactly is the
point of a text
only version? What is the difference between the text version of
a daisy
book and a brf book besides formatting? I downloaded a daisy book
on
bookshare just to see what it did, and it was a text only version
( can't
find an audio only version to test out) and the braille note just
read it
like a regular book in brf format. So, what's the point of text
only daisy
books? Maybe someone could give me an example of when using a
daisy text
book would be suitable or if it's just a preference.
Kerri
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