Hi Zack, As far as I know there are no official daisy readers out there for Linux, but Bookshare has a tool Linux users can download to convert them to html or text. So its really simply a case of running it through the Daisy to html convertion program and then opening it in Firefox or Epiphany, and then reading it via Orca. However, converting it to Daisy format would be a fairly tedious process because as I understand it Daisy is basically a variation of xml docbook which would require tagging hundreds of pages by hand unless there is some text to Daisy conversion tool out there I don't know about.
However, as for Daisy accessibility the reason I say text is more accessible is because it doesn't require any special accessibility software to read. a person can open it up in Notepad, Gedit, or any other standard text editor and read it. With Daisy they have to use their Daisy player, or have to convert it from Daisy back to html or text which is a hassle when I could have provided the books in that format to begin with. Cheers! On 6/14/12, Zachary Kline <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Thomas, > I'm no lawyer, but as far as I understand these things, you are essentially > correct. Daisy is one possible format, as is .brf braille. Depending on the > method you use to convert these books to Daisy, users can open the .xml file > in something like Internet Explorer and read its contents. THis is what > Bookshare used to advise. It might be necessary to change its extension to > .html first, but you'll still get essentially the same information. > I'm also wondering just how inaccessible Daisy would actually be for many > people? THere are free programs to read it on both Windows and Mac, not sure > about linux. Also, many people have assistive tech which could do this as > well. > Hope this helps a bit, > Zack. > On Jun 14, 2012, at 12:25 PM, Thomas Ward <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I was wondering if anyone knows where we stand legally on >> redistributing roll playing game source books in accessible format. >> The reason I ask is because I have a number of source books for the >> Star Wars roll playing game I'm in the process of converting to text >> or html. Once I'm done scanning and editing the source books I'd like >> to redistribute them to other blind gamers, but am not clear where I >> stand legally. I could submit them to Bookshare.org to have them >> converted to Daisy format, which would be one way of legally >> redistributing them, but most of the gamers here live outside the US >> so don't qualify for Bookshare. Therefore while submitting the scanned >> copies to Bookshare would be the legal thing to do it defeats the >> purpose of trying to redistribute them to other blind gamers here who >> might wish to join me in getting a weekly Star Wars roll playing game >> going similar to what Phil and others do with Dungeons and Dragons. >> So what i've been thinking of doing is zipping them and hosting them >> on the USA Games website, but I believe in order to legally distribute >> them they have to be in some specific accessibility format like Dasy >> and can't be in an all purpose format like text or html which I feel >> is more accessible than Daisy. Can anyone shed any light on this? >> >> Thanks. >> >> --- >> Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] >> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >> [email protected]. >> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >> http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. >> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >> list, >> please send E-mail to [email protected]. > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [email protected]. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to [email protected]. > --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
