Hi, maybe the buz is about daisy books that are in audiobook format.
In that case you can navigate by chapter and page, even word or
paragraph if those features are enabled in your daisy talking book. A
daisy book version of the bible for example that had the audio and
text, along with ability to navigate quickly by book chapter and
verse, providing an human narrated read, say the alexander scorbie
version and braille output through the display for the spelling of
names and old english words and a searchable concordance... Well that
would be an extravigant production, but bible students and hard core
enthusiasts would find it invaluable. There is the advantage of
daisy. If you are into audiobooks for pleasure reading and you read
from start to finish, then you may find the book marking feature of
daisy slightly useful, especially if you read more than one book at a
time. Other than that, there's not much to daisy, be it audio or
etext. If you don't use the features, then you're right, you may
just'z well have flat word, txt, or mp3 files.
Best,
erik burggraaf
A+ sertified technician and user support consultant.
Phone: 888-255-5194
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On 4-Apr-09, at 6:46 PM, Donna Goodin wrote:
Hi all,
I have a generic curiosity regarding daisy books. But before I ask,
let me just say that there is absolutely no criticism intended here,
I am just genuinely curious.
For a while now, people have made a lot of fuss about how much they
like daisy books. So, this winter I downloaded one from Bookshare,
just to try and figure out what it is that people like so much. And
I couldn’t. It was the same eloquence speech, and it felt to me to
be about the same as just taking a txt, Word or Brf file, placing it
on the Braille Sense, and issuing read commands. So my question is,
what exactly is it that makes reading a daisy book preferable?
I know this is only tangentially related to the BS, so if anyone
would prefer to write off list, you can do so at [email protected].
And thanks in advance to all who are willing to answer my question.
Cheers,
Donna
