Hi Don and Eric,
Thanks. The book I downloaded was fiction, so my intent was just to read straight through the book. So no, I wasn't trying to use advanced reference features, as either the media player or the word processor would have saved my place when I exited the file. Your explanations make a lot of sense. I'm a real braille junkie, so for hard-core research, I rely heavily on having braille output. I hadn't considered daisy as having advantages in searching and moving through text in the ways you describe. Again, I think I did similar sorts of things in my own academic research by simply making good use of the search capabilities on my PC. Thanks for your responses. It helps to know that I'm not totally off-base in my assessment of Daisy-at least for my needs-and also to have an understanding of what daisy might have to offer in other situations. Cheers, Donna From: don bishop [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2009 7:40 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [GWN] slightly OT, Daisy Books question Hi Donna, First of all, let me say that I find the daisy player in the sense notetakers overly complicated and rather difficult to use, so I personally just avoid daisy books. Also, my primary source for daisy books is bookshare so there's no imbedded audio content. For pleasure reading I much prefer the .brf format as there's no real need to skip from one chapter to another and most players will maintain your place in the book should you stop reading. I think daisy is more useful for reference books or textbooks where you're primarily interested in looking up specific information. Some of the computer books on bookshare would fall into this category. Also, daisy can be useful when you want to look through the sections or articles within a section of a newspaper or magazine and choose what you skip or want to read. But, there are other ways of reading such newspapers too, and daisy isn't the only one. Except for some newspapers, I haven't downloaded a daisy book from bookshare or anywhere else in months now. Again, it probably gets down to personal preference. I hope this answers your questions. Don ----- Original Message ----- From: Donna Goodin <mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2009 3:46 PM Subject: [GWN] slightly OT, Daisy Books question 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 __________ NOD32 3988 (20090404) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.285 / Virus Database: 270.11.41/2040 - Release Date: 04/04/09 16:53:00
