Hi James,
Thank you very much for responding so quickly. I was gratified to know that
there was something available for the Mac.
The software that you pointed me to looks ultimately promising, but it is still
in Beta, and I immediately encountered problems that probably won't occur in
final releases. When I tried to read a newspaper in DAISY format which I had
downloaded from Bookshare, I was told that my audio file could not be read. I
will spend more time on the Olearia web page to learn more about the software.
Furthermore, I will report this bug.
I believe that it will be well worthwhile to send the developers feedback since
we really do need a piece of software that allows us to read DAISY texts on our
desktop computers.
Thanks again,
Mike
On 22,Sep,2011, at 8:13 PM, James AUSTIN wrote:
> Hi Mike,
>
> There is Olearia from The Curtain University. I do not think there is a
> version specifically for OS X 10.7, but as other apps I use have not been
> specifically designed for 10.7 and seem to work fine, I see no reason why
> Olearia shouldn't.
>
> Get it here: http://www.cucat.org/projects/olearia/
>
> TC :)
> james
> On 22 Sep 2011, at 18:44, Michael Busboom wrote:
>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> I frequently need to read material that is in the DAISY format. The way I
>> do it now is to download the material to my Mac and then transfer it to my
>> Victor Reader Stream. While this solution works, it isn't always the most
>> convenient. Does anyone know of a program that will let a person read books
>> and articles in the DAISY format on the Mac? I know that apps are available
>> for iPhones, but I would really like something for the Mac. In case there
>> is any confusion, I am not referring to audio files with the DAISY mark-up.
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> Mike
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