No, daisy is not a "blind format" it is a format used by the blind but is also used by dyslexics and non disabled as well.
Greg Sent from my iPhone On 19/08/2009, at 4:45 PM, Krister Ekstrom <[email protected]> wrote: > > But, on the other hand, isn't Daisy just that, a blind getto standard? > I had the impression that Daisy was developed so that blind people, > especially students should easier be able to read and knnow their > place in the books and easier gather info and be able to put bookmarks > in at places and so forth? If the Daisy standard really is a standard > for the blind, should we really expect that mainstream products should > support it? > I don't know for sure about this, just throwing out the question to > see what the result will be since i'm curious about this. > /Krister > > > 18 aug 2009 kl. 17.44 skrev Jonathan Cohn: > >> I just read a New York Times article about Sony using a standard >> called ePub, is this at all related to DAISY? There was also some >> speculation that if Apple brings out a tablet, that it will have >> book reading abilities. Perhaps we should request that Apple >> support the Daisy standard in any technology? >> >> I am concerned that the DAISY standard will flounder if mainstream >> devices never support it. Unless this eePub, has functions that >> daisy does not, we might see the continuance of a blind ghetto for >> book publishing. Does anybody know if this issue has been discussed >> on a more general computing for the blind list, as this really has >> nothing to do with the Mac? >> >> Jon >> >> >>> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
